ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 Procedures for the technical work Directives ISO/IEC, Partie 1 Procédures pour les travaux techniques Fifteenth edition, 2019 © ISO/IEC 2019 ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, 2019  COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT © ISO/IEC 2019 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester. International Organization for Standardization International Electrotechnical Commission CP 401 • Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CP 131 • 3, rue de Varembé CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 20 Phone: +41 22 749 01 11 Phone: + 41 22 919 02 11 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Fax: + 41 22 919 03 00 Email: copyright@iso.org Email: inmail@iec.org Website: www.iso.org Website: www.iec.org Published in Switzerland ii  © ISO/IEC 2019 – All rights reserved ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, 2019  Contents Page Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... vi 1 2 3 Organizational structure and responsibilities for the technical work......................................................... 1 1.1 Role of the technical management board.......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Advisory groups to the technical management board........................................................................................... 1 1.3 Joint technical work............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Role of the Chief Executive Officer.......................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Establishment of technical committees.............................................................................................................................. 3 1.6 Establishment of subcommittees............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.7 Participation in the work of technical committees and subcommittees................................................ 5 1.8 Chairs of technical committees and subcommittees............................................................................................... 7 1.9 Secretariats of technical committees and subcommittees................................................................................. 8 1.10 Project committees............................................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.11 Editing committees........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.12 Working groups.................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.13 Groups having advisory functions within a committee..................................................................................... 12 1.14 Ad hoc groups........................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 1.15 Liaison between technical committees............................................................................................................................ 13 1.16 Liaison between ISO and IEC.................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.17 Liaison with other organizations........................................................................................................