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The Organization of American States (OAS) is the world's oldest regional organization, dating back to the First International Conference of American States, held in Washington, D.C., from October 1889 to April 1890. At that meeting the establishment of the International Union of American Republics was approved. The Charter of the OAS was signed in Bogotá in 1948 and entered into force in December 1951. The Charter was subsequently amended by the Protocol of Buenos Aires, signed in 1967, which entered into force in February 1970; by the Protocol of Cartagena de Indias, signed in 1985, which entered into force in November 1988; by the Protocol of Managua, signed in 1993, which entered into force on January 29, 1996; and by the Protocol of Washington, signed in 1992, which entered into force on September 25, 1997. The OAS currently has 35 member states. In addition, the Organization has granted permanent observer status to 62 states, as well as to the European Union.

Home to 2.4 billion citizens, The Commonwealth includes some of the world's largest, smallest, richest and poorest countries, spanning five regions.

ANAB, the ANSI National Accreditation Board, provides accreditation services in over 75 countries and is the largest accreditation body in N. America.

The American National Standards Institute - ANSI - facilitates and corrdinates the U.S. voluntary standards and conformity assessment system.

The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is the intergovernmental organization in charge of overseeing and regulating World Expos, also known as World's Fairs. Since 1931

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.

Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas

Collective licensing pioneer CCC helps you integrate, access, and share information through licensing, content, software and professional services.

CSIA obtains telecom type approvals and safety approvals worldwide including FCC, CE and IC product certifications. We cover 100% of the world.

A worldwide comparison of the digital broadcasting systems for terrestrial TV: DVB-T/DVB-T2, DTMB, ATSC, and ISDB-T. The specific system is assigned to each country or territory.

DVB Members work together to design open technical specifications for digital television and media delivery. DVB standards are in use throughout the world.

ETSI - Producing globally applicable standards for ICT-enabled systems, applications & services deployed across all sectors of industry and society. Made in Europe for global use.

Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Our research efforts are geared entirely to people’s needs: health, security, communication, energy and the environment.

The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) is a worldwide association of accreditation bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, processes, services, personnel, validation and verification and other similar programmes of conformity assessment.

Fortune 500 companies hire ICCP credentialed individuals for the highest levels of professionalism

We're ISO, the International Organization for Standardization. We develop and publish International Standards.