About
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Secretary:
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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.
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Participating members
Reference | Title | Type |
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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 |
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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