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Partnerships for the Goals

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

At ISO, we recognize the importance of global partnerships because the whole ISO system depends on it. An ISO International Standard is developed with the collaboration and consensus of a wide range of stakeholders from all corners of the Earth, including representatives from government, industry and standardization bodies.

We partner with a large number of international organizations to ensure participation from a diverse array of stakeholders and bring the benefits of standards to all countries, regardless of size or economic status. We also work to reinforce the capacity of developing countries in standardization to ensure our standards are globally relevant. The aim is to strengthen their national standards infrastructure by building skills in areas such as strategy, technical and operational expertise and relationships with policy makers, to support their participation in international standardization.

A key component in achieving this is the New Rights Pilot Programme, which allows countries to participate more actively in ISO standards development work in specific sectors such as tourism, food products and conformity assessment. This, in turn, contributes to improving public welfare in vital areas such as health, safety and environmental protection, creating economic growth and a gateway to world markets. 

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An introduction to the ISO system, how it works and how ISO standards benefit the world.
This brochure aims to help national standards bodies in the continual improvement of the processes employed by ISO and its partners to develop International Standards that provide benefits for business, government and society.

ODS 17 en las noticias

A new commitment to help non-state actors accelerate their Race to Zero using standards is announced on stage at COP26 in the United Nations Global Innovation Hub, on 4 November 2021 at 18:00 GMT.
The recent G20 conference held in Rome saw leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies set out their ideas for human progress and called for standards to enable that journey.
A new ISO guide will help ensure climate change issues are addressed in every new standard.
Providing nutritious food for one in every nine people who are going hungry today means rethinking how we grow, share and consume food. With pressures such as climate change and a growing population, timing is everything. International Standards at the source of the food production chain will pave the …