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Global Standards Collaboration

GSC

GSC is an unincorporated voluntary organization dedicated to enhancing global cooperation and collaboration regarding communications standards and the related standards development environment. GSC is not a standards development organization and therefore will not develop standards.

GSC-22 was hosted by IEC and ISO on 26-27 March 2019 in Switzerland.

Members of GSC

Governing Principles of GSC

The Governing Principles of GSC were updated in 2014. Membership in GSC is open to member-based organizations that are recognized or accredited to develop communications standards. GSC meets approximately once a year, hosted by the GSC members in rotation. ITU is the repository of GSC-documents from past meetings.

GUIDANCE FOR MEETING HOSTS (v 2.0, September 2018)

This document has been prepared by the members of GSC to provide guidance for GSC Members who are hosting a GSC meeting (Host Organization). Many of the items are suggestions to provide background and information on how a typical GSC meeting is structured, and other information is suggested to provide continuity.

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Past Meetings Repository

GSC-22 was hosted by IEC and ISO on 26-27 March 2019 in Montreux, Switzerland

ITU is the repository of GSC-documents from past meetings

History of GSC

The idea to provide a platform of dialogue among senior officials from standards bodies was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1990. GSC events provide a strategic opportunity for dialogue among senior officials from national, regional and international standards bodies in support of the work of ITU.