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12 Oct 2023

World Standards Day – Shared Vision for a Better World
(a multi-year campaign on supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs))

World Standards Day, celebrated on 14 October every year, raises awareness about the need for international standardization of products and its importance in facilitating global trade. On this day, members of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the International Standards Organization (ISO) come together and pay tribute to the concerted efforts of thousands of experts around the globe who formulate voluntary technical agreement (an agreement among experts as to what a product, process or services should work the way we expect them to) published as the International Standards. The event also draws public’s attention to the importance of written standards on the global economy.

In 2021, IEC, ITU and ISO kicked off a multi-year campaign on supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (sdgs.un.org/goals) with the theme “Shared Vision for a Better World” (「追求共同願景 締造美好世界」). The SDGs are 17 goals adopted by the United Nations as a universal call for action to create a fairer, more sustainable world by 2030. To reach the goals will require the cooperation of many public and private partners, and the use of all available tools, including international standards and conformity assessment. This multi-year campaign aims to reinforce the crucial importance of standards enabling the sustainable changes our world needs the most.

IEC, ISO and ITU have created a designated website to help everyone participate in the Word Standards Day.
https://www.worldstandardsday.org/home.html

ITC is most honoured to celebrate the World Standards Day on 14th October together with IEC, ITU, ISO and the experts behind the standards we enjoy. We are now inviting you to join us in this multi-year campaign that affirms the SDGs for a better world.