Date: 27 and 30 June 2022, 15:30-17:45 (CEST)
Hybrid, UNIDO HQ
Over the years, in line with its mandate of enhancing industrial development worldwide, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has helped many countries to integrate into the global economy by meeting regulatory and market requirements and establishing related national capacities, including national standards bodies (NSBs). Its work in this area subsequently led to a partnership with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The continued partnership between UNIDO and ISO is in response to the increasingly important role international standards play as a policy mechanism and as a market tool for trade and sustainable development.
In light of the strong partnership between UNIDO and ISO, UNIDO will be hosting the UNIDO-ISO/ TC 279 Working Session on Innovation Management (WG1 and WG3). In this context, UNIDO promotes particularly two special sessions entitled “UNIDO–ISO Innovation Seminar” and “UNIDO–ISO Innovation Labs”, with the objective of promoting standards for innovation and sustainable Development.
UNIDO is a strong advocate for the use of standards to enhance prosperity and the well-being of people and to preserve the planet. To this end, UNIDO engages at all stages of the standardization process, including advocacy, standardization, dissemination and implementation, outreach and global partnerships. This UNIDO-ISO joint event, in particular, will further strengthen UNIDO's contribution in the standardization process by:
- Advocating for the significance of innovation management standards;
- Supporting the development of standards through hosting working sessions of ISO/ TC 279 WG1 & WG3;
- Facilitating the dissemination of standards through the launching of the UNIDO–ISO Handbook on Innovation Management Standards;
- Convening experts and stakeholders to establish prospective partnerships that facilitate the development and implementation of international standards.
These special sessions are aimed to showcase UNIDO – ISO contributions to the innovation standards series, as well as promoting UNIDO efforts on innovation, particularly including the official launching of UNIDO–ISO Handbook on Innovation Management Standards. The Handbook is written by a panel of innovation and standardization experts, aiming at providing guidance for organizations wanting to innovate, and it expands upon the standard ISO 56002:2019, Innovation management — Innovation management system — Guidance. This handbook increases the understanding of and outlines a progressive implementation approach to the many recommendations of ISO 56002:2019. It is particularly focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) where it can be used to initiate or improve innovation dynamics.
More information
Both of the special sessions, i.e. UNIDO–ISO Innovation Seminar and UNIDO–ISO Innovation Labs, are open to all, and will take place in hybrid modality. Participants can join the session in person at UNIDO HQ (depending on availability, the registration is needed), or remotely through the platform Zoom.
Registration
In person participation at UNIDO HQ: contact Ms. Sibilla Sartori,
Online participation via Zoom
Download the programme of the special sessions here.