The RSC-Asia Pacific (RSC-AP) was created in an effort to broaden the participation of ANSI in the development of policy positions regarding regional standards and conformity assessment activities, and to coordinate U.S. activities, respond to initiatives and advise ANSI on matters relating to the Asia Pacific region.

• Overview
• Members and Officers
• Organizational Structure
• Meeting Calendar
• Document Library
  (User ID &Password Required)
• Membership in ANSI
• Related Links
• Staff Contacts

The mission of the RSC-AP is to develop and maintain strategies and goals for the AP region for the ANSI International Policy Committee (IPC) on an ongoing basis to achieve objectives such as to:

• Coordinate and lead outreach visits to countries of interest in the region.
• Play a leading role in encouraging China and other countries in the region to adopt key elements of the US voluntary standards process such as the ANSI cardinal principles of Openness, Balance, Due Process, and Consensus.
• Develop and coordinate positions for ANSI delegations to Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) meetings and to other policy-level meetings on Asia Pacific standards.
• Respond to initiatives coming out of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Committee on Trade and Investment Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance related to PASC Standing Committee issues, the ASEAN Consultative
  Committee for Standards and Quality (ACCSQ), and the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT).
• Work with the U.S Department of Commerce including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Trade Administration (ITA) and other governmental agencies on standards and conformity assessment issues impacting the region.
• Support the US Government on trade-related standards and conformity assessment matters impacting the region.
• Identify experts who are able to represent ANSI at pertinent Asia-Pacific meetings and conferences.
• Coordinate ANSI positions with other ISO and IEC national standards bodies in the region.
• Provide outreach and training tools to countries of interest in the region

Secretary
Steven Bipes
Director, International Policy - Regional and Bilateral Programs

Administator
Bridgette Dziedzic
Program Administrator, International Policy – Regional

For a complete list of RSC-AP members, click here.

Regional Activities
Americas
Europe, Middle East & Africa

The RSC-AP typically meets two to four times per year in live and teleconference meetings.

PASC 31 will take place the week of
April 21-24, 2008 in Beijing, China

The RSC-AP Document Library contains information available only to registered RSC-AP members. It requires a username and password to use.

For more information about document access, click here.

If not already a member of ANSI, please follow these links to:

• View the Benefits of ANSI membership
• Obtain an ANSI membership application.
• View a complete list of ANSI Members
• View a complete list of staff on the ANSI Membership and Member Services Team

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance (APEC SCSC)

• Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC)
• Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC)
• Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC)
• Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF)
• Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP)

• ANSI International & Regional Policy Papers and Charts

Steven Bipes
Director, International Policy - Regional and Bilateral Programs
Tel: 202.331.3607
Fax: 202.293.9287
Email: sbipes@ansi.org

Bridgette Dziedzic
Program Administrator, International Policy – Regional and Bilateral Programs
Tel: 202.331.3622
Fax: 202.293.9287
Email: bdziedzic@ansi.org