GKEC Forming ISO Knowledge Economics Standards Committees The Global Knowledge Economics Council (GKEC, at www.GKEC.org) has become a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), beginning the process of serving as the U.S. Knowledge Management (KM) and Knowledge Economics (KE) standards representative to the International Standards Organization (ISO). As part of its ANSI responsibilities, the GKEC will begin the formation of a KE/KM Technical Advisory Group (TAG) within ISO and serve as its TAG Administrator. ISO TAG and sub-committee membership will be open to KE/KM practitioners worldwide, but current and active members of GKEC, the Knowledge Management Certification Board (KMCB, at www.KMCB.org) and the Knowledge and Innovation Management Professional Society (KIMPS, at www.CKIMPS.org) are especially encouraged to join the KE/KM TAG in establishing standards for this new field of ISO technical activity. GKEC will spearhead metrics standards efforts, KMCB will concentrate on competency standards, and KIMPS will develop general KE/KM standards. Expressing support for the GKEC standards initiatives, Harry Tobin (PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Chair of KMCB) stated, "Going forward, the Board considers working with the GKEC on the development of Knowledge Management Standards for Competency a top priority." Rick Dickey (U.S. Department of Defense, and President of KIMPS) "would like to see the full participation of KIMPS members in all aspects of the GKEC standards discussions as the KIMPS organization strives to set standards and accelerate the innovation of the Knowledge and Innovation Management profession." The GKEC will soon be assisting in the formation of ISO committees to represent Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, New Zealand, China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kenya, Israel, and any other nation interested in setting up a GKEC standards committee within its own country. The GKEC will also work with Standards Australia, and the British Standards group. The first coordinated GKEC, KMCB,and KIMPS standards meetings will be held in Washington (D.C.), September 10-13, 2001, at the McLean Marriott. See www.gkec.org for more information on that conference. For the current list of members of the standards committee, see http://www.gkec.org/knowledge_economics_standards_co.htm If you are interested in joining a KE/KM standards subcommittee, please join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kmstandards or send me an email. Help shape the future of Knowledge Economics and KM! Edward Swanstrom Secretary-General Global Knowledge Economics Council (GKEC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gkec.org ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
