ISO/TC 314 and COPANT
The Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT) has set up a focus group of members to follow and support the work of ISO/TC 314. Members of COPANT include the ISO and IEC members in the Americas as well as others.
The focus group asked the convenor of ISO/TC 314 WG 7 – Smart Multigenerational Neighbourhoods for a presentation on the project to develop ISO 25553. This presentation to the COPANT Focus Group is posted to the ISO/TC 314 and provides an excellent summary of the concepts and intent of this new standard.
The object of COPANT shall be to promote the development of technical standardization and related activities in its member countries with the aim of promoting their commercial, industrial, scientific and technological development in benefit of the economic and commercial integration and the exchange of goods and services, while facilitating cooperation in the intellectual, scientific, economic and social spheres. The following general objectives have been established to accomplish this object:
a) To develop standards of interest to the countries of the region that have not been developed by international organizations or that do not correspond to their particular needs;
b) To promote coordination among its member bodies in order to facilitate the harmonization of their technical standards;
c) To ensure increased utilization and application of international standards in the Pan American Region d) To serve, when appropriate, as a linking, coordinating and representative body for its member bodies with:
1) Other international, regional and sub-regional organizations with similar goals;
2) International, regional and sub-regional organizations requiring support on technical standardization to fulfill their economic, scientific and technological functions.
e) To encourage and facilitate the exchange of information among its member countries and with international, regional and sub-regional systems dedicated to a specific field of action;
f) To promote technical education and training in the fields of standardization and Conformity Assessment, as well as in related activities;
g) To encourage the development of certification systems based on international criteria;
h) To promote the harmonization, homologation and mutual recognition of certification systems;
i) To favor the harmonization of policies and technical positions of its member bodies with international standardization and related activities;
j) To support and participate in an active manner in regional economic integration bodies in the subjects of standardization, conformity assessment and related activities.