WTO workshop in Morocco
In Rabat, Morocco, IEC Affiliate Country Programme Secretary Françoise Rauser participated in a WTO Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) for francophone African countries where she introduced the IEC activities and those of its worldwide Systems of Conformity Assessment. During a session about technical assistance, the IEC also shared the floor with its international partners UNIDO (the United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and Codex Alimentarius and gave a detailed presentation about the Affiliate Country Programme.
Participants in the WTO Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade for francophone African countries, held in Rabat, Morocco.
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New languages added to Electropedia
Electropedia, the IEC’s dedicated website for electrotechnical terminology, was expanded to include several additional languages. The online database, which already included terms and definitions in English and French, as well as equivalent terms in German and Spanish, now allows searches for terms in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Swedish. |
Upgrade of IEC Expert Management System
The IEC launched a major upgrade of its Expert Management System, including numerous new features and enhancements to this IT application introduced in 2004. The system allows National Committees to manage the roles of their experts in IEC Working Groups, Project Teams and Maintenance Teams, as well as giving Officers of Technical Committees and Subcommittees access to complete information on the membership of their committees. |
