International Relationships

Standards Australia is committed to developing and maintain internationally aligned Australian Standards. As part of this commitment, Standards Australia is actively engaged in a number of forums to facilitate international cooperation, trade and exchange.

Our international engagement takes place through a number of International and Regional organisations including:

 

Standards Australia represents our nation on the two major International Standardizing bodies, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

We co-ordinate the attendance of Australian experts at international meetings and participate extensively in the preparation of a wide range of International Standards. We are active within the International Standardisation movement and a number of our senior management team members hold important voluntary offices on International Standards bodies.

People often ask why the name ISO is not the correct acronym of the organisation's full name. In fact, ISO is not an acronym, but a name derived from the Greek word Isos, meaning 'equal', a root used in many familiar technical words, such as isometric or isotope.

For more information visit the ISO and IEC websites.