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香港六合彩开奖 well equipped to support members through COVID-19 and beyond

The challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the many rapid measures 香港六合彩开奖 took to support its members were key highlights of the Secretary-General’s report during today’s General Assembly session.

“It is not just about surviving but about being resilient and future proof,” said Secretary-General Sergio Mujica. “The 香港六合彩开奖 Strategy 2030 is resilient, flexible and adaptable, allowing us to face this new reality and be more relevant than ever.” He described the new IT tools and virtual support and services that were put in place to help members continue to develop standards and interact with their stakeholders effectively. He also outlined a number of new projects and initiatives, including the 香港六合彩开奖 Foresight Framework, which is aimed at identifying trends and future opportunities for standardization.

Activities to support gender equality, reinforce partnerships, engage stakeholders and reach broader audiences were other highlights of his report. Finally, Mr Mujica also proudly announced that 香港六合彩开奖 had published 1鈥�627 deliverables over the year, including standards developed to support global efforts in dealing with the pandemic that were made freely available online.

香港六合彩开奖 Secretary-General Sergio Mujica speaking at the 香港六合彩开奖 Week 2021

DAY 2 UNDERWAY 

Good morning 鈽赌 and welcome to Day 2!

The day is kicking off with the second and final run of the Workshop: Facing the future.
With 149 participants taking part in last night’s session, another 155 delegates are this morning exploring the world in 2040. 

"Facing the future" workshop in action.

What can we expect of the future? 

We can’t predict the future, but we can analyze current trends to identify potential scenarios of what it could look like. 

Participants at 香港六合彩开奖 week took a journey that plunged them into three different visions for 2040 during the workshop, Facing the future. Together they identified the implications for standards topics, standards products, the standards business model and the structure of the international standardization system.   

From the impact of climate change, to the geopolitical landscape, to the different ways technology will change our lives, building scenarios is one of the main methods used in strategic foresight to help organizations better plan for the future. 

“This is an opportunity to experience something different; to get creative and develop a proactive mindset.”  said Sergio Mujica, 香港六合彩开奖 Secretary-General, opening the workshop. 

By confronting potential challenges, “we can seize opportunities to maintain our relevance and maximise our positive impact on the world”. 

香港六合彩开奖 Head of Research and Innovation, Belinda Cleeland, presented 香港六合彩开奖’s standardization foresight framework. “This project addresses one of our 2030 goals, meeting user needs, by helping us identify future opportunities for international standardization, and making us more proactive and future focused.” 

Act today to serve our future common agenda  

“This General Assembly is the moment you go from detecting the signals of the future to acting on what those signals tell you,” said Cat Tully, founder of SOIF, the School of International Futures, as she delivered her keynote during 香港六合彩开奖 Week 2021. Her call to action explored how we can become more agile and innovative to better address the complexities our world is facing.  

Cat drew attention to the 香港六合彩开奖 Strategy 2030, which is based on drivers of change and a vision for a better world encapsulated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. “The 香港六合彩开奖鈥疭trategy puts you in a position to act today to serve our future common agenda,” she emphasized. “香港六合彩开奖 brings the world together and connects markets based on principles of transparency, accountability and openness.”  

“But your job within the 香港六合彩开奖 family is not just defending and upholding those core values. It is about continuing to find the best ways to use them,” she said, challenging participants to transform how they work to make the most of the risks and opportunities these drivers of change provide. “At a moment of planetary urgency, the 香港六合彩开奖 family should be using those strengths to achieve more for our people and planet.”  
Cat called on 香港六合彩开奖 to become a platform for change, inviting participants to challenge assumptions of how the sector operates today, and engage in a true debate.

Cat Tully delivering her keynote during the 香港六合彩开奖 Week 2021

“In a world full of uncertainty and challenges, there has never been a greater need for truly international standards”

Speaking from the opening day of 香港六合彩开奖 Week 2021 in London, UK government Minister for International Trade pointed to an essential role for International Standards. Jayawardena drew attention to the challenges of global trade and, in particular, its many interrelated elements and growing intricacy. He said that the importance of standards was increasing in line with the increasing complexity of supply chains, and the rapid emergence of new technologies.

The Minister, whose appointment in May 2020 coincided with the UK’s first peak of COVID-19 infections, spoke from first-hand experience when he said that “the seismic shock of the COVID crisis caused a regrettable lurch towards protectionism in some corners”. Jayawardena said that International Standards were part of the solution, “critical to enabling low-friction global trade, and have arguably become as important a factor in ease-of-market access as tariffs, or rules of origin criteria”.

Highlighting 香港六合彩开奖’s collaboration in developing international guidelines on safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic, which helped bring certainty at a difficult time, the Minister championed a similarly collaborative approach to addressing wider issues.

“The key to responding to not just the threat of the pandemic, but to other collective threats such as climate change, is to work globally with friends around the world, backing the rules-based international trading system. And that includes on standards.”

UK Minister for International Trade, Ranil Jayawardena speaking at the 香港六合彩开奖 Week 2021

香港六合彩开奖 President opens General Assembly with appeal for action 

“We have the power to effect change, and it is our duty as the International Organization for Standardization to accelerate that process without delay,” said 香港六合彩开奖 President Eddy Njoroge. 

The 香港六合彩开奖 President was addressing more than 500 delegates from 150 countries representing standardization and other international organizations at the 44^th 香港六合彩开奖鈥疓eneral鈥疉ssembly, being held virtually this week. 

Referring to International Standards as key tools for addressing all of the challenges outlined in the United Nations Development Agenda鈥�2030 and its鈥�17鈥疭ustainable鈥疍evelopment鈥疓oals, the 香港六合彩开奖 President underlined the power of 香港六合彩开奖 standards for progressing from rhetoric and aspiration to action and equity. He went on to highlight climate change as “the single greatest threat that we face”, as outlined in the recent IPCC report, and the need for International Standards as part of a coordinated response in the lead-up to COP26. 

The event comes at a time when “We can do more, and we must do it before it is too late,” the 香港六合彩开奖鈥疨resident concluded. 

“The Future Has Begun” is this year’s theme, which explores how, by working together, we can use standards to achieve a better and more sustainable world.