ISEAL Alliance - Governments

Governments

Voluntary social and environmental standards initiatives are being used by a growing number of public authorities (at local, regional and national levels) around the world to deliver on their public policy objectives for: the environment, social justice, poverty alleviation, food safety, and many more.

Links to all of ISEAL's work related to Governments are included below.

Governmental Use of Voluntary Standards: Report and Case Studies
Download the report and case studies from the ISEAL/TSPN Governmental Use of Voluntary Standards (GUVS) Project 2008.

Governmental Use of Voluntary Standards: Background
Background to the ISEAL / TSPN Governmental Use of Voluntary Standards (GUVS) Project.

Governmental Use of Voluntary Standards: High Level Conference
16-17 October 2008, Geneva
Organised in collaboration with the Trade Standards Practitioners Network and the Entwined research programme. The conference programme and speakers' presentations are available to download from this page.

Chatham House October 2007/Patrick_Mallet_presenting_at_Chatham House_11October2007_100pix.jpg

Seminar: Public Policy and Private Standards: Making the Fit
On 11 October 2007 the ISEAL Alliance and the U.K.’s Department for International Development (DFID) held a seminar at Chatham House (London) aimed at initiating a discussion between the public and non-governmental sector about how governmental authorities can better engage with private voluntary standards, and the benefits and constraints of doing so.

View all news articles related to Governments
(opens in a new window)

News
Membership
Standards Tools
Standards in use
Library
About