# Presentation: 892347

## February 21, 2008
ICES - Asian Perspective

Yasukazu Fukuda
Director, Standardization Planning Office 
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Japanese Government

JISC (Japanese Industrial Standards Committee) Secretariat

- ICES - Asian Perspective
- Yasukazu Fukuda
- Director, Standardization Planning Office
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
- Japanese Government
- JISC (Japanese Industrial Standards Committee) Secretariat

**Initiatives for Increasing the Number of ****Standardization Experts in Japan***-Education and Training in Standardization-** *

## Contents

- ●Organization Structure of METI and JISC
- ●METI/JISC’s Action Plan for Enhancing International Standardization Activities of Japan
- ●Types of Standardization Experts
- ●Training Courses for Standards Writers and Developers
- ● Development of Teaching Materials and Lectures at Universities
- ●Future Challenges

## Organizational Structure of METI 

_**<**__**Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry**__**>**_

**Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau**

**Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Policy Division**

**Metrology Policy Office**

**Director-General**

**Standards Planning Office**

**Conformity Assessment Division**

**Measurement and Intellectual Infrastructure Division**

**Products Accreditation Operation Office**

**Mutual Recognition Office**

**Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Policy Unit**

- Number of staff: 108

**Independent administrative agencies;**
**・****AIST (The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology )**
**・ ****NITE (National Institute of Technology and Evaluation )**
**・ ****JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization )**
**・** **NEDO (The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization )**

**Standardization Office for Industrial Infrastructure**

**Standardization Office for Consumers and Environment**

**Standardization Office for Information Technology and Electrotechnology**

**Standardization Office for Management System**

**International Standardization Policy Office **

##  Council

-  Vice-President: Dr. Eisuke Masada, Professor, Tokyo University of Science
-  Vice-President: Prof. Masumi Tanaka, Former ISO President

-  **Council**

**Standards Board**

**Conformity Assessment Board**

- 27 Specific Technical Committees

- Committees
- Committee on JIS Marking

- Special Committees;
- - Human Resource Development Policy (to be established)
- Consumer Policy
- Measurement Standards and Intellectual Infrastructure, etc

***  JISC Secretariat:**
** ****Technical Regulations, **
** ****Standards and Conformity  **** Assessment Policy Unit, ****METI**
***** **Secretary General:**
**  ****Mr. Kyoichi Hirota**
**  ****Deputy Secretary General:**
**  ****Mr. Juichi Nagano**

- JSA  (Japanese Standards Association)
- JSA/IEC-APC (IEC Activities Promotion Committee)

- JIS (Japanese Industrial  Standard) Drafting Committees
- ISO/IEC National Mirror Committees   (**)** **

- Industry, Consumers, Academia,
- Regulators

- Secretariat(*)

- ** Often established in industrial organizations/ associations

- Committees
- Committee on National Conformity Assessment System
- Committee on International Affaires
- Committee on Conformity Assessment for Management System Standards

- Organization Structure of JISC

## METI/JISC’s Action Plan for Enhancing International Standardization Activities of Japan 

- ●Awareness-raising of industry leaders
-  - Dialogue with industry leaders, organizing workshops and symposia
- ●Synergy between R&D and standardization
-  - Standards as a target of national R&D
- ●Increase the number of standardization experts
-  - Training and Education programs responding to types of standardization experts

## The Seminar for International Standardization

- Participants: 300
- Panel Discussion
-  ・Discussion 1: Towards a safe and secure society (accessible design)
-  ・Discussion 2: Synergy between R&D and standardization (nanotechnology)
-  ・Discussion 3: Standardization as industrial infrastructure (springs)

_**The Seminar for International Standardization**_
_**- Towards the greater contribution of standardization to society -**_

- Minister Amari and the ISO Secretary General

- Panel discussion

- Parliamentary Secretary Ogiwara and the ISO Secretary General

**Awareness**

## Synergy between R&D and Standardization

- Time span

**Proliferation of technologies **

**R&D**

**Time lag**

**R&D**

**Continuous R&D for standardization**

**Standardization support**** **
**the spread of **
**new technologies **

**No linkage case**

**linkage case**

_**Synergy between R&D and Standardization**_

**R&D and Standardization**

**Notes:**
他方、スピードも重要。特に、技術進歩の早い分野では、例え技術力で優っていても、国際標準化に乗り遅れることで、市場で負けてしまう。
このため、研究開発段階から標準化を一体的に進めることで、我が国技術をいち早く国際標準化していく取り組みが重要。既に、政府の研究開発プロジェクトでは、標準化との連携を進めている。(燃料電池など)

## Types of Standardization Experts

- ●Standards writers and developers (e.g. chairs, conveners, project leaders, secretaries)
- => need to educate these experts for the next generation
- ●Researchers of technologies necessary for standardization
- => need for them to be aware of the importance of standardization in their R&D activities for enhancing synergy between R&D and standardization
- ●Planners deciding what is to be standardized, and when and how
- need for them to be aware of the importance of incorporating standardization in their business strategies and planning

**Experts**

## Training Courses for Standards Writers and Developers  

**Training course for enhancing leadership capability in International Standardization****     ****(3days)**
***newly established in 2007***

**Training course of writing International Standards (2days)**
***newly****** ******established in 2007***

**Introductory Training Course on International**** ****Standardization**
-  **(****1****day)**

**High level**

**Basic level**

**Training**

## Development of Teaching Materials and Lectures at Universities

**Developing Teaching Materials on Standardization**** **
**  **- General Knowledge       *(FY 2005-2007)*
-     -  Sector Specific Case Study
-          -Machinery                         -Machinery Safety
-          -Electrotechnology             -Chemistry

**●****Providing Special Lectures at Universities **
**●****Sponsoring and Supporting lectures at Graduate **** **
** ****Schools**** ***(newly started in 2007)*
** ** - One term course at Graduate School of Business (MBA),
-        Kwansai Gakuin university
-   - One term course at Graduate School of Innovation
-        Management (MOT), Tokyo Institute of Technology
-   - Open lecture series at Chiba University

**Utilizing **

**Feedback**

**Education**

## Project of Developing Standardization Education Material (FY 2005-2007)

**1**** ****JIS****マーク制度**
**1.1**** 「****JIS****マーク」とは**
-  私たちのまわりにはたくさんの製品があふれている。その製品一つひとつにはいろいろな表示がなされている。製品の名称や型名、そして性能や品質の表示などである。「**JIS**マーク」もその表示の一つである。
-  乾電池や使い捨てカイロなどの日用品だけでなく、ノートなどの文房具から冷蔵庫、エアコンなどの家電製品にいたるまで、いろいろな製品、ものによっては包装に、「**JIS**マーク」が付けられている。
- 「**JIS**マーク」とは、「**JIS**」という規格を満たした製品に表示されるマークである。
**資 料**
-  経済産業省 産業技術環境局 認証課:「**JIS**マーク」ってご存知ですか?
-         (標準化ジャーナル Vol.35 2005.6 )

***(Lecture material)***

***(Reference material)***

**Page 3**

**●****A pair of ****lecture material**** and ****reference material**

_**Project of Developing **__**Standardization **__**Education Material **__***(FY***__*** 2005-2007)***_

**Education**

## Standardization Education at Graduate School (MOT, MBA)

- ●Change a typical perception that standardization is purely a technical matter into a strategic way-of-thinking so that standardization should be considered in relation to business strategies and intellectual property rights
- ●Just providing knowledge (e.g. what standards are used, how to make standards) is not so interesting
-  > Stimulating lectures, active class discussions and preferably letting students write their study reports for promoting them to think about some concrete standardization issues and develop their solutions and strategies as if they were decision makers

**Education**

## Standards Education Delivery Service 

- ●Period; FY 2007
- ●Offering Schools; 34 (elementary school 3, junior high school 4, high school 4, technical college 3, University 20)
- ●Teachers; JSA, METI and Parliamentary Secretary Ogiwara
- ●Method; Using actual picture writing, marks, accessible designs, those used in standards through presentations and group works.

- Parliamentary Secretary Ogiwara

## Future Challenges

- ●3-year project initially developing teaching materials is near completion. Next step will be the development of a human network/community among industry-academia-government persons participating in standardization education under METI/JISC initiative in 2008
- > 15 professors at 13 universities provide standardization education courses at present  => a good start
-  >  Development of a human network/community would be effective for starting a significant movement among universities, etc.

## ●Promote research on standardization from various aspects
> Teaching materials providing well-structured, necessary knowledge are absolutely important for high education in standardization.
> 5-year project (FY 2003-2007) of studying standardization on business strategies will be finalized in due course. This study will provide students of MOT & MBA and business persons with strategic perspectives.
> Furthermore, academic research on standardization from various aspects, not only business strategies but also safety, environment, legislation, etc. would be effective for further enriching and stimulating high education in standardization. METI/JISC plans to initiate such kinds of research in 2008.

●JISC will establish a special policy committee to deliberate JISC’s policy on human resource development in standardization and will make a policy report in 2008.

**●****Promote research on standardization from various aspects**
- > Teaching materials providing well-structured, necessary knowledge are absolutely important for high education in standardization.
- > 5-year project (FY 2003-2007) of studying standardization on business strategies will be finalized in due course. This study will provide students of MOT & MBA and business persons with strategic perspectives.
- > Furthermore, academic research on standardization from various aspects, not only business strategies but also safety, environment, legislation, etc. would be effective for further enriching and stimulating high education in standardization. METI/JISC plans to initiate such kinds of research in 2008.
**●****JISC will establish a special policy committee to deliberate JISC’s policy on human resource development in standardization and will make a policy report in 2008.**

## ● We recognize that long-term efforts must be needed for making our efforts fruitful especially in standardization education.

● We have just started our human resource development project.
 We really need to exchange experiences and views with ICES colleagues.

**● ****We recognize that long-term efforts must be needed for making our efforts fruitful especially in standardization education.**
**● ****We have just started our human resource development project.**
** ****We really need to exchange experiences and views with ICES colleagues.**

## Thank you for your attention!