About

  • Secretary:
    Mr Sergio Mujica
  • Chairperson (until end 2023):
    Mrs Ulrika Francke
  • Creation date: 1947

Scope

The ISO Council is the core governance body of the Organization and reports to the General Assembly. It meets three times a year and is made up of 20 member bodies, the ISO Officers and the Chairs of the Policy Development Committees CASCO, COPOLCO and DEVCO. The Council has direct responsibility over a number of bodies reporting to Council:

  • The President’s Committee advises Council on matters decided by Council.
  • Council Standing Committees address matters related to finance (CSC/FIN), strategy and policy (CSC/SP), nominations for governance positions (CSC/NOM), and oversight of the Organization’s governance practices (CSC/OVE).
  • Advisory Groups provide advice on matters related to ISO’s commercial policy (CPAG) and Information Technology (ITSAG).
  • CASCO - provides guidance on conformity assessment
  • COPOLCO - provides guidance on consumer issues
  • DEVCO - provides guidance on matters related to developing countries

    Membership to the Council is open to all member bodies and rotates to make sure it is representative of the member community.

Quick links

20
Participating members
Reference Title Type
ISO/COUNCIL/CPAG   Commercial Policy Advisory Group Working group
ISO/COUNCIL/CPAG_WG 3 Commercial Policy Advisory Group WG 3 Working group
ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/FIN Council Standing Committee on Finance (CSC/FIN) Sub committee
ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/NOM Council Standing Committee for Review of Nominations Sub committee
ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/OVE Council Standing Committee on Oversight Sub committee
ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/SP Council Standing Committee on Strategy and Policy Sub committee
ISO/COUNCIL/FAS_TF   ISO/IEC Task Force on Freely Available Standards Working group
ISO/COUNCIL/ITSAG Information Technology Strategy Advisory Group (ITSAG) Working group
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
12 June 2023 Kanazawa (Japan) ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/OVE *
13 June 2023 Kanazawa (Japan) ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/NOM *
13 June 2023 Kanazawa (Japan) ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/SP *
13 June 2023 Kanazawa (Japan) ISO/COUNCIL/CSC/FIN *
14-15 June 2023 Kanazawa (Japan) ISO/COUNCIL *
20 September 2023 Brisbane (Australia) ISO/COUNCIL *
21-22 February 2024 Geneva (Switzerland) ISO/COUNCIL *
11 September 2024 Cartagena (Colombia) ISO/COUNCIL *

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional