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In order to ensure that every
new ISO Standard is a globally relevant document,
which has the support of the community and is
developed in an open and transparent manner, the
development process is clearly defined. The different
stages of the development of a standard are:
New Project
ISO sends out a ballot on a New Project to its
members for a 3 month voting period.
Working Draft
After approval of the new project it is recommended
that the Working Group (WG) should produce a first
Working Draft (WD) within 6 month. The Working
draft is sent out to all WG-experts for comments.
Committee Draft
The Working Group with its different experts meets
to discuss, debate and argue the comments of the
Working Draft until they reach consensus on a
Committee Draft (CD). In between meetings, the
experts continue the standards' development work
by correspondence. Twelve months after
the approval of the project, it is recommended
that a Committee draft should be available. The
Committee Draft is sent out to the ISO National member bodies for
comments and voting, as well as to the participating D-liaison organizations for comments. The time required
for members to comment and vote on a Committee
Draft is 3 months. The Working Group experts considers
all comments of the Working Group members in detail
and, if necessary, further drafting is undertaken
until there is an agreement to accept the document
as a Draft International Standard (DIS).
Draft International Standard
This document is then circulated as a Draft International
Standard (DIS) to ISO's membership as a whole
for a 5-month voting and commenting period. The
DIS should be available within 24 months after
the approval of the project. Many ISO members
have public review procedures for making draft
standards known and available to interested parties
within their countries. The ISO members then take
account of any feedback they receive in formulating
their position on the draft standard.
Final Draft International Standard
If the voting of the DIS is in favour, the document,
with eventual modifications, is circulated to
the ISO members for final approval as a Final
Draft International Standard (FDIS). The voting
period of an FDIS is 2 months and it is only for
yes/no/abstention vote. The FDIS should be available
33 months after the approval of the new project.
The published Standard
If the vote on the FDIS is positive, the document
is then published as an International Standard.
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TIME FRAMES
FOR ISO 26000
- The first Working Draft (WD.1) was circulated for comments in March 2006
- The second Working Draft (WD.2) was circulated for comments in October 2006
- The third Working Draft (WD.3) was circulated for comments in July 2007
- The fourth Working Draft (WD.4) will be circulated for comments in June 2008
- A Committee draft (CD) is scheduled to be circulated in January 2009
- A Draft International Standard (DIS) should be available by the last quarter of 2009; and
- The ISO 26000 standard is planned to be published mid 2010.
MEETINGS
OF WG SR
The following tentative schedule is planned
for the Working Group meetings:
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1st
meeting: 7-11 March 2005, in Salvador,
Brazil.
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2nd
meeting: 26-30 September 2005,
Bangkok, Thailand. Jointly hosted by The Thai
Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) and
the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
(JISC).
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3rd meeting: 15-19 May 2006, in Lisbon, Portugal
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4th meeting: 29 January - 2 February 2007, Sydney, Australia
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5th
meeting: 5-9 November 2007, Vienna, Austria
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6th
meeting: September 2008, Santiago, Chile
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7th
meeting: June 2009
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8th
meeting: April 2010
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