The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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IFAN - International Federation of Standards Users

Identification
Name

International Federation of Standards Users

Acronym

IFAN

Logo

Homepage

http://www.IFAN.org/

General
Foundation

1974 by eleven national standards organizations in Paris

Organisation

Independent, non profit-making international association of national organizations

Objectives

The objectives of IFAN, inter alia, include:

  • To promote uniform implementation of standards without deviation and develop solutions to standards users’ problems without itself drawing up standards;
  • To consolidate standards users’ interests and views on all aspects of standardization and conformity assessment, and to cooperate with international and regional standardizing bodies (e.g. ISO, IEC, ITU, CEN, CENELEC, COPANT, etc.) in order to communicate user views to these organizations;
  • To promote networking in the field of international standardization and conformity assessment.

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