The IEC cooperates with many regional and international bodies.

We sign agreements, memorandums of understanding and pledges  with partner organizations with the aim of coordinating work efforts and encouraging the implementation of IEC International Standards. 

Hereafter you find an alphabetical list of partners of the IEC from around the world as well as an overview of criteria for such partnerships.

IEC technical committees and subcommittees maintain liaisons with many organizations.
 

For more information, please consult here the pdf, page 15 to 17.

Organizations which want to contribute to the work of a technical committee or subcommittee (TC/SC) receive access to all relevant documents and have the right to formally comment on any document they are interested in. They are also invited to participate at meetings and can send experts to participate in working groups or project teams (WG/PT).

Acceptance criteria:

The organization must be international or broadly regional and active in similar or related fields.

Establishment of liaisons:

Liaisons are approved by the IEC General Secretary & CEO in consultation with the secretariat of the TC/SC. Liaisons are centrally recorded and reported to the Standardization Management Board (SMB).

Review of liaisons:

The TC/SC reviews liaison arrangements at least every 2 years, or at every committee meeting.

Organizations which would like to be kept informed of the work of the technical committee or subcommittee (TC/SC). Such organizations receive access to all documents they are interested in and have the right to formally comment.

Acceptance criteria:

The organizations must be international or broadly regional and active or interested in similar or related fields.

Establishment of liaisons:

Liaisons are approved by the IEC General Secretary & CEO in consultation with the secretariat of the TC/SC. Liaisons are centrally recorded and reported to the SMB.

Review of liaisons:

The TC/SC reviews liaison arrangements at least every 2 years, or at every committee meeting.

Organizations that make a technical contribution to and participate actively in the work of a working group, maintenance team or project team.

Acceptance criteria:

Liaison organizations can include manufacturer associations, commercial associations, industrial consortia, user groups and professional and scientific societies. Liaison organizations shall be multinational (in their objectives and standards development activities) with individual, company or country membership and may be permanent or transient in nature. A liaison organization shall be willing to make a contribution to IEC or ISO as appropriate. A liaison organization shall have a sufficient degree of representativity within its defined area of competence within a sector or sub-sector of the relevant technical or industrial field.

Management of liaisons:

Category C liaisons shall be submitted for approval to the technical management board by the committee secretary, with a clear indication of the WG/PT/MT concerned. The submission shall include a rationale for the setting-up of the liaison, as well as an indication of how the organization meets the acceptance criteria. The committee secretary is responsible for administering C-liaisons.

Review of liaisons:

Technical committees and subcommittees shall review all their liaison arrangements on a regular basis, at least every 2 years, or at every committee meeting.

Rights and obligations:

Category C liaison organizations have the right to participate as full members in a working group or project team. Category C liaison experts act as the official representative of the organization by which they are appointed.