International and bilateral cooperation

The Institute for Standardization of the Republic of North Macedonia-ISRSM during its active role in the past years, has achieved the following cooperations and agreements:
Membership in international and European standardization organizations:

International Organization for Standardization -
ISO Since 1995, ISRSM is a full member.

International Electrotechnical Commission -
IEC Since January 14, 2005, ISRSM is an associate member.

European Committee for Standardization -
CEN As of July 1, 2012, ISRSM is a full member.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization -
CENELEC As of July 1, 2012, ISRSM is a full legal member.

European Telecommunications Standards Institute -
ETSI Since December 2006, ISRSM is a national standardization organization.

International cooperation

• In 2005, ISRSM signed three agreements with IEC, namely: Agreement for use of IEC Publications in PDF format, only for the purposes of national adoption, Agreement for use of IEC Publications in electronic version, only for the purpose of commercial sale and distribution, and Agreement for use of IEC Publications in electronic version with electronic stamp, only for internal use of ISRSM;
• In 2020, a new agreement was signed between ISRSM and the IEC, which is a replacement and upgrade of existing agreements from 2005;
• In 2006, ISRSM signed a Sales Agreement with ETSI.

Bilateral cooperation

• In 2006, 2021 a bilateral cooperation agreement was signed with the Turkish Institute for Standardization (TSE);
• In 2009, 2022 agreements for business-technical cooperation were signed with the standardization bodies of Albania (DPS),
• Agreement on cooperation with Bulgarian institute for standardization (BDS) 2009, 2022
• Agreement for Business-technical cooperation with Standardization institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISBIH) 2009,
• Memorandum of understanding with Standardization institut of Montenegro (ISME), 2009, 2022
• Cooperation agreement with the Institute for standardization of Serbia (ISS) 2011
• Agreements with German /institute for standardization (DIN)

1. Agreement for the sale and online sale of DIN standards,
2. Agreement for bilateral cooperation 2009
3. Agreement for the adoption of DIN standards as MKC, as well as a memorandum of cooperation with the Accreditation Institute of the Republic of North Macedonia-IARSM and the Bureau of Metrology-BoM;
4. In 2020, an agreement was signed for the adoption of national DIN standards as MKC standards with the method of translation, reprinting, and endorsing. This agreement is an upgrade and continuity in the cooperation between ISRSM and DIN, which enables ISRSM to adopt national German standards, available with translation into Macedonian and in the German language;

• Memorandum of Understanding with Austrian Standards Institute - (ASI), 2012;
• In 2010, ISRSM signed a cooperation agreement and 2021 Memorandum of understanding with the Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR);
• Cooperation Agreement with The standardization Administration of China - (SAC), 2016,
• Cooperation Agreement with State Enterprise “Ukrainian Scientific Research and Training Center for Standardization, Certification and Quality Problems” (SE “UkrNDNC”), 2021,
• Memorandum of Understanding with Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA), 2022