Standards Development

Standards development takes place in technical committees which are representative of all stakeholders. The NSB can establish and manage these committees but does not necessarily have to do so; this can also be left to other Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) that are recognised as such by the NSB.

When developing standards it is important to:

The standards development process applied by ISO and IEC (based on the ISO/IEC Directives) represent a good model that National Standards Bodies can follow and apply at the national level.


NSBs that are ISO members (162, with a substantial overlap with the WTO membership) are already practicing this process at the international level.