Full-fledged economic cooperation between countries can not do without the development of unified international standards. Therefore, World Standard Day is celebrated worldwide every year. This holiday aims to draw the attention of all people to the problems associated with the creation of uniform standards for all. After all, tens of thousands of specialists around the world dedicate their professional skills and even their lives to this necessary work.
In which year did you start celebrating the Day of Standards?
In London on October 14, 1946, the first conference on standardization was opened. It was attended by 65 delegates from 25 countries. The conference unanimously adopted a resolution establishing the International Organization for Standardization. In English, its name sounds like International Organization for Standardization or ISO. And much later, in 1970, the then president of ISO proposed to celebrate each year the World Standards Day on October 14. Today, 162 countries have national standards organizations that are part of ISO.
The very concept of standardization means the establishment of uniform rules for the regulation of any activity with the participation of all interested parties. The object of standardization can be a specific type of products, methods, requirements or norms that are applied repeatedly and are used in science and technology, agriculture and industrial production, other areas of the national economy, and, in addition, in international trade. It is very important for international trade to have regulatory requirements that are of equal importance to both the consumer and the manufacturer.
The motto for the World Standards Day
Based on the achievements of modern science, technology, and also on practical experience, standardization is considered one of the incentives for progress and technology, and science.
Day of standardization every year is held under a certain theme. So, this year the festival is held under the motto "Standards is the language spoken by the whole world"
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