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    BSI Education Podcast – Commonwealth Standards Network In this episode of the #bsiedpod, Cindy Parokkil and Matthew Chiles speak to Peter Sissons, Ece Lynch, Patricia Ejalu (Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)) Charles Davies, and Benjamin Hedley about what drove the development of the #CSN, its impact on the ground in member countries, and the future plans for the network. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/dzbjT8y
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    Information shared from: https://giaccentre.org/commonwealth-benchmarks/ Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks were published in April 2021. They were produced by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with GIACC and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). They were developed in consultation with representatives of the African Union, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Commonwealth law ministries, anti-corruption agencies, and partner organisations. Catherine Stansbury, Co-founder and Director of GIACC, is the principal author of the Benchmarks. The Benchmarks contain good practice anti-corruption measures. They are intended primarily to help governments and public sector organisations assess their anti-corruption laws, regulations, policies and procedures against international good practice, and implement appropriate improvements. They address corruption across key areas of the public and private sectors which are either important for combatting corruption or which are vulnerable to significant corruption. In relation to each key area, the Benchmarks promote the concepts of honesty, impartiality, accountability, and transparency and provide for specific anti-corruption measures. The Benchmark measures are designed to be achievable, practical, and auditable. They provide a holistic and interlocking system that aims to reduce and deal with the risk of corruption in the public and private sectors. Download Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks
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    CSN_Background video 577727828_CSNsubbedversionFINAL40MB.mp4
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    CSN_Mapping of CSN NSB sales points and international standard adoptions (Draft) CSN_IS adoption Mapping_2021 edited draft.pdf
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    CSN_Survey results_2020-03 CSN Survey results_2020-03-11 (edit).pdf
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    CSN_Survey results_2019-09CSN Survey results_2019-09-18.pdf
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    CSN Survey results_2018-10 CSN Survey results_2018-10-22.pdf
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    This Roadmap builds from learnings established during the development of the Commonwealth Standards Network. The objective of this document is to set out a series of practical steps that National Standards Bodies (NSBs) can take to support the utilisation of standards to support their domestic ambitions and goals. Standardization needs to be driven by domestic requirements, hence there is not a one size fits all model. This document aims to highlight core themes that are of interest to NSBs throughout the Commonwealth, it is not a prescriptive list of actions, but a menu of activities that NSBs can follow if there they have a requirement. Click the link below to download the document: CSN Roadmap brochure_2021-03 (v5).pdf
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    1658234311_CSN_CaseStudy_Video_Uganda_Highlights(withsubtitles)_2021-03.mp4 CSN_Case Study_Video_Uganda_Highlights_2021-04
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    CSN_Training_Presentation _1_CSN Overview (January 2020) CSN_Training_NSB 1_CSN_Overview (60min).pdf
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    CSN_Case Study_Video_Uganda_Fishing_2021-03 This case study demonstrates how CSN & UNBS have worked together to bridge standards gaps in the Uganda fisheries sector. 1024732608_CSN_CaseStudy_Video_Uganda_Fishing_2021-03.mp4
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    CSN session: UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative 30th March 2021 13:00-14:00 GMT/UTC (note: this is 14:00-15:00 UK time) Background: As part of the Commonwealth Standards Network’s (CSN) objectives to promote good practices in the use and development of international standards we will be running an online session from 13:00-14:00 (GMT/UTC) on 30th March to discuss the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative. The UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative provides a practical way for standards bodies wishing to take a step towards making the standards they develop and the standards development process they follow gender responsive, it aims to: · Strengthen the use of standards and technical regulations as powerful tools to attain SDG 5 (Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls), · Integrate a gender lens in the development of both standards and technical regulations, · Elaborate gender indicators and criteria that could be used in standards development. Open access via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95558520433 Presenters: · Host: o Stephanie Eynon: Chair of the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative · Panellists and Presentations: o Emmanuel Gatera, Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) o Gabrielle White, Standards Council of Canada (SCC) o Michelle Parkouda, Standards Council of Canada (SCC) o Judith Fessehaie, SheTrades. Topics: · What is the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative? · Why is it important? · What is the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Declaration? · How to adopt the declaration · How to create NSB action plans and implement changes. · ISO IWA 34:2021 ‘Women's entrepreneurship — Key definitions and general criteria’ The discussions will conclude with a Q&A session. Please feel free to provide questions or comments beforehand by contacting the CSN Senior Programme Manager Ben Hedley ben.hedley@bsigroup.com CSN_UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative_Session_30-03-2021 (v2).pdf
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    CSN_UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative_Session_30-03-2021 (v2).pdf CSN session: UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative 30th March 2021 13:00-14:00 GMT/UTC Background: As part of the Commonwealth Standards Network’s (CSN) objectives to promote good practices in the use and development of international standards we will be running an online session from 13:00-14:00 (GMT/UTC) on 30th March to discuss the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative. The UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative provides a practical way for standards bodies wishing to take a step towards making the standards they develop and the standards development process they follow gender responsive, it aims to: · Strengthen the use of standards and technical regulations as powerful tools to attain SDG 5 (Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls), · Integrate a gender lens in the development of both standards and technical regulations, · Elaborate gender indicators and criteria that could be used in standards development. Open access via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95558520433 Presenters: · Host: o Stephanie Eynon: Chair of the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative · Panellists and Presentations: o Emmanuel Gatera, Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) o Gabrielle White, Standards Council of Canada (SCC) o Michelle Parkouda, Standards Council of Canada (SCC) o Judith Fessehaie, SheTrades. Topics: · What is the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative? · Why is it important? · What is the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Declaration? · How to adopt the declaration · How to create NSB action plans and implement changes. · ISO IWA 34:2021 ‘Women's entrepreneurship — Key definitions and general criteria’ The discussions will conclude with a Q&A session. Please feel free to provide questions or comments beforehand by contacting the CSN Senior Programme Manager Ben Hedley ben.hedley@bsigroup.com
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    Click HERE to access CSN eLearning Module 5 'Business Continuity Management Systems' By the end of this module you will be able to explain the importance and benefits of having an effective Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) in place for continually improving how your organisation operates.
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    Thank you for your comments, I am glad you have found the modules interesting and have received your certificates for modules 1 & 2. The certificate for module 3 will be with you shortly, they get sent out in batches once we have manually check through through the survey results - they are not sent automatically/instantly so sometimes it might take a couple of weeks.
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    Click HERE to access CSN eLearning Module 4 'Safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic – General guidelines for organisations' By the end of this module you will be able to: Explain the benefits of following the “Safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic” guidelines Understand the planning and assessment of risks Identify the ways of risk management.
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    This CSN paper is about the role of standards in shaping policy, and the challenges that NSBs face. We ask: 'What role do national Standards Bodies (NSBs) have in setting government policy?' A stark answer could be: None. NSBs should have no role in setting policy; policy, the argument might go, is for governments alone. NSBs should focus on technical matters. Reality, however, is not so black and white. In some countries standards are integral to government policy, in others they are peripheral – and in between there are many shades of grey. But standards always matter, in all countries alike. A coherent approach to the use of standards in regulation will make governments more effective and efficient in serving society, environment and the economy. Standards, it is argued, play an underappreciated role in moving ideas; they are building blocks for incremental spreading of technology and innovation, they are good “messengers”. But exactly how to approach standards and regulations in a coherent manner is fraught with challenges. Drawing from experience gained via the Commonwealth Standards Network (CSN) work programme, we look more closely five inter-related challenges in developing countries. We discuss how these challenges may be addressed and stress the importance of both good regulatory practices and good standards practices. We situate these two core activities (regulation and standard setting) within the concept of “quality infrastructure” and suggest a possible starting points for more detailed follow-up. CSN_The role of standards in supporting policy, and the challenges NSBs face_2021.pdf
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    This is the Executive Summary of a CSN paper about the role of standards in shaping policy, and the challenges that NSBs face. We ask: 'What role do national Standards Bodies (NSBs) have in setting government policy?' A stark answer could be: None. NSBs should have no role in setting policy; policy, the argument might go, is for governments alone. NSBs should focus on technical matters. Reality, however, is not so black and white. In some countries standards are integral to government policy, in others they are peripheral – and in between there are many shades of grey. But standards always matter, in all countries alike. A coherent approach to the use of standards in regulation will make governments more effective and efficient in serving society, environment and the economy. Standards, it is argued, play an underappreciated role in moving ideas; they are building blocks for incremental spreading of technology and innovation, they are good “messengers”. But exactly how to approach standards and regulations in a coherent manner is fraught with challenges. Drawing from experience gained via the Commonwealth Standards Network (CSN) work programme, we look more closely five inter-related challenges in developing countries. We discuss how these challenges may be addressed and stress the importance of both good regulatory practices and good standards practices. We situate these two core activities (regulation and standard setting) within the concept of “quality infrastructure” and suggest a possible starting points for more detailed follow-up. CSN_The role of standards in supporting policy, and the challenges NSBs face_Executive Summary_03-2021.pdf
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    CSN PSQCA Standards and Policy remote training.
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    Click HERE to access CSN eLearning Module 3 'International standards: A tool to support policy' By the end of this module you will be able to: Explain why international standards are important for policy and trade Identify the challenges faced by National Standards Bodies (NSBs) Define good practices for standards and regulations.
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    Thank you for taking the time to complete the modules and survey. Certificates will start being sent out next week.
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    A survey can be found at the end of the course: feedback is much appreciated - it helps us update existing courses and design new ones to best suit the needs of the CSN membership.
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    A survey can be found at the end of the course: feedback is much appreciated - it helps us update existing courses and design new ones to best suit the needs of the CSN membership.
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    Click HERE to access CSN eLearning Module 2 'Benefits of using international standards' By the end of the module you will be able to: Explain what international standards are; Describe the benefits of using international standards.
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