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This year, the theme is “Standards – The world’s common language” because international standards:
When standards are in place, things just work. Without them, routine activities we take for granted, like making a phone call, surfing the Web or using our credit cards when we travel, would be much more complicated or even impossible. That is why, to celebrate World Standards Day, the three organizations that make up the World Standards Cooperation – IEC, ISO and ITU – invited people to imagine what a world without standards would look like in a 15 second video! See the results:
World Standards Day is also an opportunity to thank the thousands of experts who volunteer their time and effort to create international standards with the help of national standards bodies and partner organizations under the IEC, ISO and ITU umbrellas.
So, now that you have the basic facts, why don't you speak standards too? Join us in talking about your favourite standards on 14 October with #speakstandards.
