The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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Central Secretariat (CS)

Identification
Name

Central Secretariat (CS)

Acronym

CS

Source

ISO - International Organization for Standardization.

Location

The ISO Central Secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mission

To ensure the coordination of the worldwide activities of more than 3 200 technical groups that actually develop the standards in collaboration with the 162 ISO members.

Secretary General

Mr. Rob Steele (as of 2011)

Scope

The Central Secretariat acts as secretariat to:

  1. the General Assembly,
  2. the Council,
  3. the policy development committees (CASCO, COPOLCO and DEVCO) and their subsidiary bodies,
  4. the Technical Management Board and
  5. the committee on reference materials (REMCO).

See also other roles and committees: