Middle East/ North Africa Standards-Related Activities
SSD works with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and with other U.S. Government Agencies to establish positions on standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment-related issues in discussions and negotiations pertaining to countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The following links provide more information on those activities.
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ANSI Regional Standing Committee on Europe, the Middle East and Africa
BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND DIALOGUES Saudi Arabia - Memorandum of Understanding between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
On May 26, 1981 an agreement was signed between the six countries of the Gulf (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar) to coordinate their economic, political, cultural and security policy, creating the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, better known by its acronym GCC. The presidency of the Gulf Cooperation Council rotates yearly among members. Council headquarters are in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 1995, the countries had a combined Gross Domestic Product of US$215 billion and US$13,559 million in imports from the United States. - Memorandum of Understanding between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Standardization and Metrology Organization for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.
WORKSHOPS Past Workshops: | Date | Workshop Title | | October 30-November 3, 2006 | Standards in Trade Workshop for the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan on Standards, Codes and Conformity Assessment for Life Safety and Building Construction | | July 17-21, 2006 | Standards in Trade Workshop on Standards and Codes for the Iraqi Construction Sector | | April 4-8, 2005 | Standards In Trade Workshop for Israel on Roadway Infrastructure and Safety | | July 21-30, 2003 | U.S.-G.C.C. Workshop on Electrical Appliance Safety | | January 21-23, 2002 | Standards and Conformity Assessment Workshop (Cairo, Egypt) | | September 24 - October 5, 2001 | Standards and Conformity Assessment Workshop for West Bank and Gaza | | July 23 - August 3, 2001 | Metrology Workshop for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries | | June 19 ? 28, 2000 | U.S. - G.C.C. Industrial Quality Manufacturing Workshop | | March 8 - 17, 1999 | Laboratory Quality Management |
ANSI REGIONAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA (RSC-EMEA) The American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) Regional Standing Committee (RSC) for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is one of three ANSI Regional Standing Committees. The other two RSCs cover the Asia-Pacific and the Americas. These committees have been established to provide input from the ANSI perspective to regional activities in the areas of standardization and conformity assessment. They also provide a framework for raising standards-related problems. NIST participates in the regional standing committee as a member of ANSI. Click here to visit the ANSI RSC-EMEA Website.
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