7th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure

 

We are pleased to invite you to the 7^th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure which will take place on 16 and 17 January 2020 in New Delhi, India.

 

The Working Group was established in April 2013 to reduce technical barriers to trade, and to strengthen product safety and consumer protection. The annual meeting serves to report on the political and technical achievements of the Working Group and to agree on new topics and cooperation objectives through signing of the Work Plan 2020.

 

In addition to the two partner ministries - the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD) - further Indian ministries, subordinate federal authorities as well as industry associations, companies, and further stakeholders are invited.

 

Please find the draft agenda of the annual meeting as well as an outline of the programme organised prior to the annual meeting below.

 

The 7^th Annual Meeting on 16 and 17 January 2020 is taking place at the India Habitat Centre, Jacaranda Hall in New Delhi (address: Lodhi Road Near Airforce Bal Bharati School, Delhi 110003).

 

 

Overview Agenda of the Annual Meeting (16 and 17 January)

 

Please find the detailed agenda for download below.

 

DAY 1: Technical Exchange

 

09:30 - 10:00	Registration
Morning	Opening Remarks Key Results 2019 of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure Panel Discussion: "Bilateral Standardisation Partnership for an International Agenda" Managing Digital Challenges through Standards and Certification Launch of the Indo-German Discussion Paper on Cybersecurity of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
Afternoon	Technical regulation and conformity assessment Market surveillance Short industry presentations on cooperation in priority sectors
17:00	End of Day 1
18:00	Dinner Reception

 

DAY 2: Finalisation and Signing of Work Plan 2020

 

10:00	Start of Day 2
Morning	Presentation and Finalisation of Work Plan 2020 Signing of Work Plan 2020 and Closing Remarks Group Picture and End of Working Group meeting
Noon	Lunch
14:00	End of 7th Annual Meeting

 

Framework Programme (14 and 15 January)

 

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

 

Technical Workshop on Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs) in India (13:00 – 17:00)

The more than 50 standards developing organisations (SDOs) are to play a stronger role in Indian standardisation in the future. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is therefore developing a recognition system for these SDOs. At the technical workshop, the standards organisations DIN, DKE and BIS will exchange views with potential Indian SDOs on aspects such as compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Code of Standards (e.g. coherence of the body of standards and consensus-building procedures).

 

Please find the draft agenda for this workshop for download below.

 

Registration: Representatives of the private sector who are interested in this topic can attend this exchange between standardisation organisations. However, please consider that in this context no discussion of specific standardisation issues of the industry is planned. If you would like to participate in this workshop, please send an e-mail to qi-india@giz.de.

 

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

 

Workshop on Standardisation Cooperation in Industry 4.0 (10:30 - 12:30)

Exchange between members of the newly founded BIS standardisation committee LITD34 "Smart Manufacturing", other BIS departments, the German Standardization Council Industry 4.0 and industry representatives. The purpose of the meeting is to reach agreement on harmonisation potential for Industry 4.0 standardisation approaches (e.g. reference architecture models), respective priorities in standardisation for industry 4.0, and identification of cooperation topics for 2020. 

 

Please find the draft agenda for this workshop for download below.

 

If you would like to participate in this workshop, please send an e-mail to qi-india@giz.de.