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Update on IEC and developing countries

Françoise Rauser

JCDCMAS

Paris 2009-03-06

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Membership and Affiliation

56 FullMembers

19 Associate Members

83 Affiliates

May submit votes on all TC/SC and Council

documents via electronic voting system

May submit votes/ comments on documents of 4 selected TC/SCs via electronic voting system

May not vote

May submit comments on all TC/SC and Council

documents

May submit comments only on TC/SC documents but

not on Council documents

May submit comments on the documents of 10

selected TC/SCs by e-mail

Fully participate in international

standardization activities

Limited participation of countries with limited

resources

A type of participation, but not membership

Full access to IS for adoption and for

commercial exploitation

Full access to IS for adoption and for

commercial exploitation

Selection of 200 IS to start basic electronic

library. Facilitated adoption procedure

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IEC facilitates participation

Reduced national dues: more members from developing and industrializing countries

Participation in WTO workshops: more Affiliate Countries

Regional centres: more adoptions, more participation in technical work and CA activities

CAB: New guidelines for developing countries

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IEC regional centres: Asia-Pacific and Latin America

APRC

New premises in Singapore

6 staff members: technical function in a de-centralized way

IEC-LARC

São Paulo since 2007

1 regional manager

Coordination of training, seminars and workshops

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IEC Family: 11 new countries (158)

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ALGERIAARGENTINAAUSTRALIAAUSTRIABAHRAIN (AM)BELARUSBELGIUMBOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (AM)BRAZILBULGARIACANADACHINACOLOMBIA (AM)CROATIACUBA (AM)CYPRUS (AM)CZECH REP.DENMARKEGYPT

ESTONIA (AM)FINLANDFRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYICELAND (AM)INDIAINDONESIAIRANIRELANDISRAELIRAQITALYJAPANKAZAKHSTAN (AM)KENYA (AM)KOREA, DPR (AM)KOREA, REP. OFLATVIA (AM)

LIBYALITHUANIA (AM)LUXEMBURGMACEDONIA (AM)MALAYSIAMALTA (AM)MEXICOMONTENEGRO (AM)NETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIGERIA (AM)NORWAYPAKISTANPHILIPPINESPOLANDPORTUGUALQATARROMANIA

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONSAUDI ARABIASERBIA &

MONTENEGROSINGAPORESLOVAKIA SLOVENIASOUTH AFRICASPAINSRI LANKA (AM)SWEDENSWITZERLANDTHAILANDTUNISIA (AM)TURKEYUKRAINEUKUSAVIETNAM (AM)

6 new IEC National Committees

7*2002-10-10

AFRICAAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCentral African Rep.ChadComorosCongoCôte d'IvoireDRC CongoEritreaEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea BissauLesothoMadagascar

ASIAAfghanistanArmeniaBangladeshBhutanGeorgiaJordanKyrgyzstanLebanonMongoliaMyanmarNepalTurkmenistanYemen

AMERICASAntigua and BarbudaBarbadosBelizeBoliviaCosta RicaDominicaDominican RepublicEcuador El SalvadorGrenadaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaPanamaParaguayPeruSaint LuciaSaint Vincent & GrenadinesSurinameTrinidad and TobagoUruguayVenezuela

EUROPEAlbaniaMoldova

ASIA-PACIFICBrunei DarussalamCambodiaFijiLao PDRPapua New Guinea

MalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMozambiqueNamibiaNigerRwandaSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSudanSwazilandTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

83 Participating countries

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IEC free programme for developing countries

Participation: 5 new Affiliates (83)

Gambia, Central African Rep, Congo, Chad and Suriname (jan09)

Use of Standards: + 7500 in use by 60 countries (+7) Jan 09

Adoption

in 31 Affiliate Countries

3 new countries: Brunei, Zambia, Mongolia

Adoptions on line: http://www.iec.ch/affiliates

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Adoption of IEC IS by 31 Affiliate Countries Feb 09

Albania 05 DRC 06 Ghana 05 Mauritius 07 Sierra Leone 06

Bangladesh 06

Costa Rica 06 Guyana 06 Moldova 06

Mongolia 09

Trinidad & Tobago 07

Benin 06 Côte d’Ivoire 06

Jordan 05 Nigeria 04 Uganda 06

Botswana 04 Cuba 03 Lao PDR 07 Rwanda 05 Uruguay 06

Brunei 08 Eritrea 07 Lebanon 06 Saint Lucia 06

Zambia 09

Cambodia 06 Ethiopia 06 Malawi 06 Senegal 07 Zimbabwe 07

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What’s new: AFSEC

An electrotechnical standardization commission in Africa (AFSEC)

10 founding countries South Africa, Kenya, Cote Ivoire,

Nigeria, Senegal, Benin, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ghana

President: Côte d’Ivoire

Vice Presidents Technical work: Nigeria

Conformity Assessment: Kenya

NECs: Senegal

Secretariat: South Africa

Co-operation agreement with IEC to be signed

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Result: Affiliate Coordinator for Africa

An Affiliate Coordinator for Africa

Evah Oduor, AFSEC Vice President for CA

To assist Affiliate Leader and Secretariat for African issues

Co-chaired the DC workshop during GM

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Brazil: Workshop on EEE

Members and Affiliates: 27 countries

65 participants

Case study from Brazil, Ghana and Sudan

IEC Strategy Group 1 on Energy efficiency and renewable energies

Efficient electrical energy transmission and distribution (TC8 /EDF)

IECEE PV Programme

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IEC workshops in Asia

TC100 workshop in Thailand (e-tech June08)

IECEE in Indonesia (e-tech June), Korea (e-tech July08)

IEC participates in standardization workshop in North Korea (e-tech Nov08)

IEC-CIGRE UHV Symposium in India (held Jan 09)

IEC Vice President at roundtable with Malaysian industries (e-tech Jan09)

Regional Indonesian event on energy efficiency (e-tech Jan09)

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72nd IEC GM in Brazil

Libya attends as full member

22 delegates from 12 Affiliate Countries

Meeting with Coordinator for Africa and AFSEC President

Exchange on NECs (Ghana and Sudan)

Decision to launch an Affiliate Forum

Council day: conference on Contribution of IEC IS on sustainable growth and high tech development (Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, CA Brazilian system, Philips)

Emerging economies represented in Council Board (election/re-election) South Africa, Korea, Mexico, Brazil

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IEC launches on-line e-TRAINING for members

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IEC TC/SC Officers eTRAINING

Designed for  IEC TC/SC Chairmen and Secretaries

Newly appointed TC/SC Officers: familiarization with their main tasks and relevant procedures

Experienced TC/SC Officers: refresh and update their knowledge

Modular: flexibility for structure, content and duration

Regular updates

http://etraining.iec.ch (restricted access)

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Contents

Introduction to the IEC

Responsibilities and tasks of TC/SC Officers and CO

Standards development

Forms and templates

Technical drawing and editing

Guidance for meetings

TISS (Techn. Infor. Support and Services)

Communication and sales

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