Trade for Sustainable Development – T4SD

“Standards Map”

WWF Deutschland Konferenz

Nachhaltigkeitsstandards von Agrarrohstoffen

26 January 2012

Berlin

Joseph Wozniak, Program Manager, T4SD

What is the International Trade Centre – ITC ?

ITC mission

“ITC enables small business export success in developing

countries by providing, with partners, trade development solutions

to the private sector, trade support institutions and policy-makers”

The UN body for design of

policy recommendations to

achieve economic and social

development through trade and

investment.

The forum to negotiate

multilateral trade rules, monitor

their implementation and handle

trade disputes

ITC works with local and regional

institutions and business

stakeholders to build trade capacity.

What is T4SD? A partnership-based effort to provide access to comprehensive information

on private standards & increase opportunities for sustainable production and

trade.

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Who are our partners?

… as well as 100 participating standards organizations (as of January 2012).

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http://www.standardsmap.org

Standards Map

An interactive tool that provides detailed information on “private voluntary standards”

“Private or “voluntary” standards are developed by non-governmental entities,

incl. non-governmental organisations, industry associations, companies, among

others. As such, compliance to these standards is not legally required by national

governments or multilateral regulations as opposed to public mandatory

standards, norms & regulations.”

As of January 2012, Standards Map contains information on:

70 standard systems operational in over 160 countries that cover over 40 sectors;

250 research materials, including academic papers, dissertations, scientific

articles…

Work is in progress to add another 15 standards, as well as 50 new research

materials by the 3l March 2012.

Standards Map is fully translated into French and Spanish.

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Participation guidelines Participation in T4SD is free of charge for all standards that meet the following

criteria:

(i) Existence of a published set of criteria & indicators;

(ii) Existence of an implementation system that is operational or nearing

operational status;

(iii) The requirements include criteria that address at least one pillar of

sustainable development.

Data Quality Protocols 1. Information is entered in T4SD Global Database by

ITC staff;

2. External experts quality control the information;

3. Each standard organization has access to the

T4SD database to review its data;

4. Final discussions and sign-off on the data.

T4SD

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Standards Map

Analysis and Comparative Framework

I. Requirements

II. Compliance policies

III. Assessment methods

Analysis and Comparison of Standards

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Key features

• Standards Overview « at a glance »

• Reference material (training, useful links…)

• Glossary of terms and expressions

• For registered users :

– Interactive module to analyse and compare standards;

– Direct access to relevant research material;

– Tailored information on standards depending on users’ needs;

– Comparison tables across standards.

Access to T4SD data

Via Standards Map website:

• Free of charge to all users from developing countries

• Free trial for users in developed countries (2 weeks)

• Subscription fee for users in developed countries (ITC policy)

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Customized exports of data:

• Free of charge for T4SD partners (ISEAL, Giz-Bmz, SECO,

Standards…)

• Fee-based for independent researchers and third-party

organizations – with prior approval from standards organizations.

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Projects and collaborations

ITC core projects:

Standards Map web-tool (www.standardsmap.org)

Training and capacity building

Research observatory (literature review, T4SD publications…)

Collaboration with BSD/Leading Standards: Public Procurement and SMEs

front-end websites for Germany and Switzerland (Kompass Nachhaltigkeit);

Collaboration with IISD – State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI); Committee on

Sustainability Assessment (COSA);

Collaboration with ISEAL Alliance, European Commission, GIZ/SECO

Annex – screenshots of Standards Map

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