The British Standards Institution
BSI Standards Report to the Department
of Business, Innovation and Skills
Use of BIS funding for the financial year 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012

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BSI Standards Report to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

Contents

1.

Executive Summary2

1.1

Introduction

2

1.2 Financial

2

1.3 Support for Standards

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1.4 Support for Standards Development3

1.5 Support for Participation in Standardization

3

2.

4

Background

2.1 National Standards Body

4

2.2 Areas of activity supported

43.

Support for Standards

6

3.1 BSI membership for HMG

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3.2 Contribution to membership of ISO/IEC/CEN/CENELEC

74.

Support for Standards Development

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4.1 Standards Development Programme

10

4.2 Spend Summary

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4.3 Priority Areas Standards Development programme

12

4.4 BSI Staff Travel

135.

Support for Participation in Standardization

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6.

Support for Consumer Participation in Standardization

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7.

Smart Cities Initiative

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8.

International Projects

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Appendix A

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Appendix B

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Appendix C

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Appendix D

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The British Standards Institution11. Executive Summary

BSI promotes knowledge
about standardization inhigher education in orderto support the next
generation of leaders forindustry and business.

1.1 Introduction

1.3 Support for Standards

For 2011/12 BSI Standards (BSI) continued
to implement its strategy of providing
a clear market sector focus for the
standardization work programme with an
ongoing objective of enabling timely andeffective responses to the needs of UK
plc and associated UK Government (HMG)
priorities across each sector.

• BSI continues to improve its standards
development tools to ensure it provides
an excellent, accessible service to its
committee members and to its wider
stakeholders, and to maximize thetransparency of its standardization
activities.

This work is largely funded by BSI,
however in key areas of public policy interestand HMG innovation priority, HMG fundthese activities.
Throughout the funding year BSI
standardization and standards related
activities were successful in meeting theobjectives set through the annual funding
agreement set out between the Department
for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) and
BSI. This report sets out the successes
achieved throughout the year.

1.2 Financial
The overall funding allocation for the funding
year 2011/12 was £4,644k plus an in year
agreement of £89k targeted for the ‘Smart
Cities’ initiative (see section 7). The full BIS
funding contribution towards standardsrelated activity was used. Total expenditureon these activities exceeded the 2011/12
BIS funding allocation with BSI making
up the shortfall. BSI provides substantial
support for further activities in addition
to the traditional National standards Body
(NSB) activities with which the funding is
associated, in committee member training,higher education and work with initiatives inother standards bodies that are developing astandards infrastructure.

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The British Standards Institution• BSI continues to take leadership positionsin the European (CEN/CENELEC) andinternational (ISO/IEC) standards bodies todeliver the maximum influence for the UK.
• Working with donor agencies, BSI
has delivered projects to support thestandards and quality infrastructures incountries across the globe, including key
trading partners, emerging economies anddeveloping countries.
• Through continued investment
in technology BSI has improved
the accessibility for SMEs to thestandards development process. These
improvements include a variety of webbased tools which allow access to thework programme or the ability to view
documents at key stages and comment
upon them.
• BSI is working within the European andinternational standards bodies to ensure
their standards are produced in a timely
manner and meet an agreed market need.
• BSI promotes knowledge aboutstandardization in higher education inorder to support the next generation ofleaders for industry and business.
• BSI has increased the speed to market
for published documents; European andinternational standards are now available
from BSI more quickly than ever before.
The focus on this activity is in response
to industry requests, and can improve theUK’s competitive advantage.

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1.4 Support for Standards
Development• BIS funding contributes towards fullprogramme management support for
119 UK standards technical committees
whose work programmes largely comprise
European and international work withsome additional national work.
• BSI is the gateway for interested UK
parties to participate in international
standardization, facilitating the publicationof 1,526 standards and related documents
during in the year.
• BSI continues to provide a proactive
programme of standardization
supporting HMG policy priorities withparticular focus on BIS priorities insupport of emerging technologies.

1.5 Support for Participationin Standardization• Celebrating 60 years of consumer
involvement in standardization in theUK, BSI has refreshed its network ofexperts and hosted, with co-funding
from BIS, the international forum for
consumer involvement in standards– ISO COPOLCO (the consumer
policy committee of the internationalorganization for standardization).

• BSI launched an improved online draft
review system in January 2012, in orderto make it easier for users to find, read,comment on and share draft standards.
Modifications include a new search facility
that finds drafts using any information or
keywords entered. This is particularly goodfor new users who are unfamiliar withstandards. The site now has European andinternational draft standards as well as
Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) andBritish Standards (BS) drafts, whilst users
can now share drafts with colleagues
via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn andemail. Users can modify their profiles tosubscribe to particular categories. Whena new draft in that category is available,
users are automatically notified.
- There are now over 28,000 registeredusers of the site. 5,107 people visitedthe website in April 2012. 3,342 of
those were new visitors and 1,765 werereturning visitors.
- BSI is one of very few standards making
bodies providing open access tostandards in this way.

• BSI has continued to increase contact
with Higher Education establishments in
the UK and has made significant input tothe development of a European strategy
for education in standardization. Good
practice has been shared with otherstandards bodies.

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2. Background.There is specific

2.1 National Standards Body

development in emerging
technology areas in supportof the Technology Strategy.

BSI has a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU)1 with HMG that explains BSI’s role as
the UK’s NSB.
This role includes organizing UK interest in
European standardization. The importanceof standards in supporting EU legislation isdemonstrated by the view expressed by theEuropean Commission, Directorate Generalfor Enterprise and Industry, “The European
Union has, since the mid-1980s, made anincreasing use of standards in support ofits policies and legislation. Standardization
has contributed significantly to the supportof the completion of the Internal Market in
the context of the New Approach legislation,
which refers to European standards
developed by the European standards
organizations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI.”2
Effective participation in the European
standards organizations safeguards UKinterests by ensuring that the standards used
to demonstrate compliance with European
Directives are acceptable to the UK.
BSI has worked alongside HMG topromote the interests of the UK in thenegotiations over the future of the European
standardization system and in a new
European regulation on standardization
which will be implemented in 2013.
After a broad consultation process, BSI
reviewed and revised BS 0 – A Standard
for Standards, Principles of Standardization,
which sets out how British Standards aredeveloped and maintained. The public review
of BS 0 received over 1,000 commentsfrom BSI’s stakeholders and has been
fundamentally re-written. The new version
was implemented on 1 January 2012.

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2

In 2011/12, BSI modified its legal structure
to clearly separate its NSB activities fromits standards development, publishing
and assurance activities. The Director ofStandards continues to represent the NSB
responsibilities, maintaining the position on
the main board of BSI.

2.2 Areas of activity
supported
In recognition of the importance of the workthat BSI undertakes, and the fact that some
aspects of this are not self-funding, BIS
contributes financially to supporting specificareas of activity in three main areas:‘Support for Standards’, which provides
support for activities that promote
standardization and supports theinfrastructure that is necessary for the UK
to participate effectively in European andinternational standardization. The fundincludes provisions for a number of activities
including a subscription fee that gives all
HMG departments and agencies benefits ofa large discount on the purchase price ofstandards published by BSI.
‘Support for Standards Development’,
which covers activities that are related todeveloping standards content. The majorityof the total funding is made available forthese development activities with priority
given to areas that promote a number of
HMG policies, including competitiveness,innovation, reduction of trade barriers,
fair trading and protection of consumer
interests, environmental protection andpublic procurement. There is specificdevelopment in emerging technology areas
in support of the Technology Strategy.

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‘Support for Participation in Standardization’,
which provides support to UK participantsin European and international standards
work in the form of a contribution towards
travel costs. The presence of UK delegates atoverseas standards meetings can be criticalin ensuring that UK interests are represented
and protected during the preparation ofEuropean and international standards.
Without this assistance, a significant numberof experts and delegates would not be able
to participate in these meetings
Original funding
allocation (£k)
Support for Standards
BSI membership for HMG
Contribution to membership of ISO/IEC/CEN/CENELEC
TOTAL
Support for Standards Development
Standards development programme (incl. staff travel)
Priority Areas Standards development programmeManagement Fee
E-learning Package for Government
TOTAL

Agreed movement offunds up to 25% (£k)

Final funding
allocation (£k)

350		
276
80
626
80

350
356
706

1,504
1,000
54
10
2,568

82
(75)
0
0
7

1,586
925
54
10
2,575

1,360

(86)

1,274

90
0
1,450

(7)
6
(87)

83
6
1,363

Additional Funding
Smart Cities
TOTAL

89
89

0
0

89
89

TOTAL FUNDING

4,733

0

4,733

Support for Participation in Standardization
Assisted Travel Scheme (AITS)
Support for Consumer Participation in Standardization(including assisted consumer travel)
IFAN Event Contribution
TOTAL

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3. Support for Standards

The BSI membership teamcontinues to work with
BIS to confirm the best
way to make more HMG
departments aware of themembership benefits.

3.1 BSI membership for HMG
Objectives
Government Departments and Agencies
undertake a central BSI membershipagreement that enables Government
Departments and their Agencies to accessstandards in a comprehensive and costeffective way (50% discount) as wellas accessing all other BSI Membershipbenefits including alerting, advisory andinformation services.
1. Provision of Membership benefits to all
Government Departments and Agencies.
From 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012.
2. BIS, as the lead government relationshipwith BSI, to receive a free BSOL
subscription to all modules for
department use only. Extensions to other
HMG bodies are excluded. Commences 1
April 2011 to 31 March 2012.
3. Provision of a list of Government
Departments and Agencies covered by
the HMG Membership that are currently
on the BSI system. Review the list with
BIS to identify any gaps by December
2011, followed by a confirmation letterto all departments that are covered. BIS
to agree contacts. See 4.
4. Support to BIS in the promotion of
BIS-funded membership benefits toall eligible Government Departments
and Agencies, through direct liaison
between BIS & the BSI Membershipteam to establish programme.
5. Provision & communication of Quarterly& Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.

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All HMG departments and Executive
Agencies were provided with access to thefull range of equivalent BSI member services.
These include:• 50% discount on single copy British
Standards and British Standards Online
subscription,• 50% discount on British Standards
Online (BSOL) supplements taken on third
party platforms,• Discounts on BSI conferences,• 10% discount on IEC, ISO and other foreign
standards,• Free p&p and credit facilities, including
online credit,• Access to a series of current awarenessservices including PLUS (Private List
Updating Service),• Update Standards magazine and BusinessStandards online magazine,• A dedicated Member Enquiry Line at
the BSI Knowledge Centre and detailed
subject searches using BSI’s specialist
standards databases,• Inexpensive access to international andforeign national standards, including
American, and DIN standards, through
BSI’s postal loan service.
Several Government Departments continue
to be managed as ‘key accounts’ whereappointed BSI key account managers
work closely with their HMG contacts todevelop a strong working relationship,
ensuring individual Department and Agency
requirements are met.

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The BSI membership team continues towork with BIS to confirm the best way tomake more HMG departments aware of themembership benefits available to them, andwill continue to do this in the next funding
year. BSI and BIS are co-developing a portal(tailored home page) to facilitate access.
This activity is carried out in conjunction
with ongoing efforts to promote BSI
and standardization within Government
departments as well as BSI supporting BIS
in every meeting of the cross-governmental
Taking Standardization Forward committee
and resulting follow up activities.

3.2 Contribution tomembership of
ISO/IEC/CEN/CENELEC
Objective
1. Ensure that the UK’s obligations underDirective 98/34 EC have been fulfilled.
2. Ensure BSI maintains an appropriate
presence on key international andEuropean committees and fora toenable UK to be influential on standards
policy matters.
3. Provision & communication of Quarterly& Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.
This contribution to international andEuropean subscriptions represents partof BIS’s direct support to the standards
infrastructure. Membership of international
and European standards organizations
supported through this contribution
enables the UK to maintain a standards
infrastructure consistent with European
standards policy as required by the MoU
between BSI and HMG.

Membership also opens gateways forinternational discussions; enabling
UK stakeholders to participate in thedevelopment of International and European
standards, and BSI to influence at a high level
the policies and strategies of international
standards organizations (e.g. ISO, IEC, CEN
and CENELEC) on behalf of the UK.
Under the provisions of Directive 98/34 EC,
EU Member States are required to notify any
new national standards being developed.
During this year, a total of 194 new BS
projects were reported to CEN/CENELEC.
BSI participates in all the key policy
development committees of theinternational and European standards
bodies, including the Administrative Boards
and Technical Boards.
The UK provides leadership in key areas
for the UK, including energy management,sustainability, quality management,
nanotechnologies, environmental
management and wave energy.
The BIS contribution is approximately 16% of
BSI’s annual subscriptions to ISO, IEC, CEN
and CENELEC.

CEN and CENELEC• SME issues: BSI continued to lead the
CEN/CENELEC SME Access Project,
aimed at improving the way SMEs accessstandards, which concluded its work andestablished two task forces to carry on
the practical elements of communications
to SMEs (and working through the ’58
recommendations’ for standards for SMEs)
and to SMEs’ trade associations.

• Key learning from the SME Accessproject has led to further work on thosetermed as ‘societal stakeholders’, such
as NGOs, consumers and labour groups,
and how information on standards andstandards-making processes is presented
to them, together with possibilities forparticipation in the process. BSI continues
to lead initiatives such as the use of
online technologies to broaden access tostandards information and to encouragecommenting on standards.
• Future of European Standardization:
focus continued on this topic and grewin prominence during 2011–2012, withthe publication of the proposed ‘package’in May 2011. BSI has continued to workwith BIS in the UK and with the CEN/
CENELEC Management Centre to ensurethat potential impacts of the proposed
new regulation are understood and thatkey principles, such as that of decisions
being made by national delegation are
retained. At the close of the year, theproposed regulation was subject tocontinuing negotiations and consideration
at the European Parliament’s IMCO
(Internal Market and Consumer Protection)committee. BSI has also worked toprovide briefings to UK MEPs on the IMCO
committee and has provided its views to
BIS. BSI has also attended meetings withkey European Commission and European
Parliament figures to ensure that the UK’sview on the ‘package’ is understood. The key
focus has been on maintaining the stabilityof the European standardization systemand the undesirability of allowing votes toparties other than national members.
• BSI has continued to be a key
influencer in the work of the CEN
Technical Board on balanced
representation in technical committees.

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The British Standards Institution7• BSI has continued to provide one of two
CEN members on the new CEN/CENELEC/ETSI working group on rules
and processes.
• BSI has supported the work of the CEN/
CENELEC STAIR (Standards, Innovation
and Research), which has moved fromdesigning a framework to involve theresearch community in standards at an
earlier stage to becoming a ‘platform’
for discussing interactions between
the standards system and the researchcommunity. This group has goodengagement with European Commission
officials from both DG Enterprise and DG
Research & Innovation.
• BSI has led projects of significant
importance in both CEN and CENELEC,
including work on the market relevanceof standards, new ways of working andstakeholder engagement.
• BSI provides the chairmanship of the CEN
Certification Board which provides advice
to CEN on conformity assessment issues.
• The Director of Standards continued his
term as Vice President Policy of CEN.
His key priority is to develop CEN’s
strategic vision to 2020.
• The UK maintains the Presidency of
CENELEC.

• BSI’s Consumer & Public Interest
Coordinator for Design for All represents
the UK on a new CEN Strategic Advisory
Group (SAG) for Accessibility. This SAG will
mirror ISO/IEC work to revise ISO Guide
71 (guidance to standards developers
in addressing the needs of older anddisabled people).

ISO and IEC• Terry Hill (former Chairman of ARUP
Group) was elected the first UK Presidentof ISO since 1958 at the September 2011
General Assembly. His term of office will
start in 2013.
• BSI hosted the meeting of ISO COPOLCO(Consumer Policy Committee) in London in
May 2011. The event also marked the 60th
anniversary of consumer participationin BSI. BSI sponsored delegates from 13
developing countries to attend.
• ISO established a Task Force on
governance involving the BSI Directorof Standards to review the roles of the
ISO officers and the structure of ISO’s
governance committees. Key decisions
have been to extend the term of the ISO
President and to establish a stronger
finance governance committee.

• BSI continued to lead the ISO TechnicalManagement Board’s Sustainability Task
Force, which developed a guide on how toinclude sustainability aspects in standards.
• BSI continued to participate in ISO’s ‘LivingLab’ project, which has taken a holistic
view of the whole standardization process,end-to-end and from the perspectives of
all those involved. The aim of the projectis to suggest improvements for the entire
standards development process, using
computer-generated modelling to examine
the implications of different processes.
• In line with BSI objectives, IEC has agreed
numerous activities for closer alignment
with ISO/TMB.
• BSI has continued to provide support
for the IEC’s initiative to attract young
professionals to standardization andselected two potential candidates toattend the IEC’s workshop at its General
Meeting in 2011. A pilot national-level
programme is also being developed by BSI
as a model for other IEC members.
• BSI has provided the Chair for the IEC
Directives Management Team and thejoint ISO/IEC Directives Management
Team, and has been working to encourage
ISO and IEC to work together where
possible to minimize duplication andmaximize efficiency.

• BSI has helped to develop key reformsin CEN and CENELEC to make theorganizations more efficient andaccountable.

• BSI has continued to lead an ISO “Process
Evaluation Group”, aimed at investigating
how ISO’s standards development
processes can respond to the changing
dynamics of the ISO system, looking at
all models of standards development
work, and is using research based on theexperimental way of working used by ISO’s
Social Responsibility committee, to see if
any of this committee’s ways of working
can be adopted more generally to thebenefit of the ISO system.

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BSI Standards Report to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills• BSI is an active member of the CEN/
CENELEC Joint Working Group on
Education about Standardization.
• Turkey joined CEN and CENELEC as a full
member on 1 January 2012.

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Academic Conference promoting
standardization in education.

• BSI provides a co-Chair for the ISO
COPOLCO Consumer Participation
Working Group. Members of BSI’s
Consumer & Public Interest Network
co-chair the COPOLCO Training Working
Group and lead on the topics ofSymbols, Tourism and Personal data.
BSI is referred to as an example of goodpractice throughout the new ISO guideto standards organizations on involving
consumers in their work (see link to theirpress release where the document can be
downloaded: http://www.iso.org/iso/news.
htm?refid=Ref1424).

Information Supplied under Directive 98/34 EC
A total of 194 new British Standards projects were uploaded to CEN in the financial year,
fulfilling the notifications required under the Treaty (see above).
April

4

October

16

May

7

November

12

June

20

December

17

July

5

January

30

August9

February

23

September

8

March

43

		

Total

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4. Support for Standards Development

A continued programmeof proactive developmentof standardization
supporting HMG policy
priorities with particularfocus on BIS Technology
Strategy priorities.

Objectives
Support of the BSI standards
development programme including:
BSI programme management support
for eligible committees meeting
scheme criteria, access to international
standardization provided for committees
by the Committee Service Centre,
staff travel in support of standards
development and the drafting ofstandards by external experts.
1. Implementation of pipeline proposal for
11/12 Priority Area-funded programmeof work, as agreed with BIS in relation
to HMG priorities/policies.
2. Implementation of 11/12 Investment
Case and Traffic Light Reporttemplates for effective management
and monitoring of the 11/12 Targeted
Funding Innovation budget.
3. Provision & communication of Quarterly& Full Year funding Reports to BIS.
This funding is provided to contribute to
the activities undertaken by BSI to meet theformal standardization needs of the UK andto facilitate UK participation in international
standardization. These activities include:• Provision of support via named BSI staff
as Programme Managers for eligible
UK national committees and European/International committees, including where
the UK holds the secretariat of the latter.
• Provision of support via the BSI
Committee Service Centre for some UK
national committees, thereby providing
a gateway to interested UK parties
for participation in European andInternational standardization.

• A continued programme of proactive
development of standardization
supporting HMG policy priorities withparticular focus on BIS Technology
Strategy priorities via projects drawing
on any of the unique mix of BSI standards
development activities that encompass
the whole range of standards strategy
creation and delivery work within BSI’s
development service offering, e.g. pilots,
research, document development, funded
positions, etc.
As in 2010/11, BSI has continued to use its
own funds to cover important work carriedout by the BSI International Projects team,education and committee member training
functions, which continue to flourish. BSI
also provides support for consumer & public
involvement in standards development
by funding the BSI Consumer & Public
Interest Unit and honoraria for the volunteer
Coordinators of Consumer & Public Interest
reps, working in specific topic areas.

4.1 Standards Development
Programme
Under the scheme rules for the BSI
Standards Development programme,
funding is to be applied to loss-making UK
committees with work programmes that
support HMG priorities in relation to:• Government or Public Interest- Regulation, Public Procurement,
Consumer Protection & Safety.
• Pre-competitive Standardization
supporting innovation- e.g. National Technology
Strategy priorities.
• NSB international work programme- i.e. the activities the NSB conducts tofulfil its core function on behalf of the UK.

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• Specific/urgent industry standardization- Promoting productivity or UK
competitiveness in world markets
through standardization that protects
UK interests, exploits UK expertise andhas a large impact on UK industry,including International Secretariats.
Loss-making UK committees are identified
as those where the utilization of resource- in the form of BSI staff supporting the
UK committee and, where applicable,
any corresponding BSI-run European orinternational Secretariats - exceeds theaverage annual income generated by salesof standards that can be assigned to anindividual UK committee .

Eligible committees with work programmesthat support HMG priorities are identified
as follows:• A forecast of the eligible committees andthe HMG priorities supported by their work
programme is developed via a review ofthe work programme and drivers for UK
committees and their corresponding UKheld secretariats supported by named BSI
Programme Managers. The review is an
integral part of the overall BSI Standards
Market Development planning process
whereby each sector team analyses theiroverall standards pipeline and forecasts
resource requirements accordingly.

• The utilization of resource in the form of
BSI staff supporting UK committees and,
where applicable, any corresponding BSIrun International Secretariats is monitoredeach quarter. At the end of the final
quarter, the actual resource employedover the course of the funding year isdetermined and committees with theirmain HMG priority are confirmed, added
to the initial forecast list or removed fromthe list as necessary.
• The list of technical committees supported
by Targeted Funding in the funding year isincluded in this report (see Appendix B).
At the end of the funding year, 119 of
the Technical Committees identified as
candidates for support from Targeted
Funding required support from this fund. The
actual costs of supporting these committees
and those managed via the BSI Committee
Service Centre exceeded the available
Targeted Funding contribution.

4.2 Spend Summary			Category4
1. Government or public interest Regulation, Consumer protection, Safety
2. Standardization supporting Priority Areas- BSI Priority Areas programme5- Priority Areas committees
		 Innovation, Procurement, Better regulation, Sustainability, Infrastructure
3. NSB international work programme(includes technical and sub-committees)
4. Specific / urgent industry standardization
Productivity and UK competitiveness
5. Management fee
TOTAL COST6

No. of eligible
committees

Chargeable days
worked Apr 11 - Mar 12

Fundingrequirement3

64

1,156

£648k
£188k

40

1,459

£818k

443

2,387

£1,339k

16

282

£158k
£54k
£3,206k

5,284

The full cost of the support in the areas shown is in excess of the funding provided with the shortfall provided for by BSI.
The total cost and days worked are assigned to one category only although some committees are eligible in more than one category.
5
Funding applied for Priority Areas projects relates to activity delivered in the year. The total value of projects committed to in the year was £560k in line with the prior year.
6
In the event that financial support is provided by another organization or part of HMG for BSI staff supporting an eligible UK national committee or UK-held secretariat the amount of
BSI resource supported by BIS Support for Standards Development funding is reduced to reflect this additional support.
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4.3 Priority Areas Standards
Development programme

2011/12 Priority Area Programme
Highlights include:

BSI again delivered a varied programmeof standardization activity to support
policy priorities and the innovation agenda,
utilizing the unique mix of BSI standards
development activities that encompass thewhole range of standards strategy creationand delivery work within BSI’s development
service offering.

Standardization in advanced
manufacturing – research

As in previous years, the cross-departmental‘Taking Standardization Forward’ (TSF)
committee (managed by BIS) was utilized tovalidate and shape the overall Priority Areas
programme. The programme was structured
under the following themes:• Innovation in Emerging Technologies• Innovation in Services• Adapting for Sustainable Growth• Procurement innovation• Better Regulation• Access for All• Resilience, Governance, Risk &Compliance (GRC)
All 2011/12 project proposals put forward
under the above programme themes including those which propose funding fora repeated intervention – went through aninvestment case process, which incorporatesa ‘health check’ and asks at what point in the
future the need for funding will be reviewed.

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This project was carried out by the Institutefor Manufacturing (IfM) at the University ofCambridge and complemented work being
undertaken by the IfM for BIS. The work
has been successfully completed and could
pave the way for future developments onstandards relating to emerging technologies
and manufacturing. The final report, titled“Role of Standardisation in Support ofEmerging Technologies”, is proving to be agood starting point for further work in atleast four potential projects:• Service design for new standards
business models.
• Investigating how best to engage
with SMEs to give them access to thestandardization process and standards.
• Developing a roadmap for standardizationin support of synthetic biology.
• Further, deeper research into the role ofstandards and emerging technologies.

BS 11000 Collaborative Business
Relationships - regional
communications events

Road map on workmanship standards tosupport the Green Deal
A report mapping out the standards in thearea of workmanship was successfully
delivered and will inform the revision of BS
8000 Workmanship on Building Sites, a
suite of 16 existing national standards thatneed to be aligned with new construction
materials and processes. The funding of therevision of the head standard (BS 8000, Part0) is a proposed follow-on project on the
2012/13 Priority Areas programme pipeline.

BS 8533 Flood mitigation fordevelopments - Communication forum
This event took place on 17 February
2012 with a very good attendance levelof 68 people representing a variety oforganisations including key influencers
from local councils, surveying firms, theEnvironment Agency, architects andenvironmental / construction consultancies.
There were four speakers, representing
the views of the Scottish Executive, Welsh
Government, London Borough of Planning
Authorities and the Technical Committeethat developed the standard. Each speakerdiscussed flood risk management from theirown perspective, focussing on the link toregulation, the challenges of implementation,
and what BS 8533 could do to help. The
feedback from the event was positive.

The first of four regional events took place
on 9 September 2011 with the support of the
MoD - Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
Partnering Support Group. 65 attendees
exchanged their views and experiences on
Collaborative Business Relationships andreceived a condensed summary of BS 11000.
A smaller scale second event was held on 22
March 2012 at the Harwell Oxford campus(a joint venture between the UK Atomic
Energy Authority, the Science and Technology
Facilities Council and the global property
group Goodman).
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As of the end of 2011/12, the Priority Areas budget had been allocated to the following
projects:
Reference No

Project Title*INN11-01

Support for UK Biometrics IST44 committee (Contract April 2011
– March 2012)
Biometric icon development for UK Borders
Standardization in high value manufacturing -research
Collaborative Business Relationships - regional communications events
BS 8905 Framework for sustainable use of materials- communication event
Online recruitment code of practice - interactive session
Roadmap for workmanship standards to support the Green Deal
BS 8533 Assessing and managing flood risk in development– communication event
First Draft of Standard on Biodiversity in Planning & Development
National & International Secretariats for eligible Targeted Funding
Priority Areas committees
Priority Areas Management
Sustainable procurement BS 8903 - pilots & case studies
Guide to Facilities Information Management - accelerated
document development
Defence standardization & procurement: stakeholder forum & researchBusiness Continuity Management (BCM) User Workshops
EPSRC Through-life Engineering Services - IMC Partnership
Designing out waste in construction: accelerated document development
BS 10500 Specification for an anti-bribery management system- Pilots & Case Studies
BS ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems - Pilots/Case Studies& Stakeholder Forum
Risk Management workshops
Mobile biometrics workshop
Leadership and support to IST/33 Panel 5
Guidance (PAS) on Bio-Based Products for SMEs
Construction & Built Environment Sector Policy & Strategy Committee(CB/-) – Committee Leadership
Inclusive Service: the case for standards – research project
Road map on installation standards to support the Green Deal

*INN11-02*INN11-03*INN11-04*INN11-05**INN11-06*INN11-07*INN11-08*INN11-09*INN11-10*INN11-11*INN11-12*INN11-13*INN11-14*INN11-15**INN11-16*INN11-17*INN11-18*INN11-19*INN11-20*INN11-21**INN11-22*INN11-23*INN11-24**INN11-25*INN11-26

4.4 BSI Staff Travel
An allowance for Staff Travel is madeavailable within ‘Support for Standards
Development’ for BSI staff to accompany
UK committee members to meetings toprovide guidance and support that enables
the technical experts/delegates to maximize
their influence during overseas meetings
to the benefit of the UK. This funding
continues to provide valuable support to UK
committee members.

*in TSF programme presentation**added to programme post-TSF presentation

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5. Support for Participation in Standardization

This fund provides support
to UK participants ininternational standards workin the form of a contribution
towards travel costs.

Objectives
Financial support to UK delegatesto meetings related to international
standardization through the Assisted
International Travel Scheme (AITS).
1. Improved management of AITS
spend by allocating fund across four
period phases. The projected spend
against budget for each phase will
be monitored to ensure there is nooverspend.
2. Monitor use of the fund for 2011/12 toensure maintenance of UK presence atcore meetings.
3. Monitor use of the fund for 2011/12 toensure fund is used predominantly by
SMEs.
4. Provision & communication of Quarterly& Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.

5.1 Assisted International
Travel Scheme
This fund provides support to UK participants
in international standards work in the formof a contribution towards travel costs. The
presence of UK delegates at international
standards meetings can be critical inensuring that UK interests are represented
and protected during the preparation ofinternational standards. It is considered thatwithout this assistance a significant numberof experts and delegates would not be able toparticipate in these meetings.

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2011/12 saw the take-up level of AITS fundingof £1,274k, representing over 90% utilizationof the fund budget, similar to 2010/11. The
scheme supported the attendance of 3,117
UK committee members at international
meetings in a variety of roles over the courseof the funding year. Feedback received todate has indicated that some participants are
not being released from their work to attend
international and European meetings andincreasingly UK experts from small businessor self-funding are not being able to attend
as full costs are not reimbursed. This is not in
relation to any particular industry/sector but
would seem to be an impact of the current
economic climate.
During 2011/12 the fund was being usedmainly by the SME community, in line with
Government priorities for SME access. The
claim form was amended for the 2011/12
funding year and captures a self-declarationof the claimant’s employment status.
Although this funding is particularly vitalfor representatives of smaller companies
who otherwise do not have the resources toattend, it also allows technical staff withinlarger companies to justify travel costs andtime away from work to their employers.

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6. Support for Consumer Participation in Standardization

The new 2012-14 Consumer& Public Interest Strategy
sets out the priority areas
for consumer involvement
in standardization.

Objectives
1. To manage awareness of and effective
consumer & public interest participationin public standardization, throughcontinued prioritising of input toongoing standards development
and processing of innovative ideas,
including:• organising and running Consumer& Public Interest Network (CPIN)
meetings/training focussing on
topics of relevance to the consumer& public interest (at least 2 CPIN
meetings, at least one at an appropriate
external venue)• maintaining awareness of standards(preparation/revision of at least
1 appropriate paper/web-based
publication and/or undertake at least 1
relevant background research/specificproject to ensure evidence base)• maintaining the number and relevanceof individuals involved in the process
to match CPIN priorities (widen age
profile of CPI reps to include a higher
proportion of younger members)• CPI reps attendances at UK andinternational meetings in accordancewith relevant areas of interest (atleast 100)
2. To agree with BIS a list of core
consumer topic areas for 2012/13 by
February 2012.
3. Provision & communication of Quarterly& Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.

Increasing consumer awarenessof standardization
COPOLCOThe most significant activity for 2011 was
BSI’s recognition of 60 years of consumer
involvement in standardization by hosting
the 33rd ISO COPOLOCO plenary andworkshop with significant support from
BIS. The meeting took place at Grange St
Paul’s in London from 23-27 May 2011. This
was a highly successful event for national
and international delegates and helped toincrease awareness of consumer involvement
in standardization within BSI. It is also
resulted in press coverage of consumer
involvement in standardization, including on
BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hourand various magazines and websites, e.g.
http://www.thenbs.com/copolco/.
Some key points from the meeting were:• Forty-seven countries were represented
at the meeting and workshop. The latter,on the theme of Homes for tomorrow building through standards included several
international speakers, see http://www.iso.
org/iso/events_archive?llNodeId=338299&llVolId=-2000• Over 200 people attended the 60 years ofconsumer involvement in standardization
celebration, hosted by BSI’s Directorof Standards and Lynn Faulds Wood,
including many representatives fromkey UK consumer organizations, such asAge UK, Consumer Focus, the National
Consumer Federation (NCF), Ombudsman
services and the Trading Standards
Institute (TSI).
• The presentation by the then Minister ofConsumer Affairs, Edward Davey was wellreceived. http://www.iso.org/iso/news.
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considered very useful.

Consumer focused leaflets
Various BIS-funded leaflets, available inaccessible format, are available atwww.bsigroup.com/consumers and explain,in plain language, the relevance of several
standards to consumers. Leaflets have been
distributed in various ways, including to therelevant BSI Technical and Policy committees
and on BSI stands, for example at the TSI
trading standards and consumer affairs
conference in June 2011. Examples of the
distribution for specific titles include:• Citizens Advice requested and were sent
400 copies of ‘Fair, flexible services for all’,the consumer leaflet about BS 18477 on
inclusive service provision to use in their
Advice Bureaux.
• Copies of ‘Easy to open packaging’ weremade available at the Age UK meeting:‘Tackling Packaging: designing for all’ on
5 May 2011.
• Copies of the adventurous activities leaflet
have gone to the Young Explorers Trust(YET) and Year Out Group.

Consultations
The CPI Unit (CPIU) contributed to the BSI
response to the following consultations:• BIS empowering and protecting
consumers, in particular in relation to theneed for access to Consumer Direct data.
• Law commission consultation on
misleading and aggressive sales practices
in response to their request, specifically toprovide information on BS 18477, inclusive
service provision, which was recognised
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Contacts with wider organizations
CPIU staff have maintained or renewed
contacts with various organizations,
including ANEC (European voice ofconsumers in standardization), the British &Irish Ombudsman Association, CEDR/IDRS,
the Electrical Safety of Products group of theElectrical Safety Council, Law Commission
and Which?.
A representative from the BSI CPIU attended
various consumer-related meetings,
including the British Standards Society
AGM, the UK feedback meeting from theEuropean Consumers Consultative Group(ECCG), TSI Trading standards and Consumer
affairs conference and the NCF Consumer
Congress Workshop, ‘Are regulators failing theconsumer?’ held at the OFT.

Young consumers and TSI
BSI is one of the sponsors for the 2012
Trading Standards Institute Young
Consumers competition. This is an online
competition for schools which moves fromregional finals to a national final at the TSI
conference in June 2012. The 2012 Summer
CPI Network meeting is also to be held at the
TSI conference.

Consumer involvement instandardization
The new 2012-14 Consumer & Public Interest
Strategy sets out the priority areas for
consumer involvement in standardization
as: Inclusivity (includes accessibility: ‘Designfor All’ and ‘vulnerability’); Security, Privacy &Identity; Sustainability; Wellbeing and Services.
Taking these as the focus, BSI Consumer &Public Interest Representatives have been
involved in over 100 UK and international
meetings, on topics including: Accessibility;
Adventure tourism; Aesthetic surgery;

Consumer information on electricalappliances; Food quality systems; Greenhousegas management in the supply chain;
Guidelines for online recruitment; Instructions
for use; Nanotechnology; Natural Protected
Areas; Overseas removals; Public symbols;
Robots and Robotic Devices; Safety ofhousehold electrical and electronic products;
Sanitary Appliances; Sheltered housing;
Smart meters; Societal and Citizen Security;
Sustainable communities; Tanning salon
services; Tourism services and Water re-use.
CPI Reps have also attended the Electrical
Safety Council conference on productsafety and the Trading Standards InstituteSustainable Packaging Congress. Bothafforded reps the opportunity to understandthe consumer issues involved in more detailand to meet others working in the area
which assists their input to standardization.
CPI Reps from the children’s interests,
manufacturing, services and ‘design for all’areas also met together with relevant BSI
staff to discuss cross-sector issues.
CPI reps use a report form to identify issuesof concern for consumers and progressin achieving action to cope with thoseconcerns. The form was modified to enablea clearer indication of objectives as a resultof the impact assessment research whichstarted in the previous year. Some examplesof the purpose and benefits of consumer
intervention include:• Microwave leakage The BSI mirror
committee has been considering the
problem of inaccurate instruments
particularly on Chinese imports. This isimportant for consumers as they may
assume ovens are unsafe and pay for
expensive unnecessary repairs. The CPI
rep contributed to discussion which
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IEC 60335-2-25 were not completely clear
and so a green paper will be prepared forthe next meeting of IEC SC61B (June 2012)
to improve them.
• Fatality arising from choking on partof a USB stick A CPI rep drew attention
to the fatality of a teenager caused bychoking on part of a USB stick. Coronerand pathologist details were obtained andit has been agreed by members of therelevant Technical Committees that there
should be a standard to address this issue.
A document is being prepared to be taken
to the international committee IEC TC108.
• Airport and aviation security services
Consumer involvement in this standard(EN 16082) was originally considered
unnecessary but it was later recognisedthat the topic was of interest totravellers – i.e. consumers. The Standard
specifies quality criteria for the deliveryof civil aviation security services andrequirements for private security
companies in relation to their organisationand operations (insurances, operational
continuity management etc), staff
management (recruitment and training)and contract management.
• Smart meters The CPI Rep has been
aiming to ensure that consumers areprovided with accurate, understandable
and usable information enabling themto make an informed choice on tariffs
and realise the potential benefits fromsmart meters. Accessibility, including
for vulnerable consumers, has been aparticular concern.

Policy, planning and informative meetings• The BSI Consumer & Public Interest
Strategic Advisory Committee, chaired
by Lynn Faulds Wood, met three times
during the year at Which?, the OFT and BSI.
Membership of this group has increased

now to include a representative from the
Women’s Institute (a founder member ofthe original Women’s Advisory Committee),RoSPA and the Disabled Experts
Reference Group of the CPI Network. At
the November meeting, the BSI CPIN
2012-14 Strategy was endorsed. A policy
statement about consumers to go with BS
0 ‘A standard for standards – Principles ofstandardization’ has been proposed, alongwith a direct link to the consumer pages
from the BSI home page.
• The CPI Coordinators Steering panel met
on four occasions covering topics suchas an update from BSI on the potential
standards programme in the Healtharea, effective alternatives to face-toface meetings, and consideration of theneed for accident data to feed into thedevelopment and revision of standards.
• At the request of the CPI Network andfollowing the high profile summer meeting(which was combined with ISO COPOLCO),
the December 2011 all-members meeting
was a more informal gathering affording
the opportunity for CPI Reps to discuss
topics of mutual interest. CPIN Chair Lynn
Faulds Wood provided a brief review of 2011
and the key plans for 2012 and slides from60 years of consumers in UK standards.
Topics discussed included robot ethics, thedifferences between product and service
standards and how to make complex
technology understandable to consumers.
A report of the event is now on the BSI
website at: http://www.bsigroup.com/en/
Standards-and-Publications/How-we-canhelp-you/Consumers/Consumer--PublicInterest-Events/Winter-2011-meeting/.

Recruitment and training of CPI Reps
Several new CPI Reps have joined the
Network over the year and two new CPI
Coordinators (CPIC) have been appointed

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for Children’s Interests and Manufacturing.
The revised training programme has beensuccessfully undergone by several in
the Network.

New ideas work
Work to transfer CPI Network ideas to the
BSI system is close to completion.

Education
The BSI Education Sector Representative
continues to be active in promoting
standardization in education. Initiatives overthe course of the year include:• A presentation on the importance of
conveying standardization principles
to higher education to an international
audience at the ISO/IEC/ITU Academic
Conference in Beijing.
• Presenting, with a member of staff
from King’s College London, to CEN/
CENELEC JWG-EaS (Joint Working Group– Education about Standardization) on asocial media strategy framework.
The JWG-EaS Master plan has been
submitted for review to the CEN/CENELEC
Joint President’s Group.
• Revision of the BSI Higher Education
presentation and delivery of lectures
related to Computer Networks at
Middlesex University; Design at Leicesterde Montfort University, Sustainability
at Kingston University and Engineeringat Edinburgh Napier and Manchester
Universities. Some of this work is likely toresult in regular programmes of lectures,delivered within institutions using BSI
materials. The Danish national standards
body is interested in this work andhas asked to make use of some of thematerials in their own education work.

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The aim of the strategy
is to identify the role ofstandards in accelerating
the implementation of
Smart Cities.

During the funding year, BIS commissioned
BSI to develop a standards strategy
for Smart Cities in the UK. Smart City
technologies based on digital infrastructureand digital services offer one of the few
viable alternative means to effectively
monitor and manage physical and social
resource in the built environment. The
aim of the strategy is to identify therole of standards in accelerating theimplementation of Smart Cities andproviding assurance to citizens that therisks are being managed appropriately.
The findings and recommendations are
based on analysis of the existing standards
landscape and identified stakeholder needs
and therefore reflect key priority areas inwhich a standards programme is required tohelp ensure the success of a UK Smart Cities
programme. The draft strategy was deliveredon 30 March 2012 and will be subject toconsultation. Two stakeholder engagement
events are due to take place in May 2012
and a final version of the strategy is to beprepared for the end of June 2012.

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8. International Projects

The programme is supportinga reduction in theirdependency on fossil fuels
and imports, improvement of
the security of their energy
supply and overall climatechange mitigation.

BSI International Projects coordinates
technical assistance activities and provides
support to the development of quality
infrastructures in developing countries. Itsrole is to design, manage and implement
projects to strengthen quality institutions
worldwide.
The team specialises in helping institutions
that are responsible for:• Standardization• Inspection• Certification and Conformity Assessment• Quality Control• Testing Laboratories• Technical Regulations & Legislation• Metrology• Consumer Protection• Accreditation• Market Surveillance
Projects cover a wide range of sectors:• Trade, Standards and Private Sector• Manufacturing and Processing• Construction, Transport and Infrastructure• Chemicals• Food and Drink• Healthcare and Medical Devices• Agriculture• Communications andInformation Technologies• Environment• Services• Energy, Utilities and Low Carbon Technology• Governance and Public Sector• Electrical and Electronics• Procurement
Below are some highlights of the work
carried out by the BSI International Projects
Team in supporting the development ofstandardization in developing countries. A
full list of projects is contained in annex D.

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INOGATE Technical Secretariat andintegrated programme in support ofthe Baku Initiative and the Eastern
Partnership energy objectives
The INOGATE Programme, funded by theEuropean Commission, is an internationalenergy co-operation programme between
the European Union and the Partner
Countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine andUzbekistan. The overall objective of the
programme is to contribute to the progressof the INOGATE Partner Countries in theachievement of the Baku Initiative andthe Eastern Partnership objectives. The
programme is supporting a reduction in
their dependency on fossil fuels and imports,
improvement of the security of their energy
supply and overall climate change mitigation.

Strengthening the Quality
Infrastructure in Rwanda
The objectives of this TradeMark East Africafunded project are to assist the institutional
development of the Rwanda Bureau ofStandards by offering strategic support
and to raise the awareness of the private
sector of standards and increase its capacity
building in this area.

Further development of National
Accreditation Agency of Ukraine
capacities according to European
practices
The purpose of this EC-funded contract isto enable the achievement of theinternational recognition of the National
Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU)
in providing accreditation services in theareas of Testing Laboratories, Calibration
Laboratories, Management System
Certification Bodies, Product Certification
Bodies, and Inspection Bodies.

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Testable Objectives
Ref:

Activities

Testable Objectives

A

HMG’s subscription to BSI Standards	“Government Departments and Agencies to purchase single copy and online British
Standards at a discount of 50% as well as accessing all other BSI Membership benefits
including alerting, advisory and information services.
		TO_A1: Provision of Membership benefits to all Government Departments and Agencies.
Commences April 1st 2011 to March 31st 2012.
		TO_A2: BIS, as lead relationship with BSI, receive free BSOL subscription to all modules for
department use only. Extensions to other HMG bodies are excluded and will make their own
provisions. Commences April 1st 2011 to March 31st 2012.
		TO_A3: Provide a list of Government Departments and Agencies covered by the HMG
Membership that are currently on the BSI system. Review the list with BIS to identify any gaps
by December 2011, followed by a confirmation letter to all departments that are covered. BIS
to agree contacts. See A4.
		TO_A4: BSI to aid BIS in promotion of BIS-funded membership benefits to all eligible
Government Departments and Agencies, through direct liaison between BIS & the BSI
Membership team to establish programme.
		TO_A5: Provision & communication of Quarterly & Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.”B

HMG’s contribution to BSI’s“Membership of international standards organizations supported through this contribution
subscriptions to European andenables the UK to maintain a standards infrastructure consistent with European standards
International Standards Organization policy as required by the Memorandum of Understanding with HM Government. This fund& Information supplied underalso supports the UK’s obligations under the directive 98/34 EC that aims to prevent the
Directive 98/34 EC
creation of new technical barriers to trade.
		
TO_B1: Ensure that the UK’s obligations under Directive 98/34 EC have been fulfilled.
		TO_B2: Ensure BSI maintain an appropriate presence on key international and European
committees & fora to enable UK to be influential on standards policy matters.
		TO_B3: Provision & communication of Quarterly & Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.”C

Targeted Funding	“Support of the BSI standards development programme including: BSI programmemanagement support for eligible committees meeting Targeted Funding scheme criteria,
access to international standardization provided for committees by the Committee Service
Centre, staff travel in support of standards development and the drafting of standards byexternal experts.
		TO_C1: Implementation of pipeline proposal for 11/12 Innovation-funded programme of work,as agreed with BIS in relation to HMG priorities/policies.
		TO_C2: Implementation of 11/12 Investment Case and Traffic Light Report templates for
effective management and monitoring of the 11/12 Targeted Funding Innovation budget.
		TO_C3: Provision & communication of Quarterly & Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.”D
Support for Participation“Financial support to UK delegates to meetings related to international standardizationin Standardization
through the Assisted International Travel scheme.
		TO_D1: Improved management of AITS spend by allocating fund across four period phases.
The projected spend against budget for each phase will be monitored to ensure there is nooverspend.
		
TO_D2: Monitor use of the fund for 2011/12 to ensure maintenance of UK presence		at core meetings.
		
TO_D3: Monitor use of the fund for 2011/12 to ensure fund is used predominantly by SMEs.
		
TO_D4: Provision & communication of Quarterly & Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.”
		
		

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Activities

E

Support for Consumer Participationin Standardization
		

		

		

		

		
		
		

Testable Objectives“Support for consumer participation in standardization (including assisted consumer traveland subsistence)TO_E1: To manage awareness of and effective consumer & public interest participationin public standardization, through continued prioritising of input to ongoing standards
development and processing of innovative ideas, including:TO_E1.1: Organising and running Network meetings/training focussing on topics of relevanceto the consumer & public interest (=/> 2 CPIN meetings at least one at an appropriate externalvenue).
TO_E1.2: Maintaining awareness of standards (preparation/revision of =/> 1 appropriate paper/
web-based publication and/or undertake =/>1 relevant background research/specific projectto ensure evidence base).
TO E1.3: Maintaining the number and relevance of individuals involved in the process tomatch CPIN priorities (widen age profile of CPI reps to include a higher proportion ofyounger members).
TO_E1.4: CPI reps’ attendances at UK and international meetings in accordance with relevant
areas of interest (>100).
TO_E2: To agree with BIS a list of core consumer topic areas for 2012/13 by February 2012.
TO_E3: Provision & communication of Quarterly & Full Year Funding Reports to BIS.”

		
		
		

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Appendix B
Committees with funding contributions
Ref

Committee Title

GEL/86Fibre optics
PRI/90
Rubber and rubber products - Environmental aspects
SS/2
Statistical Interpretation of Data
AUE/3
Renovation of tyres for motor vehicles
AUE/17
Vehicle security
SVS/4
Postal services
SVS/6
Financial services
PRI/42Fibre reinforced thermosetting plastics and prepregs
TCI/100
Co-ordination of activities in textiles and clothing
CW/2
Safety of child use and child care horizontal issues
PH/4
Respiratory protection
FSH/0
Fire Co-ordination
FSH/25
Smoke, heat control systems and components
GSE/35
Gas cooking appliances (domestic)		
B/524
Precast concrete products
PEL/13
Electricity Meters
CH/100
Healthcare and medical equipment (European and International)
PTI/17
Solid biofuels
GME/21
Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring		
GW/2
Secure storage of cash, valuables and data media
IST/41Document description and processing language
PSE/17
Materials and equipment for petroleum, petrochemical
and natural gas industries
CH/172Ophthalmic optics
FSH/16
Hazards to life from firePEL/894
Remote Meter Reading
EPL/29
Electroacoustics
CH/239Rescue systems
GEL/8
Systems Aspects for Electrical Energy Supply
B/519
Masonry and associated testing
CH/157
Mechanical contraceptives
LBI/37
Particle characterization including sieving
CB/50
Infrastructure
CW/217
Cosmetics
WEE/40
Health and safety in welding
AUE/7
Automobile occupant restraint systems
CB/501
Flood risk & watercourses
AMT/4
Industrial data and manufacturing interfaces
AUE/20
Vehicle on-board diagnostics, repair and maintenance information
B/513
Construction equipment and plant and site safety
AUE/12
Safety related to occupants
IST/6
Data communications
AUE/11
Braking systems
CB/30
Construction Products Advisory Committee
GSE/29Gas-fired central heating boilers (domestic and non-domestic) anddomestic gas-fired water heaters
AUE/14Motor cycles and mopeds

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Subject area

Main priority

Electronics
Materials
QualityTransport
Transport
Services
Services
Materials
Materials
Safety
H&S
Fire
Fire
Mechanical Machinery& Components
Construction
EnergyHealthcare
EnergyMechanical Machinery& Components
Security
ICT
EnergyInfrastructure
Sustainability
Productivity
SafetyProductivity
Regulation/Legislation
Better regulation
UK competitivenessConsumer protection
SafetySafetySafetySafetyConsumer Protection

Healthcare
Fire
EnergyElectronics
Healthcare
EnergyConstruction
Healthcare
Materials
Construction
Consumer Goods
Welding
Transport
Built Environment Design
ICTTransport
Construction
Transport
ICT
Transport
Construction
Mechanical Machinery& Components
Transport

SafetySafetyInnovation
Regulation /Legislation
Procurement
Consumer protection
Infrastructure
Consumer Protection
SafetyInfrastructure
Consumer Protection
SafetySafetySustainability
Procurement
SafetySafetySafetyProductivity
SafetyRegulation /Legislation
Consumer Protection

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Infrastructure
Infrastructure
SafetyInnovation
SafetyConsumer protection
Productivity
Productivity

SafetyRef
GEL/105
CH/106
GEL/89
STI/53
IMS/1
B/506
EH/5
B/557
STI/10
H/-/4
CPW/172
FSH/21
PH/2
CPL/59ICT/-

Committee Title

Fuel cell technologies
DentistryFire hazard testingSpecifications and test methods for jewellery and horology
Innovation management
Chimneys
Sludge characterization
Construction products - Assessment of dangerous substances
Test methods for paints
Environmental testing programmes
Optics and Photonics
Reaction to fire tests
Eye protection
Performance of household electrical appliances
Information and communications technology co-ordinationand strategy committee
CPL/72
Electrical control devices for household equipment and appliances
PTI/20
Sustainability of bioenergy
TCI/66
Apparel and interior textiles
MCE/6
Pumps and pump testing		
FSH/18Fixed fire fighting systems
B/540
Energy performance of materials components and buildings
GEL/111
Electrotechnical environment committee		
GME/33
Small craft
MHE/3
Cranes and derricks
FSH/17
Fire brigade equipment
SVS/2
Tourism services
PEL/88Wind turbines
AUE/-/1
International work on road vehicles
EPL/87Ultrasonics
PEL/2
Rotating electrical machinery		
B/512
Ladders
EPL/278
Road transport informatics
PKW/0
Packaging
B/542
Roofing and cladding products for discontinuous laying
AUE/4
Tyres and wheels for motor vehicles
PH/1
Safety, protective and occupational footwear
B/555
Construction design, modelling and data exchange
IST/34
Automatic identification and data capture techniques
CII/47
Pyrotechnic articles
IST/43
Information technology for learning, education and training
EPL/501
Electronic assembly technology
B/558
Sustainability of construction works
AUE/18Tanks for the transport of dangerous goods
PRI/66
Rubber and plastics tubing, hoses and hose assemblies
		

Subject area

Main priority

EnergyHealthcareFireConsumer Goods
Services
Construction
Environment/CSR
Construction
Materials
Environment/CSR
Consumer Goods
Fire
H&S
Consumer Goods
ICT

Innovation
Consumer protection
SafetyConsumer Protection
Innovation
Regulation /Legislation
Regulation /Legislation
Regulation /Legislation
UK competitiveness
Regulation /Legislation
UK competitiveness
SafetySafetyConsumer protection
Productivity

Consumer Goods
EnergyMaterials
Mechanical Machinery& Components
FireConstruction
Electrical Machineryand Components
Transport
Construction
Fire
Services
EnergyTransport
Electronics
Electrical Machineryand Components
Construction
Electronics
Consumer Goods
Construction
Transport
H&S
Construction
ICT
Materials
ICT
Electronics
Construction
Transport
Mechanical Machinery& Components

Consumer protection
Sustainability/Innovation
Consumer protection
Regulation/Legislation

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Sustainability
SafetyRegulation /Legislation
Procurement
Consumer protection
Sustainability/Innovation
SafetySafetyUK competitiveness
SafetyInfrastructure/Innovation
Regulation /Legislation
SafetyRegulation /Legislation
SafetyInnovation
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Consumer protection
Productivity
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Committee Title

PH/8
EPL/46Graphical symbols
Cables, wires and waveguides, radio frequency connectors
and accessories for communication and signalling
PH/6
Head protection
CH/150Implants for surgery
FMW/1
Facilities management
AUE/16
Electrical and electronic equipment
IST/37
Coding of picture, audio, multimedia and hypermedia information
B/500
Basic data
GSE/22
Safety and control devices for gas and oil burners andgas burning appliances
FSH/19Fire Precautions in Railway Transport
CB/10
Design Advisory Committee
CPI/113
Hydrometry
SW/136
Sports, playground and other recreational equipment
B/553
Geotextiles and geomembranes
GSE/25
Gas Meters
IST/31
Computer graphics, image processing and environmental
data representation
PEL/114
Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters
PRI/26
Burning behaviour of plastics and rubbers
CB/Construction & Built Environment Sector Policy andStrategy Committee
EH/4
Soil quality
RHE/2
Ventilation for buildings, heating and hot water services
CPI/30Measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits
EH/3
Water quality
ICT/-/1
Information systems co-ordination
IST/44
Biometrics
FSH/22
Fire resistance tests
SEM/1
Energy Management
PVE/3
Gas containers
		
NTI/1
Nanotechnologies
SSM/1
Societal security management

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Main priority

H&S
Electronics

SafetyUK competitiveness

H&S
Healthcare
Construction
Transport
ICT
Construction
Mechanical Machinery& Components
Fire
Built Environment Design
Materials
Risk
Construction
EnergyICT

SafetyProcurement
Procurement/Innovation
Regulation/Legislation
UK competitivenessProductivity
Regulation/Legislation

EnergyMaterials
Construction

Sustainability/Innovation
SafetyInnovation

Environment/CSR
Construction
Materials
Environment/CSR
ICT
ICT
Fire
EnergyMechanical Machinery& Components
Materials
Security

Sustainability
Sustainability
Infrastructure
Better regulation
Infrastructure
Procurement/Innovation
SafetySustainability
Regulation/Legislation

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Procurement
Infrastructure
Innovation

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Funded Committees Output 2011/2012
Published Projects by typeNew documents

Revised documents

Amendements

Count
689

Total
1520

Published Projects
including CSC
2010/2011

Total
1526

Published Projects
including CSC
2011/2012

Total
1520

Published Projects
including CSC
2010/2011

Total
1526

Published Projects
including CSC
2011/2012

658
555

485

346

313

Published Projects by BSI sector teamConstruction

Healthcare
and Materials

ICT &Electronics

Manufacturing
and Services

Risk QA
and Security

Sustainability

Count

532
493

293
259

259

263

247

244

191
149
40

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2010/2011

Count							Consumer			PublicRegulation		
UK
protection
Innovation
Productivity
procurement/Legislation
Safetycompetitiveness			
				

110
96

99

90

63
37
13

2011/2012
Betterregulation

Consumerprotection

Infrastructure

Infrastructure/
Innovation
Innovation

Procurement

Procurement/
Innovation

Productivity

Regulation/
Legislation

SafetySustainability

Sustainability/ UK competitInnovation
iveness

Count

127
92
76
44

56

59

51
31

15

13

22

25
1

N.B. In 2011/2012 the funding categories were re-defined to include the Priority Areas of better regulation, infrastructure, procurement and sustainability.

Access to International standardization
Count
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BSI’s Technical Assistance Projects to Developing Countries
Project Title

StatusFunded by

Description

INOGATE TechnicalStarted EC
The INOGATE Programme is an international energy co-operation programme
Secretariat and integrated in year		between the European Union and the Partner Countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan,
programme in support of 			
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
the Baku Initiative and the 			Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The overall objective of the programme is to contribute
Eastern Partnership 			to the progress of the INOGATE Partner Countries in the achievement of the Baku
energy objectives 			
Initiative and the Eastern Partnership objectives. The programme is supporting			a reduction in their dependency on fossil fuels and imports, improvement of the			security of their energy supply, and climate change overall mitigation.
GSO Training (Gulf States)
Started Standardization Delivery of training courses on standards, conformity assessment, accreditation,in yearOrganization of metrology and market surveillance, as part of the GSO 2012 training programme.
		the Cooperation		Council for the		Arab States of		
the Gulf (GSO)			Strengthening the Quality Started TradeMark East
The objectives of this project are to assist the institutional development of theInfrastructure in Rwanda
in yearAfrica (TMEA)	Rwanda Bureau of Standards by offering strategic support and to raise theawareness of the private sector of standards and increase its capacity building inthis area.
Technical specialist &Started TradeMark East
The objective of this project is to carry out an intensive feasibility or needs
projects needs assessment in year
Africa (TMEA)
analysis on the conditionalities required to be fulfilled before the procurement of– Rwanda & Burundi			
specialized equipment.
			Technical Assistance:
Started EC
The aim of the project is to develop the market for certified seeds, both at local
Programme for thein year		level and nationally, supplying surplus of certified seed produced in other
Support in the Production 			territories to cover demand in other regions while also improving food security.
of Seeds of Basic Grains 			This will allow producers to buy fresh seed adapted to the conditions of theirfor Food Security in			
environment and at the lowest possible prices.
Nicaragua (PAPSSAN)			The project will strengthen and build the capacity of organisations of small andmedium (SMEs) producers in areas of production, business development andprocessing, marketing, provision of infrastructure equipment and access toservices. It will also provide support and equipment to cooperatives and otherorganisations of seedlings through the financing of investments in equipment andinfrastructures dedicated to the production, processing and marketing of seeds.
Further development ofStarted EC
National Accreditationin year		
Agency of Ukraine 			capacities according 			to European practices			Technical assistance to the Ongoing Swedish
Quality Infrastructure and 		
International
Standards Programme, 		Development
Ministry of Tourism, Trade 		
Cooperation
and Industry, Uganda		
Agency (SIDA)

The purpose of this project is to enable the achievement of the internationalrecognition of the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU) in providing
accreditation services in the areas of Testing Laboratories, Calibration
Laboratories, Management System Certification Bodies, Product Certification
Bodies, and Inspection Bodies.			
The objective of this project is to promote the use of quality infrastructure andstandards so as to improve the competitiveness of Uganda’s products, processes
and service delivery systems in domestic, regional and international markets.

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StatusFunded by

Description

Support to China’s
Ongoing EC
The overall objective of this project is to support China’s economic, trade andSustainable Trade 			investment reform in line with China’s sustainable development path. Its purpose
and Investment System			is to provide technical assistance to strengthen the design and implementationof trade and investment policy, legislation and regulation at central andprovincial level. BSI and CEN are managing the delivery of Component II: Quality
Infrastructure / Technical Barriers to Trade. This component aims to a) improve
the legislative and regulatory framework for developing new and revising oldtechnical regulations, standards, conformity assessment, market surveillance
and accreditation systems while strengthening compliance to standards andregulation, including at the provincial level and b) build capacity to support
China’s quality infrastructure bodies, trade, sector and consumer associations
including establishing and strengthening partnerships/cooperation withinternational bodies and counterparts.
Technical Assistance
Ongoing EC
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the removal of technicalSupport to the 			barriers to trade between Turkey and the EU in order to ensure the freeStrengthening of the 			movement of goods between the two parties. The objective has the political
Quality Infrastructure 			support from the Turkish Government in its ambition to join the EU and meet
- Turkey			the continued progress to help Turkey meet its national objectives of greater
recognition and development. The project looks to harness and strengthen
institutional and infrastructural framework in Turkey to enable better
implementation of European law regarding the free movement of goods. This isbased on the existing strategy and operational support of the quality institutions
and industry of Turkey that foresee the benefits of ‘free movement of goods’ inmeeting their own purposes. Benefits from the previous EU support for Turkey
has provided good progress and further support is welcomed, planned forand expected to yield further improvement by all relevant stakeholders who
understand the long term objectives.
Technical Assistance for
Ongoing EC
The project aim is to assist Croatia in upgrading capacities for implementing
Strengthening Legal 			transposed EU regulations and directives relating to the protection of the
Framework and Institutional 			environment and human health from chemicals. Beneficiaries of this project
Infrastructure for Protection 			include government authorities and public institutions at the central and local
from Dangerous Chemicals 			levels, as well as representatives of industry and trade sectors.
- Croatia
Study on standards
ClosedEC
The project compared European standards in the textiles, clothing, footwear andcomparison between EU
in year		
leather sectors with Brazilian and Russian standards, in order to conduct a gap
and Russia and Brazil in the			
analysis and make recommendations.
textiles, clothing, footwear
and leather sectors						Consultancy for the review Closed
Inter-American
The goals of the project were to carry out a review of the standards catalogue ofof standards
in yearDevelopment
Barbados and to develop a sustainable procedure for standards review for		Bank	the Barbados National Standards Institution. BSI provided a team of two experts
who worked with BNSI to review standards, develop the necessary procedures,train BNSI staff on the use of the procedures and forms, and worked withtechnical committees to review batches of standards and carry out awarenessraising on the subject of standards review.
Study on access
ClosedEuropeanThis project addressed access to standards that are used for defence
to standards
in year
Defence Agency	procurement, whether these are military or civil standards. The final report of the
project examined whether and how joint access to the required standards can bereasonably achieved. The study involved issuing questionnaires, holding
workshops and preparing findings on the basis of evidence gathered. BSI
contributed to these activities and the recommendations of the project, with afocus on IPR issues in civil standards and means of access to standards.

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