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COPANT Meeting Brings Together Representatives from American Standards Organizations
ASTM International staff members Teresa Cendrowska and Jessica Hychalk participated in the meetings of the Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas (COPANT) as members of the ANSI delegation in May. The objective of COPANT, which includes 35 nations from the Caribbean and North and South America, is the development of technical standardization and related activities in its member countries with the aim of promoting their industrial, scientific and technological development to benefit the exchange of goods and the provision of services, while facilitating cooperation in intellectual, scientific and social fields. This year’s meetings were hosted by the Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO) in San José, Costa Rica. INTECO’s executive director, Carlos Rodríguez, is also the current president of COPANT.
The COPANT meetings were held in conjunction with the Inter American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) and afforded the opportunity for a joint one-day seminar titled “Standardization, Certification, and Accreditation in the Region as Tools for Competitiveness.” Local businesspeople interested in the topics of trade and competitiveness, as well as COPANT participants, attended the workshop.
The central location of the meetings enabled Cendrowska, director for external relations, and Hychalk, manager, global cooperation, to meet with representatives from several of the national standards bodies of the attending nations, including many that have signed memorandums of understanding with ASTM.
Cendrowska and Hychalk, together with a representative of INTECO, also took the opportunity to visit the Costa Rican Chamber of Industry as well as the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction after the conclusion of the COPANT meeting. Each meeting afforded an opportunity to share information and address questions about ASTM International as well as the benefits to industry of the recently signed MOU with INTECO. //
ASTM International Signs MOU with Ethiopia
The Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with ASTM International in May. QSAE is the 36th national standards body to sign an MOU with ASTM. The purpose of the MOU is to promote communication between ASTM International and QSAE; promote knowledge of each other’s standards development activities; facilitate greater worldwide participation in the ASTM standards development process; and facilitate the development of national standards that will aid each country’s health, safety, environmental and economic conditions. //
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A six-member delegation from the Shanghai Institute of Standardization (SIS) and the Shanghai Bureau of Technical Supervision (SMBQTS) led by Yang Jie Ming, vice director of SIS, visited ASTM Headquarters for two days of consultations with ASTM staff in May. The purpose of their visit was to discuss and expand upon the Cooperation Agreement signed between SIS and ASTM International in 2003. Pictured here are (front row): Ye Xiao Xin, vice director, SIS; Catherine Allan, ASTM; Su Hang, planning department, SIS; Qiu Ping Gong, ASTM; Yang Jie Ming, vice director, SIS; Kitty Kono, ASTM; Ye Hangping, senior engineer, SMBQTS; Janice Bardi, ASTM; (back row) Yan Shaoqing, Ph.D., SIS; Dave Bradley, ASTM; Barbara Schindler, ASTM; Scott Murphy, ASTM; Eleanor Barkley; ASTM, and Yan Ganfa, engineer, SIS. |
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