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Initiated in 2001, ASTM International's MOU program promotes communication between ASTM International and national standards bodies worldwide, fostering awareness of the standardization systems of all parties involved. The program also facilitates the development of national standards that will aid each country's health, safety, environmental, and economic conditions. These agreements help avoid duplication of effort where possible and mutually promote the standards development activities of ASTM International and the national standards bodies participating in the program.

MOU's are designed to encourage, increase, and facilitate the participation of technical experts from around the world in the ASTM standards development process and broaden the global acceptance and use of ASTM International standards.

As a benefit of the MOU program, technical experts from any of the countries where MOUs have been signed can participate freely as full voting members in the ASTM standards development process. Please contact your national standards body for information on how to participate in ASTM International technical committees, or contact Jessica Hychalk to join the ASTM technical committees of your choice.

MOU participants (alphabetical)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

: AFGHANISTAN; Afghanistan National Standardization Authority (ANSA)
MOU signed November 2005

: BAHRAIN; Bahrain Directorate for Standards and Metrology (BSMD)
MOU signed May 2008

: BOLIVIA; Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA)
MOU signed June 2002

: BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA; Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS)
MOU signed March 2002

: BOTSWANA; Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS)
MOU signed September 2007

: BULGARIA; Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS)
MOU signed January 2003

: CHILE; Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion (INN)
MOU signed May 2002

: CHINA; Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
MOU signed August 2004

: COLOMBIA; Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)
MOU signed August 2001

: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC); Office Congloais de Controle (OCC)
MOU signed May 2007

: COSTA RICA; Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO)
MOU signed February 2005

: CROATIA; State Office for Standardization and Metrology (DZNM)
MOU signed April 2002

: DOMINICA; Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS)
MOU signed August 2003

: ECUADOR; Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN)
MOU signed April 2002

: EGYPT; Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)
MOU signed October 2002

: EL SALVADOR; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
MOU signed September 2002

: ETHIOPIA; Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE)
MOU signed May 2005

: GHANA; Ghana Standards Board (GSB)
MOU signed August 2007

: GRENADA; Grenada Bureau of Standards (GOBS)
MOU signed January 2008

: GUATEMALA; Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR)
MOU signed August 2005

: GULF REGION; Standardization Organization for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GSO)
MOU signed February 2006

: HONDURAS; Consejo Hondureño de Ciencia y Tecnología (COHCIT)
MOU signed January 2006

: INDONESIA; Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN)
MOU signed August 2004

: IRAQ; Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC)
MOU signed July 2005

: ISRAEL; Standardization Institution of Israel (SII)
MOU signed July 2007

: JAMAICA; Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)
MOU signed February 2002

: JORDAN; Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM)
MOU signed December 2005

: KAZAKHSTAN; Kazakhstan Institute for Standardization and Certification (KAZINST)
MOU signed February 2008

: KENYA; Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)
MOU signed September 2005

: KOREA, REPUBLIC OF; Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
MOU signed May 2006

: MALAYSIA; SIRIM
MOU signed December 2003

: MAURITIUS; Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)
MOU signed June 2005

: MONGOLIA; Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM)
MOU signed January 2004

: MOROCCO; Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine (SNIMA)
MOU signed July 2003

: MOZAMBIQUE; Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ)
MOU signed January 2008

: NEPAL; Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)
MOU signed November 2008

: NICARAGUA; Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (DTNM)
MOU signed August 2005

: NIGERIA; Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON)
MOU signed November 2004

: PAKISTAN; Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)
MOU signed July 2008

: PALESTINE; Palestine Standards Institution (PSI)
MOU signed July 2005

: PANAMA; Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (DGNTI)
MOU signed June 2003

: PERU; Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI)
MOU signed June 2003

: PHILIPPINES; Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade and Industry (BPS)
MOU signed September 2003

: QATAR; Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS)
MOU signed September 2007

: RUSSIA; Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R)
MOU signed April 2007

: RWANDA; Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS)
MOU signed April 2009

: SAINT LUCIA; Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)
MOU signed May 2002

: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards (SVGBS)
MOU signed November 2007

: SAUDI ARABIA; Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization
MOU signed September 2007

: SINGAPORE; Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING Singapore)
MOU signed February 2003

: SOUTH AFRICA; South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
MOU signed September 2003

: SOUTHERN AFRICA; South African Development Community Cooperation in Standards (SADCSTAN)
MOU signed May 2008

: SRI LANKA; Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI)
MOU signed May 2003

: SWAZILAND; Swaziland Standards Authority (SWASA)
MOU signed January 2009

: TAIWAN; Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI)
MOU signed January 2005

: TANZANIA; Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
MOU signed November 2008

: TRINIDAD and TOBAGO; Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS)
MOU signed February 2002

: TURKEY; Turkish Standards Institution (TSE)
MOU signed September 2003

: UGANDA; Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)
MOU signed November 2003

: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE); Emirates Standards and Metrology Authority (ESMA)
MOU signed October 2008

: URUGUAY; Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT)
MOU signed November 2001

: VIETNAM; Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ)
MOU signed February 2004

: ZAMBIA; Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS)
MOU signed September 2004

: ZIMBABWE; Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)
MOU signed August 2002

		Global Cooperation Global Cooperation VP, Global Cooperation, Teresa Cendrowska Director, External Relations, James Olshefsky Manager, Global Cooperation, Jessica Hychalk Administrative Assistant, Janice Bardi MOUs Exchange Program Technical Assistance WTO Online Centers Open House Standards Development Informational Materials Int'l Training Join Community Contacts Global Cooperation/MOU Program Welcome to Global Cooperation at ASTM International. ASTM International is an organization of inclusion - offering global access to fully transparent standards development, resulting in the highest technical excellence in standardization. MOUs Latest News Initiated in 2001, ASTM International's MOU program promotes communication between ASTM International and national standards bodies worldwide, fostering awareness of the standardization systems of all parties involved. The program also facilitates the development of national standards that will aid each country's health, safety, environmental, and economic conditions. These agreements help avoid duplication of effort where possible and mutually promote the standards development activities of ASTM International and the national standards bodies participating in the program. MOU's are designed to encourage, increase, and facilitate the participation of technical experts from around the world in the ASTM standards development process and broaden the global acceptance and use of ASTM International standards. As a benefit of the MOU program, technical experts from any of the countries where MOUs have been signed can participate freely as full voting members in the ASTM standards development process. Please contact your national standards body for information on how to participate in ASTM International technical committees, or contact Jessica Hychalk to join the ASTM technical committees of your choice. MOU participants (alphabetical) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan National Standardization Authority (ANSA) MOU signed November 2005 BAHRAIN Bahrain Directorate for Standards and Metrology (BSMD) MOU signed May 2008 BOLIVIA Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA) MOU signed June 2002 BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS) MOU signed March 2002 BOTSWANA Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) MOU signed September 2007 BULGARIA Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) MOU signed January 2003 CHILE Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion (INN) MOU signed May 2002 CHINA Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China MOU signed August 2004 COLOMBIA Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC) MOU signed August 2001 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) Office Congloais de Controle (OCC) MOU signed May 2007 COSTA RICA Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO) MOU signed February 2005 CROATIA State Office for Standardization and Metrology (DZNM) MOU signed April 2002 DOMINICA Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS) MOU signed August 2003 ECUADOR Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN) MOU signed April 2002 EGYPT Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) MOU signed October 2002 EL SALVADOR Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) MOU signed September 2002 ETHIOPIA Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE) MOU signed May 2005 GHANA Ghana Standards Board (GSB) MOU signed August 2007 GRENADA Grenada Bureau of Standards (GOBS) MOU signed January 2008 GUATEMALA Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR) MOU signed August 2005 GULF REGION Standardization Organization for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GSO) MOU signed February 2006 HONDURAS Consejo Hondureño de Ciencia y Tecnología (COHCIT) MOU signed January 2006 INDONESIA Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN) MOU signed August 2004 IRAQ Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC) MOU signed July 2005 ISRAEL Standardization Institution of Israel (SII) MOU signed July 2007 JAMAICA Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) MOU signed February 2002 JORDAN Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) MOU signed December 2005 KAZAKHSTAN Kazakhstan Institute for Standardization and Certification (KAZINST) MOU signed February 2008 KENYA Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) MOU signed September 2005 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) MOU signed May 2006 MALAYSIA SIRIM MOU signed December 2003 MAURITIUS Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB) MOU signed June 2005 MONGOLIA Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM) MOU signed January 2004 MOROCCO Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine (SNIMA) MOU signed July 2003 MOZAMBIQUE Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ) MOU signed January 2008 NEPAL Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) MOU signed November 2008 NICARAGUA Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (DTNM) MOU signed August 2005 NIGERIA Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) MOU signed November 2004 PAKISTAN Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) MOU signed July 2008 PALESTINE Palestine Standards Institution (PSI) MOU signed July 2005 PANAMA Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (DGNTI) MOU signed June 2003 PERU Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) MOU signed June 2003 PHILIPPINES Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade and Industry (BPS) MOU signed September 2003 QATAR Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS) MOU signed September 2007 RUSSIA Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R) MOU signed April 2007 RWANDA Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) MOU signed April 2009 SAINT LUCIA Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS) MOU signed May 2002 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards (SVGBS) MOU signed November 2007 SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization MOU signed September 2007 SINGAPORE Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING Singapore) MOU signed February 2003 SOUTH AFRICA South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) MOU signed September 2003 SOUTHERN AFRICA South African Development Community Cooperation in Standards (SADCSTAN) MOU signed May 2008 SRI LANKA Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) MOU signed May 2003 SWAZILAND Swaziland Standards Authority (SWASA) MOU signed January 2009 TAIWAN Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI) MOU signed January 2005 TANZANIA Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) MOU signed November 2008 TRINIDAD and TOBAGO Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) MOU signed February 2002 TURKEY Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) MOU signed September 2003 UGANDA Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) MOU signed November 2003 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Emirates Standards and Metrology Authority (ESMA) MOU signed October 2008 URUGUAY Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT) MOU signed November 2001 VIETNAM Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ) MOU signed February 2004 ZAMBIA Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) MOU signed September 2004 ZIMBABWE Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) MOU signed August 2002