# List of technical standard organizations

This is a list of technical standardization organizations.

## International standards organizations

* 3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project
* 3GPP2 – 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2
* ABYC – The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC is an international organization, despite its name)
* Accellera – Accellera Organization
* A4L – Access for Learning Community (formerly known as the Schools Interoperability Framework)
* AES – Audio Engineering Society
* AHRI - Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
* ASAM – Association for Automation and Measuring Systems
* ASHRAE – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE is an international organization, despite its name)
* ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
* ASTM International - American Society for Testing and Materials
* ATIS – Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
* AUTOSAR – AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture
* 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
* CCC – Car Connectivity Consortium
* CCSDS – Consultative Committee for Space Data Sciences
* CIE – International Commission on Illumination
* CISPR – International Special Committee on Radio Interference
* CFA – Compact flash association
* DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
* DDEX – Digital Data Exchange
* DMSC - Digital Metrology Standards Consortium
* DMTF – Distributed Management Task Force
* Ecma International – Ecma International (previously called ECMA)
* EKOenergy – EKOenergy Network managed by environmental NGOs
* FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
* FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
* GS1 – Global supply chain standards (identification numbers, barcodes, electronic commerce transactions, RFID)
* HGI – Home Gateway Initiative
* HFSB – Hedge Fund Standards Board
* HROpen – Human Resource (HR) data exchange standards body
* IABTL – IAB Tech Lab (Advertising Technology Standards)
* IATA – International Air Transport Association
* ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization
* IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
* IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
** IEEE-SA – IEEE Standards Association
* IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force
* IFOAM – International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
* IFSWF – International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds
* IMO – International Maritime Organization
* IMS – IMS Global Learning Consortium
* ISO – International Organization for Standardization
* ISSN -International Standard Serial Number centre
* IPTC – International Press Telecommunications Council
* 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
* Khronos Group - Khronos Group
* Liberty Alliance – Liberty Alliance
* Media Grid – Media Grid Standards Organization
* NACE International – Formerly known as National Association of Corrosion Engineers
* NEMA – National Electrical Manufacturers Association
* OASIS – Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
* OCF – Open Connectivity Foundation
* OGC – Open Geospatial Consortium
* OHICC – Organization of Hotel Industry Classification & Certification
* OIF – Optical Internetworking Forum
* 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)
* OSGi – OSGi Alliance
* PESC – P20 Education Standards Council
* SAE – SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers
* SAI – Social Accountability International
* SDA – Secure Digital Association
* SNIA – Storage Networking Industry Association
* SMPTE – Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
* SSDA – Solid State Drive Alliance
* The Open Group – The Open Group
* TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
* TM Forum – Telemanagement Forum
* UIC – International Union of Railways
* UL – Underwriters Laboratories
* Unicode Consortium - Unicode Consortium
* UPU – Universal Postal Union
* WMO – World Meteorological Organization
* W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
* WSA – Website Standards Association
* WHO biological standards – Mostly developed by NIBSC
* XSF – The XMPP Standards Foundation

## Regional standards organizations
### Africa

* ARSO – African Organization for Standardization
* SADCSTAN – Southern African Development Community (SADC) Cooperation in Standardization
* SON – Standard Organization of Nigeria

### Americas

* COPANT – Pan American Standards Commission
* AMN – MERCOSUR Standardization Association
* CROSQ – CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality
* AAQG – America's Aerospace Quality Group

### Asia Pacific

* PASC – Pacific Area Standards Congress
* ACCSQ – ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality

### Europe

* CEN – European Committee for Standardization
* CENELEC – European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
* ECSS – European Cooperation for Space Standardization
* EIGA – European Industrial Gases Association
* ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards Institute
* EURAMET – European Association of National Metrology Institutes
* IRMM – Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (European Union)
* EASC – Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
* RoyalCert International Registrars
* WELMEC – European Cooperation in Legal Metrology

### Middle East

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

## Nationally-based standards organizations

This list is not limited to ISO members.
* Afghanistan – ANSA – Afghan National Standard Authority
* 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 – ASI – Austrian Standards International
* Bahrain – BSMD
* Bangladesh – BSTI – Bangladesh Standards and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
* 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 – Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité – Comité Electrotechnique Belge
* Bolivia – IBNORCA – Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad
* Botswana – BOBS – Botswana Bureau of Standards
* 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
** CSA – Canadian Standards Association
** Centre for Study of Insurance Operations
* Chile – INN – Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion
* China – SAC – Standardization Administration of China
* China – CSSN – China Standards Information Center
* Colombia – ICONTEC – Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificación
* 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
** DKE – Deutsche Kommission für Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik in DIN und VDE
** Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik
* Georgia – GEOSTM – Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology
* Ghana GSA- Ghana Standards Authority
* 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 – INSO – Iran National Standards Organization
* 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
* Kazakhstan – 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 – DSM – 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
* Nepal – NBSM— Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology
* 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 Intelectual
* 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 – Rosstandart – Federal Technical Regulation and Metrology Agency
* Saint Lucia – SLBS – Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
* Saudi Arabia – SASO & SABER Certificate – 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
* Somalia – SOBS – Somali Bureau of Standards
* South Africa – SABS – South African Bureau of Standards
* Spain – UNE— Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR)
* Sri Lanka – SLSI – Sri Lanka Standards Institution
* Suriname – SSB – Suriname Standards Bureau
* 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 Arab Emirates – ESMA – Emirates Standardization and Metrology Association
* United Kingdom
** BSI – British Standards Institution aka BSI Group
** DStan – UK Defence Standardization
* United States of America
** ANSI – American National Standards Institute
** ACI – American Concrete Institute
** NISO – National Information Standards Organization
** NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
* 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