ISO TC 279  ISO TC 279 is a technical committee of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Its purpose is to develop, maintain and promote standards in the fields of innovation management. The first plenary meeting of ISO TC 279 was held in Paris on 4 to 5 December 2013. The scope of ISO TC 279 is "Standardization of terminology, tools, methods and interactions between relevant parties to enable innovation". Standards published will be ISO 56000 series (formerly 50500), see below. Standards on innovation management will allow organizations to share their best practices in innovation management. This will facilitate collaboration and also develop the capability to innovate and to bring innovations successfully to market. These standards will be a set of best practices begins upon the leadership of the top management with the confirmation of the organization's strategy. The standard is designed to support innovation in organizations whatever origin, type, size etc are. Expected benefits:  Market Benefits Cultural Benefits Organisational Benefits  Membership of TC 279 is open to any national body ISO member. A member can be either participating (P) or observing (O), with the difference mainly being the ability to vote on proposed standards. There are a number of countries that are active participants of TC 279 as well as a number of observing countries. France has the secretariat (AFNOR), located in Paris, and the chairmanship of this TC (Alice de Casanove). Other organizations can participate as Liaison Members, some of which are internal to ISO/IEC and some of which are external. The external organizations that are in liaison with TC 279 are:  Work on the development of standards is done by working groups (WGs), each of which deals with a particular field.