The first meeting of the new four-year term of the ANEC General Assembly was held in Brussels on 14 & 15 June 2023. It saw elections to the Office Bearer posts of the association, as well as to the Steering Committee (the board of ANEC).
A special session brainstormed ANEC's contributions to the workstreams being created under the European Commission’s High-Level Forum on Standardization, and closed with a virtual “poolside chat” during which Gwen Cozigou (Director, EC DG GROW H) discussed standardization and the consumer interest with the ANEC President, the Director-General and members.
The elections saw Dermott Jewell (Ireland) re-elected President for the term 2023 to 2027; Rusnė Juozapaitienė (Lithuania) elected Vice-President, and Olav Kasland (Norway) elected Treasurer. Further to the three Office Bearers, the following were elected to the Steering Committee: Libor Dupal (Czechia), Tiina Vyyryläinen (Finland), Giovanni Santovito (Italy), Grace Attard (Malta), Marijana Loncar-Velkova (North Macedonia), Zoran Nikolić (Serbia), and Jens Henriksson (Sweden).
During the first afternoon, a Report was given by the President including a presentation of the ANEC Annual Review 2022/2023. His presentation led to the breakout session, “Which standardization priorities for consumers?”, with members, ANEC WG Chairs and Secretariat team shaping the ANEC contribution to the HLFS workstreams.
The second day included a report on broader issues from the ANEC Secretariat. The accounts for 2022 were adopted, as was the budget for 2023. It ended with a virtual “poolside chat” where Gwen Cozigou, Dermott Jewell and ANEC Director-General Stephen Russell reviewed the contribution of standards to 30 years of the Single Market; the Standardization Strategy and High-Level Forum on Standardization; the inclusiveness of CEN and CENELEC and ETSI; the interaction with ISO and IEC; and standards and consumer needs and expectations.
For more information, please contact Marijana Antarorova at ANEC
Giovanni COLLOT
gcollot@cencenelec.eu
