Guidelines for the preparation of Strategic Policy Statements
Title of TC
Titles of the parent TC and SCs (if appropriate) should be included in this section.
A-Background
TC and SC scopes should systematically be reproduced in this section, together with the list of current and future working groups. A short history of the setting-up of the TC/SC should be noted. The number of publications issued and the number of projects in development (differentiating the maintenance work and genuine new work) should be included together with the number and the list of participating countries (P-members) and the list of active liaisons with IEC TCs and other international organizations.
B-Environment
This section is the more problematic one and it should be more market and systems oriented. It is therefore suggested to subdivide it as follows：
B.1 Business environment： Appreciation of the current most important technical, industrial and economic indicators in the sphere of activity of the TC/SC. This section should distinguish between those aspects of the business environment that will influence the work of the TC but over which the TC has little or no control (i.e. the external environment) and those aspects that the TC may well be able to influence to a significant extent (i.e. the internal environment).
B.2 Market demand： This paragraph should include the answers to the following questions：
・ Who are the customers of the issued and future standards developed by the TC/SC?
・ Are they actively represented in the TC/SC?
・ Are there any other interested and affected parties that should be represented in the structure of the TC?
・ Are there any difficulties in obtaining the participation of any of these parties?
・ Are the IEC standards widely used at the regional/national level?
・ Which are the competing standards developed by other organizations?
・ Is it an area where only maintenance of current standards is necessary or is it a developing standardization area?
B.3 Trends in technology and trade： Impact on the future work of the TC/SC.
B.4 Ecological environment： Product/component disposal, recyclability, reusability, toxicity, impact on environment
C-Work programme
This should outline a clear plan of action, including timescales. resources needed, etc. in order to meet in a timely manner the market demands identified in the previous section. It should be divided as follows：
C.1 Current work： Plan for meetings of the TC/SC - List of work priorities - Plan and objectives of WG meetings for the next 2 years - number of meeting days and location planned for these meetings - Number of working hours needed for each of the WG members (in order to help industry to determine an accurate budget for the experts) - number of documents to be discussed - additional expertise that needs to be recruited, and where this might be found.
C.2 Resources /infrastructure needed
・ Invitations for TC meetings;
・ Invitations WG/Project leader team meetings;
・ Administrative support;
・ Liaisons needed;
・ Editing committee.
D-Future work
A longer term view - 5 to 10 years - of the TC work - Appreciation of the activity (growing, stable, decreasing) of the TC - structural rearrangements (e.g. creation, merging or disbanding of SCs, or merging with another TC) considered necessary in the future to maintain efficiency as market demands are met. or as market conditions change - New expertise needed in a particular area - Details of stage 0 projects.
E-Maintenance cycle
Include in this section a list of all publications for which your committee is responsible, together with the care of the current edition. For each publication, indicate the date at which you propose to publish any amendment or revision to the standard and also the type (amendment or revision). Finally indicate who will be responsible for the maintenance process (maintenance team, secretary, etc.).
