International standards organizations

• Accellera — Accellera Organization
• ACI — American Concrete Institute
• AIIM — Association for Information and Image Management
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute
• ASTM International
• AUTOSAR — Automotive technology
• BIPM, CGPM, and CIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures and the related organizations established under the Metre Convention of 1875.
• CableLabs — Cable Television Laboratories
• CCSDS — Consultative Committee for Space Data Sciences
• CISPR — International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• DCMI — Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• DMTF — Distributed Management Task Force
• Ecma International — Ecma International (previously called ECMA)
• FAI — Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
• GS1 — Global supply chain standards (identification numbers, barcodes, electronic commerce transactions, RFID)
• IBTA — Infiniband Trade Association
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• IAU* — International Arabic Union
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IETF — Internet Engineering Task Force
• IFOAM — International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• ITU — The International Telecommunication Union
  • ITU-R — ITU Radiocommunications Sector (formerly known as CCIR)
  • ITU-T — ITU Telecommunications Sector (formerly known as CCITT)
  • ITU-D — ITU Telecom Development (formerly known as BDT)
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Liberty Alliance — Liberty Alliance
• Media Grid — Media Grid Standards Organization
• N3P — Neutral Third Party
• OASIS — Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
• OGC — Open Geospatial Consortium
• OHICC — Organization of Hotel Industry Classification & Certification
• OMA — Open Mobile Alliance
• OMG — Object Management Group
• OGF — Open Grid Forum (merger of Global Grid Forum (GGF) and Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA))
• OpenTravel Alliance — OpenTravel Alliance (previously known as OTA
• SAI — Social Accountability International
• SIF — Schools Interoperability Framework
• TM Forum — Telemanagement Forum
• UPU — Universal Postal Union
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• WSA — Website Standards Association
• WHO standards body
• XSF — The XMPP Standards Foundation
• FAO standards body

 Regional standards organizations

Africa

• ARSO — African Regional Organization for Standardization
• SADCSTAN — Southern African Development Community (SADC) Cooperation in Standardization

Americas

• COPANT — Pan American Standards Commission
• AMN — MERCOSUR Standardization Association
• CROSQ — CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality

Asia Pacific

• PASC — Pacific Area Standards Congress
• ACCSQ — ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality

Europe

• RoyalCert International Registrars
• CEN — European Committee for Standardization
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
• URS — United Registrar of Systems, UK
• ETSI — European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• EASC — Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (European Union)

Middle East

• AIDMO — Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
• IAU* — International Arabic Union

National standards organizations

• Algeria — IANOR — Institut algérien de normalisation
• Argentina — IRAM — Instituto Argentino de Normalización
• Armenia — SARM — National Institute of Standards and Quality
• Australia — SA — Standards Australia
• Austria — ON — Austrian Standards Institute
• Bangladesh — BSTI — Bangladesh Standards and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutio
• Barbados — BNSI — Barbados National Standards Institution
• Belarus — BELST — Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Belarus
• Belgium — NBN — Bureau voor Normalisatie/Bureau de Normalisation (formerly: IBN/BIN)
• Belgium — BEC/CEB — The Belgian Electrotechnical Committee
• Bolivia — IBNORCA — Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — BASMP — Institute for Standards, Metrology and Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil — ABNT — Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas
• Brunei Darussalam — CPRU — Construction Planning and Research Unit, Ministry of Development
• Bulgaria — BDS — Bulgarian Institute for Standardization
• Canada — SCC — Standards Council of Canada
• Canada — CSA — Canadian Standards Association
• Chile — INN — Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion
• China — SAC — Standardization Administration of China
• China — CSSN — China Standards Information Center
• Colombia — ICONTEC
• Costa Rica — INTECO — Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica
• Croatia — DZNM — State Office for Standardization and Metrology
• Cuba — NC — Oficina Nacional de Normalización
• Czech Republic — CSNI — Czech Standards Institute
• Denmark — DS — Dansk Standard
• Ecuador — INEN — Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización
• Egypt — EO — Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control
• El Salvador — CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
• Estonia — EVS — Eesti Standardikeskus
• Ethiopia — QSAE — Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia
• Finland — SFS — Finnish Standards Association
• France — AFNOR — Association française de normalisation
• Germany — DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung and Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik
• Georgia — GEOSTM-Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology
• Greece — ELOT — Hellenic Organization for Standardization
• Grenada — GDBS — Grenada Bureau of Standards
• Guatemala — COGUANOR — Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas
• Guyana — GNBS — Guyana National Bureau of Standards
• Hong Kong — ITCHKSAR — Innovation and Technology Commission
• Hungary — MSZT — Magyar Szabványügyi Testület
• Iceland — IST — Icelandic Council for Standardization
• India — BIS — Bureau of Indian Standards
• Indonesia — BSN — Badan Standardisasi Nasional
• Iran — ISIRI — Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran
• Ireland — NSAI — National Standards Authority of Ireland
• Israel — SII — The Standards Institution of Israel
• Italy — UNI — Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
• Jamaica — BSJ — Bureau of Standards, Jamaica
• Japan — JISC — Japan Industrial Standards Committee
• Jordan — JISM — Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
• Kazakstan — KAZMEMST — Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
• Kenya — KEBS — Kenya Bureau of Standards
• Republic of Korea — KATS — Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
• Kuwait — KOWSMD — Public Authority for Industry, Standards and Industrial Services Affairs
• Kyrgyzstan — KYRGYZST — State Inspection for Standardization and Metrology
• Latvia — LVS — Latvian Standard
• Lebanon — LIBNOR — Lebanese Standards Institution
• Lithuania — LST — Lithuanian Standards Board
• Luxembourg — SEE — Service de l'Energie de l'Etat, Organisme Luxembourgeois de Normalisation
• Malaysia — Department of Standards Malaysia
• Malta — MSA — Malta Standards Authority
• Mauritius — MSB — Mauritius Standards Bureau
• Mexico — DGN — Dirección General de Normas
• Moldova — MOLDST — Department of Standardization and Metrology
• Morocco — SNIMA — Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
• Netherlands — NEN — Nederlandse Norm, maintained by the Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI)
• New Zealand — SNZ — Standards New Zealand
• Nicaragua — DTNM — Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología
• Nigeria — SON — Standards Organisation of Nigeria
• Norway — SN — Standards Norway (Standard Norge)
• Oman — DGSM — Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements
• Pakistan — PSQCA — Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
• Palestine — PSI — Palestine Standards Institution
• Panama — COPANIT — Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas
• Papua New Guinea — NISIT — National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology
• Peru — INDECOPI — Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intellectual
• Philippines — BPS — Bureau of Product Standards
• Poland — PKN — Polish Committee for Standardization
• Portugal — IPQ — Instituto Português da Qualidade
• Romania — ASRO — Asociatia de Standardizare din România
• Russian Federation — Rostekhregulirovaniye — Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology
• Saint Lucia — SLBS — Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
• Saudi Arabia — SASO — Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
• Serbia and Montenegro — ISSM -Institution for Standardization of Serbia and Montenegro
• Seychelles — SBS — Seychelles Bureau of Standards
• Singapore — SPRING SG — Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
• Slovakia — SUTN — Slovak Standards Institute
• Slovenia — SIST — Slovenian Institute for Standardization
• South Africa — SABS — South African Bureau of Standards
• Spain — AENOR — Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación
• Sri Lanka — SLSI — Sri Lanka Standards Institution
• Sweden — SIS — Swedish Standards Institute
• Switzerland — SNV — Swiss Association for Standardization
• Syrian Arab Republic — SASMO — The Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology
• Taiwan (Republic of China) — BSMI — The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
• Tanzania — TBS — Tanzania Bureau of Standards
• Thailand — TISI — Thai Industrial Standards Institute
• Trinidad and Tobago — TTBS — Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
• Turkey — TSE — Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü
• Uganda — UNBS — Uganda National Bureau of Standards
• Ukraine — DSSU ��� State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine
• United Kingdom — BSI — British Standards Institution aka BSI Group
• United States of America — NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology; ANSI — American National Standards Institute
• Uruguay — UNIT — Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas
• Venezuela — FONDONORMA — Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad
• Vietnam — TCVN — Directorate for Standards and Quality

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