📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
SCSC_106_2025A
Project Title
Digital Standards: Shaping the Future of Standardisation
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Publication (if any)
Fund Account
APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Digital Innovation
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
119,110
Co-funding Amount
103,263
Total Project Value
222,373
Sponsoring Forum
Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)
Topics
Standards and Conformance; Digital Technology and Innovation; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Committee
Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
United States
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Australia; Canada; Japan; Korea; Philippines; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Viet Nam
Expected Start Date
01/07/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Diana Hajail
Job Title 1
International Trade Specialist
Organization 1
US Department of Commerce
Postal Address 1
Not Applicable
Telephone 1
+12028936495
Fax 1
Not Applicable
Email 1
Diana.Hajali@trade.gov
Project Proponent Name 2
Tess Perselay
Job Title 2
Chief of Party
Organization 2
Cadmus Group (US APEC-RISE Program)
Postal Address 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
+17035167714
Fax 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Tess.Perselay@cadmusgroup.com
Declaration
Diana.Hajali@trade.gov
Project Summary
As technology continues to evolve, so too will the ways the world does business, collaborates, and consumes information. A developing facet of the digital economy lies in the evolution of standards into a digital (machine readable) format. The digitization of standards, or digital standards, reflects advances in how the content of a standard is formatted to integrate more seamlessly into manufacturing and business processes, enabling users to pull data and requirements from a standard into the tools they use to develop their products, contributing to cost savings, improving efficiencies, and minimizing errors while maximizing the overall benefits of standards. This project will focus on building capacity through informative sessions on digital standards, raising awareness on the benefits of digital standards compared to a traditional (static PDF) approach. A key theme will be improving the usability of standards and helping users, with benefits for regulators, accreditors, standards developing organizations, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and consumers to ensure no economy is left behind.
Relevance
Region
This project seeks to address roadblocks that prevent APEC economies from participating in standards development activities – such as lack of technological understanding or expertise in digital standards, administrative delays, and difficulty in accessing information. This project aspires to overcome these roadblocks by increasing awareness of digital standards to facilitate standards develop
