Acknowledgements

This publication was designed and edited by Ms. Lorenza Jachia, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECE and Secretary to the UNECE Working Party on “Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies”. Ms. Jachia also authored the introduction and the first chapter. The second and third chapters were authored, respectively, by Sally Smith, Researcher and Associate of WISE Development, a DAI Global company, and Prof. Spencer Henson, Full Professor at the University of Guelph, Canada. Comments received from Michelle Parkouda, Standards Council of Canada, Professor Patrice Braun, Federation University Australia, and Belinda Cleeland, ISO Secretariat are gratefully acknowledged, as are inputs from WISE Development associates Federica Busiello, Georgia Taylor and Elaine Jones.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Gender Equality

Reduced Inequalities