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Action plan for gender responsive standards and gender balance in standards development Globally, there is a growing recognition that standards may be experienced differently by women and men. This prompted the United Nations...

As part of our work to improve gender equality, SCC has done a cross-country analysis, using data from 106 countries, of the impact of gender on standardization. This ground-breaking research is captured in SCC’s new report...

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Instituto Nacional de Calidad de Peru (INACAL), the national standards body of Peru, have renewed their cooperation arrangement to advance international standards work between...

Proactive engagement and retention of young professionals in Canada’s standardization network is a key objective for the SCC and its partners. Of the 3,300 SCC members, roughly 16% are under 40 years of age. Appropriate...

Standards and conformity assessment are critical enablers of the 21st-century knowledge economy, providing for effective, safe, reliable and interoperable products, services and processes. Standardization underpins a robust...

The National Mental Health and Substance Use Health (MHSUH) Standardization Collaborative was established to coordinate standardization efforts nationwide. Over two years, we engaged with over 300 people from government...

This document specifies the requirements and guidance for the accreditation of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). For the purposes of expediency, the acronym R&G – SDO will be used. The SDO accreditation requirements...

This report analyzes and compiles CATRTA beneficiary countries’ needs in the areas of standards, conformity assessment and technical barriers to trade (TBT), identified during the CIDA funded workshop/roundtable held from May...

Standards and conformity assessments are critical enablers of the 21st-century knowledge economy, providing for effective, safe, reliable and interoperable products, services and processes. Standardization underpins a robust...

Getting beyond greenwashing through standardization Environmental, Social and Governance performance (or ESG) is an increasingly important topic amongst organizations around the world, driven in large part by growing consumer...

Standards and conformity assessment are critical enablers of the 21st-century knowledge economy, providing for effective, safe, reliable and interoperable products, services and processes. As it continues to respond to the...