Istanbul, Turkey, 23rd of November 2022 – The General Assembly of the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) gathered the delegations of national bodies on standardization of the 46 States. The Russian Federation participated in the SMIIC GA for the first time and it received the Status of the Observer in SMIIC at the end of 2019. The Russian Delegation was headed by the CEO of the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R) Anton Shalaev. The GOST R Delegation was also presented by the employees of the GOST R Central Office and Deputy Director General of the Russian Standardization Institute Alexey Ivanov.
The main aim of SMIIC is to form and develop quality infrastructure by establishing uniformity in standardization, metrology and accreditation activities including conformity assessment and quality improvement to facilitate trade and support sustainable economic growth, consumer welfare, environment and innovation promotion. Nowadays the primary focus of SMIIC is made on the development of the united international infrastructure of Halal.
The internal structure of SMIIC comprises the Standardization Management Council, Metrology Council and Accreditation Council. More than 50 standards were adopted and about 30 standards are on the stage of the development.
Matters of the implementation of the SMIIC Strategic Plan 2021-2030 became the one of the key topics for discussion during the SMIIC GA.
Current document reflects the vision, mission and strategic directions of the development of SMIIC, 13 strategic goals (priorities) in the field of optimization of the standards development procedures, involvement of the interested parties and support of the quality infrastructure.
The Republics of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have been accepted in SMIIC as Member States in the framework of the SMIIC GA.
Representatives of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Standardization Organization for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf took part in the Plenary session of the General Assembly of the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC).
Meeting of the CEO of GOST R Anton Shalaev and the SMIIC Secretary General İhsan ÖVÜT was held in the framework of the SMIIC GA. Issues
of participation of the Russian specialists in the activities of SMIIC Technical Committees on Standardization and forms of use of SMIIC standards in the Russian Federation were covered during this session.
Current news was prepared using the material of the Press Office of the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R).