1 Welcome to ASTM in the International Arena 2012 Officers’ Training Workshop Jeff Grove Jim Olshefsky Welcome to ASTM in the International Arena 2012 Officers’ Training Workshop Jeff Grove Jim Olshefsky

2 Global Objectives Global Acceptance and Use of ASTM Standards Global Policy Initiatives MOU Program International Membership Engagement Your suggestions and thoughts Global Objectives Global Acceptance and Use of ASTM Standards Global Policy Initiatives MOU Program International Membership Engagement Your suggestions and thoughts What We Will Cover

3 To ensure that ASTM International standards that you develop are the most widely recognized, accepted and used standards around the world ASTM International’s Global Aim

4 Global Cooperation Objectives Minimizing the barriers to the use and application of ASTM International standards Facilitating increased active participation by technical experts from around the globe

5 WTO / TBT PrinciplesASTM Principles Transparency Openness Impartiality and consensus Effectiveness and relevance Coherence Consideration of developing nations International Standards “Constraints on developing countries, in particular to effectively participate in standards development should be taken into consideration in the standards development process.”

Who Uses the Standards? 5906 citations of ASTM standards that have been adopted, referenced or used as the basis of a national standard around the world. China – 683 Colombia – 1213 Ecuador – 329 Jamaica Philippines – 518 Saudi Arabia – 1764 South Africa – 538 Trinidad and Tobago – 261 Turkey – 826 Vietnam

MOU Objectives Promote communication Avoid duplication of work efforts in standardization Promote knowledge of the standards development activities of each partner Utilize ASTM standards/resources to benefit the national standards system of developing nations Promote participation to enhance international input and multi- dimensional content into ASTM standards Enhance the worldwide acceptance and use of ASTM International standards 7

8 * Former MOU partner ASIAEUROPELATIN AMERICACARIBBEANMIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AFGHANISTANALBANIA*BOLIVIABELIZEBAHRAINBOTSWANA BRUNEI DARUSSALAMBOSNIACHILECROSQEGYPTCONGO CHINABULGARIACOLOMBIADOMINICAGCC (GULF STATES)ETHIOPIA INDONESIACROATIACOSTA RICADOMINICAN REPUBLIC IRAQGHANA KOREAKAZAKHSTANECUADORGRENADAISRAELKENYA MALAYSIAMOLDOVAEL SALVADORGUYANAJORDANMAURITIUS MONGOLIAROMANIA*GUATEMALAJAMAICAKUWAITMOZAMBIQUE NEPALRUSSIAHONDURASST. LUCIAMOROCCONIGERIA PAKISTANSERBIAPANAMAST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES OMANRWANDA PHILIPPINESPERUTRINIDAD & TOBAGOPALESTINESADC SINGAPORENICARAGUAQATARSOUTH AFRICA SRI LANKAURUGUAYSAUDI ARABIASWAZILAND TAIWANTUNISIATANZANIA VIETNAMTURKEYUGANDA U.A.E.ZAMBIA YEMENZIMBABWE MOU Partners

Standards Expert Program 2005 (2) - China 2006 (3) - Indonesia, Vietnam, Zambia 2007 (2) – Colombia, Saudi Arabia 2008 (2) – Peru, Korea 2009 (4) - China, Ghana, Israel, Jamaica 2010 (2) – South Africa, Vietnam 2011 (3) – Jordan, Malaysia 2012 (4) – Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Qatar, Turkey 9 Training Offered to MoU Signatories

10 Vanessa Corona and Luis Ordoñez ASTM International in Mexico

ASTM International in China Liu Fei and Hu Yanan 11

ASTM International in India Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan 12

ASTM International in Europe 13

14 Multiple Paths to International Standards ASTM International and the U.S. Government, a WTO member, believe that there are many ways to develop international standards. Reflected in: U.S. Standards Strategy U.S. Department of Commerce

ASTM Relationship to ISO Both international standards developers Different standards systems and participation models Industries need to develop a standards strategy that meets their needs Minimize duplication Harmonize where possible – biofuels and toys Respect intellectual property May be multiple paths in an industry’s standards strategy Some industries rely on ASTM to serve as ISO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Administrator or Secretariat (ASTM currently houses 55 U.S. TAGs) 15

Resources for US Technical Advisory Groups (US TAGS) 16

17 * Former MOU partner International Members

Engaging International Participation Virtual Meetings Online Collaboration Areas Electronic Balloting 18 ASTM International uses the Internet to overcome the barriers of space and time

Connecting Virtually YearMeetingsCountriesParticipants

Online Collaboration Areas Allows task group members to comment on Draft Includes discussion threads, post related documents Over 1700 Collaboration Areas in progress 20

21 Electronic Balloting 3300 standards actions per year Increases international participation Over half of ballot actions are revisions to existing stds

Other Engagement Opportunities 22 Videoconferencing Meetings Outside U.S. Delegation Visits Intensive Training

Delegation Visits 23 In 2011, 11 delegations from 7 countries U.S. Trade and Development Agency Commercial Law Development Program

Videoconferencing ASTM has portable equipment at Headquarters Other conference participant must have compatible equipment Many countries have such facilities housed at universities (different from Virtual Meetings) 24

Meetings Outside U.S. ASTM often speaks to international audiences Will work with industry partners to promote ASTM Often need in-country experts to present on behalf of ASTM 25

Intensive Training New model for training Headquarters, Committee Week, Washington DC, Site visits Primarily industry and government funded 26 KATS

To Conclude The ASTM Process is Open and Inclusive to anyone anywhere in the world ASTM supports cooperation with regional and other international standards bodies ASTM strives to keep the science in the process, while keeping the politics out ASTM works to remove worldwide barriers to the acceptance and use of our standards 27

Thank you for Attending! Any Questions? Jeff Grove: Jim Olshefsky: