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Thirty-second Session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)

Thirty-second Session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)

07 November (15:00) - 09 November (18:00) 2022
Palais des Nations, Salle XXI (E-building) Geneva Switzerland

Session Documents

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Item 1: Adoption of the agenda      
Revised annotated provisional agenda
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/1/Rev.1
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Annotated provisional agenda
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/1
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Item 2: Election of officers      
Item 3: Matters arising    
Report from the Bureau of Working Party 6
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/INF.1
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Item 4: Advisory Group on Market Surveillance      
Report on activities under the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/3
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Revised Glossary of Market Surveillance Terms
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/4
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Corrigendum to Revised Glossary of Market Surveillance Terms
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/4/Corr.1
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Item 5: Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems      
Report on activities under the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/5
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Revision of Recommendation T on Standards and Regulations for Sustainable Development
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/6
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Item 6: Ad Hoc Team of Specialists on Standardization and Regulatory Techniques      
Report on recent developments in the sectoral initiatives
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/7
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A Common Regulatory Framework for Equipment Used in Environments with an Explosive Atmosphere (Second Edition)
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/INF.4
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Item 7: Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative      
Report on activities of the Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative 2021–2022
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/8
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Guidelines on Developing Gender-Responsive Standards
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/9
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Importance of the term gender-responsive
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/INF.5

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Item 8: Programme of work      
(a) Report on capacity-building      
Progress report on the Standards for Sustainable Development Goals project, phase II
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/10
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Training Material on Gender-Responsive Standards
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/INF.2
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Training Material on Standards in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/INF.3
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(b) Working Party terms of reference      
Revised terms of reference of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/11
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(c) Programme of work for 2023      
Programme of work of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies for 2023
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/12
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(d) Activities of other United Nations Economic Commission for Europe bodies and other international organizations of interest to WP.6      
Item 9: Panel discussion: digital and green transformations and their relation to regulatory cooperation and standardization policies      
Moving towards a digital and green economy: the importance of standardization and harmonized policies
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/13
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Item 10: Other business      
Item 11: Adoption of the report      
Report on the thirty-second session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2022/2
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Introduction - click to open

Thirty-second session of the WP.6 was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva from 15:00 on 7 November 2022 to 18:00 on 9 November 2022 as an in-person meeting. 

Prior to the launch of the thirty-second session, an in-person meeting on “back to basics on quality infrastructure” discussing the core themes related to the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6) took place from 10:00 to 13:00 on 7 November 2022.

The session documents are available progressively under session documents session of this meeting page

Presentations under Agenda Items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8(a) and 8(d)

Item 4 Advisory Group on Market Surveillance (MARS)

Item 5 Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems (GRM)

Item 6 Ad Hoc Team of Specialistson Standardization and Regulatory Techniques (START)

Item 7 Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative (GRSI)

Item 8 (a) Report on Capacity Building

Item 8 (d) Activities of other United Nations Economic Commission for Europe bodies and other international organizations of interest to WP.6:

  • Ms. Andrea VILLARREAL BARRIOS, International Organization for Standardization
     
  • Ms. Marianna KRAMARIKOVA, International Electrotechnical Commission
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  • Ms. Alina FETISOVA, International Trade Centre
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  • Ms. Silvia VACCARO, DG GROW Unit H3 on Standards Policy of the European Commission
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  • Ms. Adriana QUINONES, UN Women
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  • Mr. Ralph HEINRICH, UNECE Committee on Innovation Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships
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  • Ms. Franziska HIRSCH, UNECE Focal Point for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
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