INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

Phuntsho Wangdi Affiliate Leader

Affiliate Forum 2012-10-02 76th IEC GM - Oslo

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Free Programme thanks to IEC electronic environment

200 free copies of IEC IS for national adoption

Access to working documents of 10 TCs up to CDV (Committee Draft for Vote) stage

Assistance (IEC Conformity Assessment Systems, establishment of NECs)

Participation in General Meetings TCs, Workshops, Forum, Council Statutory and Open

sessions

Training and guidance via virtual meetings

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82 IEC Members + 82 Affiliates = 164 60 Full Members 22 Associate Members

New Affiliate Country: Bahamas (July 2012)

Moldova left the Programme to join the IEC as Associate Member (February 2012)

New countries started to use the Programme Belize and Suriname

Adoption trend continues

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3667 IEC IS adopted as national standards

119 new adoptions since last report

39 Affiliate Countries have declared national adoptions

New country to adopt IEC IS since Melbourne

Honduras, Barbados

5 countries have continued adoption process since Seattle

Afghanistan, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Rwanda, Sudan

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36 NECs (National Electrotechnical Committees) in Affiliate Countries

New since Melbourne: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Barbados, DRC, Ecuador, Mozambique, Palestine

Assistance from Affiliate Secretariat Webinars (DRC, Ecuador, Jamaica)

Country visits (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire)

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IEC-LARC: Latin America Supported Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,

Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

Encouraged mentoring from FINCA (IEC Full Members in North America and Latin America)

IEC-APRC: Asia-Pacific Regional training and survey on needs assessment

Supported Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea

Encouraged mentoring from Japan, Korea

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Affiliate Plus status since 2009 400 free copies of IEC IS instead of 200 Mentoring on case-by-case basis Free e-tech hard copies

Criteria to be granted new status Adoption of at least 50 IEC IS Establishment of a NEC

Already 17 countries 2009: Ghana, Guyana, Jordan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Uganda and Zambia 2010: Brunei Darussalam, Moldova, Peru, Rwanda, Sudan and Uruguay 2011: Malawi 2012: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Palestine Jordan and Moldova are now IEC Associate Members

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IECEE through Dialogue 13 (March 2012)

13 countries requested IECEE Affiliate status

IECEx: conference and seminar International conference with UNECE in Dubai (March 2012)

capacity building seminar in Abidjan for AFSEC members and IEC African Affiliates (November 2012)

Extension of observer status to all three systems (under discussion)

New benefits (under discussion) Guidance, information material

Tutorial approach

Access to test reports and CA certificates

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Through Dialogue 15 (June 2012)

Application of IEC International Standard 60364, Low-voltage electrical installations, in countries within the IEC Family.

Get an overview on the impact of IEC 60364 on the market in developing countries

13 countries reported national adoption of IEC 60364

12 countries replied to the survey 3 Asia, 5 Africa, 4 Latin America

Find ways to increase Affiliate participation

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ISO/DEVCO ISO/IEC second regional course on Adopting and Referencing

International Standards, Ouagadougou (March 2012)

UNECE International Conference in Dubai / IECEx (March 2012)

UNIDO Joint document on setting up an electrical testing laboratory in a

developing country (to be published in 2012)

CA workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh in February 2012

WTO – Observer status at TBT Committee Participation in ITA Symposium (Information Technology

Agreement)/ IECEE

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See IEC website: http://www.iec.ch/about/globalreach/partners/regional/

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On going collaboration Africa: SADC, EAC, UPDEA

Latin America: Andean Community

Asia: ASEAN

To establish with Africa: UEMOA, ECOWAS

Asia/Pacific: SAARC, Pacific Islands Forum

Caribbean community: CROSQ

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Increase technical participation through mentoring

More Affiliate Plus countries through assistance for NECs

Adoption guidance on request

Reinforce collaboration between CAB and Affiliate Secretariat

Launch new Affiliate status in IECEE and IECEx

Practical seminars on regional levels in conformity assessment

Tutorial approach and documentation in conformity assessment

Focus on Asia-Pacific region through Affiliate Leader and IEC-APRC

Continue to support French and Spanish speaking countries through webinars and support from Affiliate Secretariat and IEC-LARC

Continue collaboration with other international organizations to provide capacity building

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