By technology or industry designation, there are standards developing organizations (SDOs) and also standards setting organizations (SSOs) also known as consortia.

Setting standards

It was suggested that the information technology industry should seek to counter such crime by raising public awareness and setting new protection standards.

Present standards and standard setting activities.

The setting or compliance with international accounting standards

The setting or compliance with international internal or external audit standards

But in setting standards, we have neglected for too long their implementation.

No use of specific technologies is mandated to meet the standards, though available technology is considered when setting the standards.

Tougher automotive standards will help the European car industry remain competitive.

Oxfam s advocacy is raising the standards for the global food industry.

Asset and liability management study in accordance with industry standards ( 400,000)

SDOs are differentiated from standards setting organizations (SSOs) in that SDOs may be accredited to develop standards using open and transparent processes.

A third party organization, the Fair Food Standards Council, monitors the industry for compliance with wage and human rights standards.

Industry would benefit enormously if energy efficiency standards were demanding and continuously tightened.

The Secretariat informed the Committee that such provisions reflected current industry budgetary standards.

7. Making standards work fifty years of standard setting in crime prevention and criminal justice.

(d) Making standards work fifty years of standard setting in crime prevention and criminal justice

The Jamaican construction industry is entirely self sufficient, with professional technical standards and guidance.

For this reason, enacting new regulatory standards now while setting distant deadlines is a sensible strategy.

(a) OHCHR, on account of its role in implementing standards, should not undertake standard setting functions.

UNFPA plans to review globally its internal control framework according to standards prevailing in the industry.

Monitoring was important and lessons learned at the provincial level would be documented for national policy and standards setting.

In some cases, international industry based SDOs such as the IEEE and the Audio Engineering Society (AES) may have direct liaisons with international standards organizations, having input to international standards without going through a national standards body.

(a) The Office of the High Commissioner, on account of its role in implementing standards, should not undertake standard setting functions.

During the Mac's early history Apple generally refused to adopt prevailing industry standards for hardware, instead creating their own.

The industry agreed standards programme was preceded by a series of consultations with focus groups earlier in the year.

Support in this field is needed to help developing countries to overcome barriers to trade and to participate in international standards setting.

Enhancing the effectiveness of IHL and its institutional complementarity with HRsL does not necessarily require amending existing norms nor setting new standards.

The financial industry complains that efforts to force greater equity funding would curtail lending, but this is just nonsense in a general equilibrium setting.

Instead, massive risks have supposedly been held at bay by voluntary standards promulgated by a patchwork of public and private standard setting organizations.

We've also found that you can reduce the fresh air requirements into the building, while maintaining industry indoor air quality standards.

It educated nuclear operators, generated safety and protection standards, promoted the benefits of the atom for industry, agriculture, and medicine, and much more.

The spread of agro industry and rural industrialization has increased the possibilities for women to access cash income through self employment or the setting up of rural enterprises.

Formal standard setting through standards organizations has numerous benefits for consumers including increased innovation, multiple market participants, reduced production costs, and the efficiency effects of product interchangeability.

Support is much needed by developing countries to overcome barriers to trade, to meet the requirements of the multilateral trade system and to participate in international standards setting.

Rather than directly driving investment, the state must emphasize its regulatory and enforcement functions, including setting and overseeing standards, building an effective property rights infrastructure, and managing macroeconomic conditions.

That is why the pharmaceutical industry, the US, and others have pushed since its inception for a wider and stronger set of standards through add on agreements.

19. Stresses the importance of increased participation of developing countries in the work of relevant international standards setting organizations and of increased technical assistance and capacity building in this regard

In addition to direct regulation, Governments also pursue a variety of overlapping social and industrial policy objectives through the setting of standards and the use of fiscal incentives and taxes.

If this group can establish standards, and if the shipbuilding industry adopts them for building new ships, we can now see a gradual decline in this potential problem.

Furthermore, youth highlight the importance of fair labour standards for young people working in the ICT industry, including areas such as hardware production, software development and call centres.

But providing incentives for governments to maintain such forces at a high level of alert and setting standards for equipment, training, and professionalism is something the UN can and should do.

It was stressed that this project aims, within a standard setting context, at outlining in detail how general human rights standards pertain to elements of the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples.

Without participation and representation, women lack voice in setting standards of human rights, in forming policies of protection, in guaranteeing access to education, and in ensuring a right to decent employment.

High level institutional representation would be necessary to ensure the strategic role of the Committee in setting priorities, bringing forward a research agenda, taking decisions on standards and developing strategic visions.