Strengthening the Compliance of the OIC Member States

to International Standards

adequately reflect African realities, as these countries are unable to have an effective voice in

proceedings.

Figure 6: Percentage of OIC regional group members that participate in selected international

standards organizations

Source: Organization websites. Note: Participation is taken as including correspondent and associate

membership.

4.5

Supporting the Participation of Developing Countries in International Standard

Setting

International standards organizations typically have technical assistance and capacity building

programs available for developing countries, with the aim of increasing their participation in the

standard-setting process. In addition to agency specific programs, a number of multilateral efforts are

also relevant (Shepherd, 2014). The multi-agency Standards and Trade Development Facility provides

financial assistance for standards-related projects in developing countries. In addition, UNIDO has

programs to support the development of quality infrastructure in developing countries, and the

Enhanced Integrated Framework supports LDCs in this area.

In addition to the organizations listed here, Turkey is also a member of the European standards body CEN. As a full member of CEN and

CENELEC (European standardization institutions), Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) had harmonized 98% of the EN standards. In

addition to 3,469 ISO and 228 IEC standards, 18,385 European Standards (CEN, CENELECE) were also adopted as Turkish Standards by

TSE.

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ISO

IEC Codex

IAF

ILAC BIPM OIML

Percent

Organization

African Group Arab Group Asian Group