G20: Recover together, recover stronger with international standards

Bali, Indonesia, 20th October 2022 - The leading international standards bodies - IEC, ISO and ITU - have urged world leaders to recognize, support, and adopt international standards to meet the G20 goals defined under the theme of Recover together, recover stronger. The three global bodies issued the Call to Action at an official G20 side event, the International Standards Summit, in Bali, hosted by the National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN) with the participation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Standardization representatives from the G20 countries endorsed the declaration.

By referencing consensus-based international standards in their policies, world leaders can achieve priority issues goals of this G20 meeting, as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). International Standards transform policy objectives into actionable outcomes, said IEC Secretary-General Philippe Metzger.

The three main pillars of the 2022 G20 meeting are global health architecture, digital transformation, and sustainable energy transition. The IEC/ISO/ITU declaration underlines how international standards and conformity assessment can contribute to building a greener and more sustainable future. In addition, the declaration notes that the three international standards bodies provide an institutional framework with the participation of a broad range of stakeholders from across society.

International standards are instruments that enable the development of a harmonious, stable and globally recognized framework for the deployment and use of new technologies, said ISO Secretary-General Sergio Mujica.

International standards are vital to global trade and economic development. Given life by collaboration and consensus, standards can help us ensure that digital transformation benefits everyone, everywhere, said the Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, Chaesub Lee.

The Chairman of BSN, Kukuh S. Achmad assessed that standards and conformity assessments can help the world to recover together, recover stronger, and in a sustainable way.

In the last two years, the global pandemic has affected every aspect of peoples lives, from health and education to international trade. The process of handling the global pandemic cannot be separated from the support of international standards, he said.

In the International Standards Summit 2022, standardization figures from around the world explained the correlation of international standards with the priority issues of G20 2022 and SDGs. This G20 Side Event also invited the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Airlangga Hartarto and the Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Jean-Marie Paugam.

The G20 Forum can play a strategic role in building a greener and more sustainable future. G20 members contribute 80% of the worlds GDP, 75% of global trade, and 60% of the worlds population. Indonesia took over the G20 Presidency from Italy on December 1st, 2021, and will complete the peak of its presidency with the Bali Summit, to then carry out the handover to India on December 1st, 2022.

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