Regional Standing Committee - Europe, Middle East & Africa

The RSC-Europe, the Middle East and Africa (RSC-EMEA) 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 European, Middle Eastern and African regions.

• 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-EMEA is to develop and maintain strategies and goals for the EMEA region for the ANSI International Policy Committee (IPC) on an ongoing basis to achieve objectives such as to:

• Prepare for the ANSI-European Standards Organizations (ESO) meetings
• Develop and coordinate positions for ANSI delegations to ANSI-ESOs meetings
• 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 European meetings and conferences
• Coordinate ANSI positions with other ISO and IEC national standards bodies in the region
• Coordinate and lead outreach visits to and from countries of interest in the region
• Provide outreach and training tools for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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

Administator
Bridgette Dziedzic
Program Administrator, International Policy – Regional

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

Regional Activities
Americas
Asia-Pacific

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

For a schedule of upcoming meetings, please enter either Regional Standing Committees – Europe, the Middle East and Africa or RSC-EMEA in the Key Word search field of the ANSI Online Calendar of Events.

The CEN-CENELEC-ETSI-ANSI Conference on Interoperability: Key to International Business, will be held in Warsaw Poland February 6-7, 2008. Registration begins October 2007.

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

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

The three European Standardization Organizations (ESOs):

• European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
• European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
• European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI)

• Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General (DG) of the European Commission (EC)
  

• 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