Standards for convenient living, proposed and chosen by the people
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (President Jin Jong-wook) announced that it will conduct an online national vote from October 18 to November 17 to select standardization tasks for daily convenience.
In June, the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered 641 standardization needs that would resolve inconveniences in people’s lives and take care of the socially disadvantaged through a contest for ideas on standardization for the convenience of people’s lives in the first half of 2024. Based on this, 22 candidate projects with high standardization feasibility and timeliness were selected through expert review.
Key candidate tasks: ①Standards for displaying clothing size ranges, ②Standardization of nursing services, ③Standardization of safe operation of school buses for children, ④Standardization of water wheelchairs for the disabled, ⑤Guide to operating car campsites, etc.
In order to select the final standardization task for convenience of life among these, an online national vote will be held in which anyone interested in the standard can participate.
The final task will be decided by the “National Convenience Standards Council” based on the results of the national referendum, and will lead to the development of KS standards by gathering opinions from various stakeholders. Among the tasks selected, one grand prize and two excellence prizes will be awarded as excellent ideas.
In addition, a national convenience standardization idea contest will be held in the second half of 2024. Detailed information on the national referendum and contest can be found on the National Convenience Standardization website (kslife.ksa.or.kr).
Jin Jong-wook, the head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said, “Since standards for convenience are most closely connected to the daily lives of citizens, active participation of citizens is important,” and added, “We will actively support the development of standards that can be felt in daily life through continuous communication and so that they can be utilized in real life.”
Editor. Hong Se-yeong
