KAZMEMST and ISO signed memo on understanding

8 August, 2014 09:47

ISO General Secretary Rob Steel and Chairman of Committee of Technical regulation and Metrology of the Ministry for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan (KAZMEMST) Birzhan Kaneshev signed a Memorandum on mutual understanding in Astana.

The Memo is aimed at the creation of conditions for training the ISO Central Secretariat experts and KAZMEMST staff in connection with their part in ISO standards’ development.

According to the Memorandum, ISO will also provide consulting support for integrated implementation of the Strategy on the ISO 2016-2020 years ,which will result in compliance with international standards of product quality, management and labor relations. Memorandum enables Kazakh consumers, experts work with a ISO, and participate directly in the development of international standards.

The document was signed within the framework of the business program of the three-day ISO forum of heads of the national standardization authorities of Central Asia, Easter and Central Europe organized by the International Organization for Standardization and the Committee of Technical Regulation and Metrology.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is an independent, non-governmental membership organization and the world's largest developer of voluntary International Standards. ISO members are national standards bodies of our 163 member countries around the world. The Central Secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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