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Assist in the formulation and preparation of
International Standardisation documents
WORKING GROUP STANDARDISATION
(WG-STAND)
Continue developing, in collaboration with
ISO/TC44, globally-relevant international
standards and technical specifications
where existing standards in the field of
welding do not meet market needs
Develop management guides and technical
reports that promote the use of international
welding standards in both industrially-
developed and industriallydeveloping
countries
Find solutions that overcome conflicts
between national and/or regional standards
so that globally-relevant standards can be
produced
Retain ISO Council confidence in the
ability of the IIW to act as an international
standardisation body
Provide quality services to IIW, IIWMember
Societies and other organisations
IIW SECRETARIAT
Grow and maintain a financially sound
organisation that provides the required
resources
Establish and implement the
membership policy
Produce and market IIW products
and services
Provide optimum administrative services
Assist in the Implementation
of the IIW’s outcomes
WG COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
(WG-COM&MARK)
Analyse and promote publication
of outcomes of the Administrative
and Working Units
Monitor and improve the IIW electronic
communications tools
Provide a state-of-the art marketing
and communications network
Initiate and develop marketing tools
cally defined by their individual Terms of
Reference.
Based on the IIW’s Mission, Goals, SWOT
analysis, needs and benefits required
by stakeholders, the following approach
has resulted. The IIW Board of Directors
has developed a Strategic Plan with six
Goals, delegated respectively to the:
• Technical Management Board (TMB)
• International Authorisation Board (IAB)
• Working Group-Regional Activities
(WG-RA)
• Working Group-Communications &
Marketing (WG-COM&MARK)
• Working Group - Standardisation
(WG-STAND)
• IIW General Secretariat.
Therefore, each Goal in the Board of
Directors’ Strategic Plan becomes the
Goal of each of the above-mentioned
Units. Each Unit has four objectives to
be realised in order to achieve its res-
pective Goal, with each Objective being
attainable via various well-defined strate-
gies. These strategies are presented in a
Plan-on-a-Page format.
Since the Technical Working Units
(Commissions, Select Committees and
Study Groups) also report to the TMB,
each Working Unit has the same Goal
and four Key Objectives as the TMB.
However, each Unit may have different
strategies to achieve each of these
Objectives. Each Study Group and Select
Committee has its own unique Goal,
Objectives and Strategies, but linked
back to the TMB’s Strategic Plan. Where
feasible, it may have been convenient to
adopt the same Goal and Objectives as
the TMB.
As a special case, Commission XIV
(Education and Training) has had its
Strategic Plan dovetailed in with that
of the IAB. Commission XIV provides
the link between all the other Working
Units and the IAB. Each IIW Unit has
thus created a Strategic Plan-on-a-Page.
This includes the Unit’s Goal, the four
Objectives to achieve that Goal and the
strategies that are in place to realise each
Objective. Based on the Unit’s Strategic
Plan-on-a-Page, an operational action
plan has been drawn up to illustrate how
the Unit will realise its Objectives.
BENEFITS OF THE IIW BUSINESS PLAN
• To continually clarify the thoughts and intentions of all IIW participants as a roadmap
for the efforts to create a successful IIW.
• To assist a non-IIW person in understanding why the IIW exists, what is expected from
it, how it will realize its expectations and the potential role for such a person in the
IIW. Such people could include, amongst others:
- a new or potential participant in the IIW Administrative and Working Units
- a prospective or new member country
- Government and Aid Agency representatives
• To improve the image of both welding and the IIW by showing people that the IIW
is a progressive, modern, pro-active, dynamic organisation, worthy of support and
involvement.
• To determine future IIW resources.
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