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REPORT TO THE STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT BOARD
IEC/TC or SC:	Secretariat:	Date:
Please ensure this form is sent to the IEC Secretariat as soon as possible but no later than 4 weeks following the TC or SC meeting.
Title of TC
Title of SCs
TC and/or SC	Meeting dates	Place and country	Number of participants	% of P-members	Chair of meeting (name and country)
TC and/or SC	Date next meeting	Place next meeting
A.	Questions of principle on which a SMB decision is required
B.	Key decisions and changes
C.	Areas of new work
D	Sustainable Development Goals
☐ GOAL 1: No Poverty ☐ GOAL 2: Zero Hunger ☐ GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being ☐ GOAL 4: Quality Education ☐ GOAL 5: Gender Equality ☐ GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation ☐ GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy ☐ GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth ☐ GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure ☐ GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality ☐ GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities ☐ GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption & Production ☐ GOAL 13: Climate Action ☐ GOAL 14: Life Below Water ☐ GOAL 15: Life on Land ☐ GOAL 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions ☐ GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goals
☐ Not applicable Justification:
E.	Issues / concerns needing SMB and/or IEC Secretariat intervention
F.	Liaisons
G.	P-member participation –
Requests for the IEC Secretariat to remind P-members of their obligations (see Annex)

H.	Strategic Business Plan
☐ not modified	☐ attached	☐ expected by
Progress on the action items indicated in the SBP: see Annex

Name and signature of the TC secretary
Annexes TC and/or SC – P-member participation report Report on the progress of the strategic objectives in the SBP Guidelines for the preparation of the Report to the Standardization Management Board

Annex

TC or SC – P-member participation report

P-members	Contribution to TC or SC meetings	No. of experts in WG/MT/PT	Participation to the votes (NP, CDV, FDIS, DTS, DTR) (%)
Place Date	Place Date	Place Date	201X (No. of documents)	201Y (No. of documents)	201Z (No. of documents)

Annex

Report on the progress of the strategic objectives in the SBP

Strategic objectives 3-5 years	Actions to support the strategic objectives	Target date(s) to complete the actions	Status (not started, in progress, complete)	Progress report

Guidelines for the preparation of the Report
to the Standardization Management Board

These guidelines give the TC or SC secretary basic information on how to prepare the Report to the Standardization Management Board. For more detailed information or for any other questions, then the TC or SC secretary should contact the IEC Secretariat Technical Officer responsible for his/her TC/SC.

A Report to the Standardization Management Board shall be prepared after each TC or SC committee meeting.

When TC and SC meetings are held together, then it is the responsibility of the TC secretary to collect all the inputs from the SC secretaries combining them to present one consolidated report.

When a SC meeting is held without the parent TC, then it is the SC secretary’s responsibility to submit a report to the Standardization Management Board.

All reports to the Standardization Management Board shall be submitted to the IEC Secretariat no later than 4 weeks following the meeting.

A.	Questions of principle on which a decision is required

Questions of principle are raised for:

Title and scope of TCs (new and revised);

Designation of SC secretariat if there are more than one NC offering their candidature;

Transformation of a SC into a TC;

Dissolution of a TC;

Approval of Category C liaisons;

Derogations from the ISO/IEC Directives Parts 1 and 2 and the IEC Supplement;

Requests by TC/SC for approval of a deliverable for conformity assessment requirements;

Development and maintenance of a publication using the data base procedures;

Designation of a publication as a horizontal standard;

Designation of a registration authority.

QPs should be written so that a decision – yes/no – can be taken by the Standardization Management Board.

All other questions/issues not in the list above are not Questions of Principle and should be addressed in section D.

B.	Key decisions and changes

This section should cover:

Prioritisation of work;

Setting-up and disbanding WG/MT/PTs along with Ad-hoc groups;

Capping the number of experts/P-members in specific WG/MT/PTs;

Creation of JWGs with IEC/TC-SCs and/or ISO/ TC-SCs giving information on the TC/SC or organization with administrative responsibility;

Organization of or participation in conferences, trade shows, seminars etc.

Etc.

C.	Areas of new work

Highlight any new areas of work under investigation or initiated.

Indicate if this new work could possibly overlap the work of other TC/SC. If so, also indicate why your TS/SC should do the work.

Indicate if this new work:

will result in a scope change, or

will contain requirements related to conformity assessment.

D.	Sustainable Development Goals

Indicate if this new work will help to address any Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Provide information about the SDG(s) and the SDG Indicators (information available at https://www.iec.ch/SDG/) that would be impacted by the work and explain how the effort would positively contribute to the SDG.

E.	Issues/ concerns needing SMB and/or IEC CO intervention

This section should cover:

Conflicting situations either with IEC TC/SCs, ISO TC/SCs or external organisations;

Overlap and/or duplication of work with other IEC TC/SCs or ISO TC/SCs;

The need for clarification on the interpretation or application of Directives/ procedures;

Requests for IEC Secretariat support;

Feed-back on the IT tools

Etc.

F.	Liaisons

List all the internal and external liaisons, when they were last reviewed, and indicate any critical issues with liaisons etc.

This section should specifically indicate the creation and cancellation of liaisons both internal (IEC) and external (ISO and external organizations) along with notification of new Category A and B liaisons.

G.	P-member participation – requests for IEC Secretariat to remind P-members of their obligations (see Annex)

The P-member participation report includes:

a list with the current P-members as given on the IEC website;

contributions of P-members to TC or SC meetings which can either be by a physical presence at the meeting or by correspondence;

the number of experts for each P-member in the WG/MT/PTs, information which can be extracted from the IEC website;

voting statistics as given on the IEC website for P-members on NP, PAS, CDV, FDIS, DTS, DTR

noting also the total number of documents voted on in that year.

The following items should be taken into consideration prior to making a request for the IEC Secretariat to remind a P-member of their obligations:

Contribution to plenary committee meetings;

Comments submitted on committee documents (DC, CD)

Voting record on documents (NP, CDV, FDIS) submitted for formal vote;

General contributions to the work of the committee concerned.

For a TC, add a table for each SC indicating P-member participation.

H.	Strategic Business Plan

Normally the Strategic Business Plan should have “Objectives” and an “Action plan” covering a period of 3 to 5 years so there is no need to modify unless there have been changes.

Indicate if the SBP is reviewed. If not, indicate when it will be reviewed.

Give a report on the status of the action items given in the SBP (milestones achieved, etc.).