World Standards Day

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The World Standards Day , English World Standards Day is annually on October 14 committed. It is a day of remembrance launched by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

October 14th was chosen as the date because on October 14th 1946 delegates from 25 countries in London decided to create an international organization to facilitate standardization. The ISO was founded a year later. The message is determined every year by the ISO based on a current aspect of standardization. The motto for 2018 was "International standards and the fourth industrial revolution", the messages of the past few years were:

  • 2017: "Standards make cities smarter"
  • 2016: Standards create trust
  • 2015: Standards - the common language of the world
  • 2014: Uniform competitive conditions through standardization
  • 2013: International standards ensure positive change
  • 2012: Better results with less effort - increased efficiency through standards
  • 2011: International Standards - Global Confidence Building
  • 2010: Norms for a world without hurdles
  • 2009: Norms against climate change

The theme of the 41st anniversary in 2010 was the message “Standards make the world accessible for all - standards make the world accessible to all”. The motto for 2009 was “Norms against climate change”.

In Germany alone there are 30,000 standards from the German Institute for Standardization (DIN). DIN puts the economic value of the standards at around 16 billion euros per year. Around 28,500 external experts and around 380 of its own employees are employed by DIN. Around 2600 standards are created annually in 75 commissions and standards committees, as well as drafts and pre-standards.

The existing standards also hide some curiosities: In 1998, for example, the EU expanded the size specifications for condoms to 17 cm in length and 56 mm in thickness, after 1 cm and 2 mm less were required in 1993, respectively.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Standards Day Standards Council of Canada - Conseil canadien des normes at www.scc.ca
  2. ↑ World Standards Day 2015. In: iso.org. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015 ; accessed on October 14, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ World Standards Day 2009 ( Memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ How crooked must cucumbers be. In: sueddeutsche.de . October 13, 2010, accessed October 13, 2018 .