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Role/ Responsibilities
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The technical management board of the respective organization is responsible for the overall management of the technical work and in particular for:
- establishment of technical committees;
- appointment of chairmen of technical committees;
- allocation or re-allocation of secretariats of technical committees and, in some cases, subcommittees;
- approval of titles, scopes and programmes of work of technical committees;
- ratification of the establishment and dissolution of subcommittees by technical committees;
- allocation of priorities, if necessary, to particular items of technical work;
- coordination of the technical work, including assignment of responsibility for the development of standards regarding subjects of interest to several technical committees, or needing coordinated development; to assist it in this task, the technical management board may establish advisory groups of experts in the relevant fields to advise it on matters of basic, sectoral and cross-sectoral coordination, coherent planning and the need for new work;
- monitoring the progress of the technical work with the assistance of the office of the CEO, and taking appropriate action;
- reviewing the need for, and planning of, work in new fields of technology;
- maintenance of the ISO/IEC Directives and other rules for the technical work;
- consideration of matters of principle raised by national bodies, and of appeals concerning decisions on new work item proposals, on committee drafts, on enquiry drafts or on final draft International Standards.
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