RECENT PROGRESS IN KOREAS PARTICIPATION IN ISO

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RECENT PROGRESS IN KOREAS PARTICIPATION IN
ISO IEC2002.6

• Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
• Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy

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Brief standardization history

• 1961 Industrial Standardization Act, Standards
  Bureau
• 1962 KS Mark Approval system
• 1963 became members of ISO and IEC
• Supported Koreas rapid industrialization after
  the 60s

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Situation until the early 90s

• Lack of public awareness
• standards- only SDOs responsibility
• Industry interested only in the results
• reluctant to send experts to meetings
• standards were not their first agenda
• due to insufficient design capability
• Government supports were not effective
• ineffective legislation, not-so-strong manpower,
  and insufficient budget

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Results

• In the 90s, Koreas economy has grown to 11th
  largest in the world in terms of international
  trade, but
• Participation in ISO and IEC did not match the
  size of national economy
• Volume of membership due 14th or 16th
• Number of P memberships 36th
• Number of Secretariat 0 in ISO, 1 in IEC
• Standards proposal almost nil

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Development in the late 90s

• Increased interest in standards contributed to
  remarkable growth
• TC/SC P-members 419 in ISO, 109 in IEC
• 10th in ISO, 18th in IEC
• TC/SC Secretariat 5 in ISO, 2 in IEC
• TC/SC Chairmanship 2 (in IT and Shipbuilding)
• Standards proposals 8 in 2001 (total 15)
• Meeting attendance by 880 experts in 2001

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Reasons behind the progress

• Globalization of national economy
• barriers from different standards became obvious
• Recognition of importance of standards
• by industry and government
• Restructuring of economies
• some industry began to develop their own
  technologies/designs
• Whole environments became favorable

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Industrys response in the 90s

• Awakening especially in ICT industry
• mobile telecommunication
• cellular phones, switching services
• new products based on international standards
• DVDP, MP3
• internet based services
• ADSL, internet broadcasting

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ICT industrys role in economic development
Growth of venture businesses
Number
8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000
Percentage of ICT related enterprise is 55.74
(Jan. 2002)
1998.5 1998.12 1999.12 2000.8
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Leading industries recognition have changed

• In the 80s patents are important
• In the 90s standards can bring us market
• CDMA based mobile communication
• Patent royalty income from MPEG-2 standards

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Industries response

• Special task force for standardization
• to facilitate internal coordination
• Pro-active participation in standardization
• standards proposals, participation in meetings,
  chair/secretariats

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Governments response

• Legislation
• National Standards Act - est. in Feb.1999
• National Standards Plan- submitted in Feb. 2000
• Organization
• KATS strengthened the staffs from 40 to 173
• Budget for financial support
• Standards related RD
• Participation in international standardization

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New legislation

• National Standards Act
• est. Feb.8, 1999
• National Standards Plan
• submitted to the Prime Minister in Feb. 2000
• Goals
• strengthening of national standards basis
• improvement of national standards quality

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KATS standards staffs
AFTER
BEFORE
Bureau of Standards
Department of Basic Technology and Standards
Sep.2000
Department of Bio Chemical Technology and
Standards
Department of Chemistry
Department of Capital-Goods Technology and
Standards
Department of Mechanical and Metallurgical
Technology
Department of Electronic Technology and Standards
Department of Advanced Technology
Bureau of Conformity Assessment
Bureau of Safety and Legal Metrology
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Budget increase (1)

• RD grants for private sectors
• (95) US 0.46million (01)US 5.45million
  
• Government RD budget
• (96) US 0.46million (01)US 2.69million

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Budget increase (2)

• Financial support for standards participation
• Travel expenses, Training programs, Secretariat
  support, etc.

500
Support for participating in international
meetings
400
300
(million won)
Support for various training programs
200
100
Support for TC/SC secretariats
92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02
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Progress in TC/SC P -membership
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P-memberships in ISO IEC - April 2002 -
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Progress in ISO/IEC meeting participation
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TC/SC chairs and secretariats

• TC/SC Chairs 2
• JTC1/SC6 (in 2000) and ISO/TC8/SC8 (in 2001)
• TC/SC Secretariats 7
• IEC/SC47E (1993), JTC1/SC6(2000),
  ISO/TC8/SC8(2001), ISO/TC37/SC4(2001),
  ISO/TC18/SC4(2001), ISO/TC21/SC2(2001), and
  IEC/TC47(July 2002)
• WG Conveners 5

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Standards proposals

• Proposals
• Total 15 (8 in 2001)
• Inclusion of critical technologies
• especially in MPEG standards

Hosting of ISO/IEC meetings

• 2001 12 meetings, 2,029 participants

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Current challenges

• Participation quality
• Effective participation is still limited to ICT
  fields
• SME and consumer participation
• Language barrier
• technical experts with good command of English is
  a rarity
• Inefficient use of available resources
• Outputs from standards RD are not fully exploited

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Future Tasks

• Place the standardization as one of the important
  axes of economy by
• increased market relevance
• efficiency in standardization process
• wider information sharing
• and
• Better participation in international
  standardization