NEWS
CEN and CENELEC would like to congratulate Jo Cops, from Belgium, for his election as the next President of the IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission. Mr Cops will start his mandate in 2023 and will succeed current President Yinbiao Shu.
On 15 October 2021, ANEC hosted a wide-ranging webinar on sustainable finance and standardization.
The 2021 edition of the CEN and CENELEC Standards+Innovation Awards was presented on Tuesday 5 October 2021 to celebrate and acknowledge the important contribution of research and innovation to standardization.
Standards is one of the main elements that were discussed at the Trade and Technology Council between the EU and the US that took place in Pittsburgh last 29 September.
Small Business Standards (SBS), the association representing European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in standardisation, has developed the first SME Compatibility Test for Standards. The online test, easily accessible from SBS website, can be used by any standard maker who wish to assess the SME-compatibility of a standard.
As part of CEN and CENELEC’s Digital Transformation activities, CEN and CENELEC’s Digital Transformation Project 4 ‘Open Source Solutions’ is looking at ways to incorporate open source approaches into the European standardization ecosystem by December 2022.
The insurance business is rapidly migrating from paper-based processes to the digitalization and automation of electronic processes. These electronic business processes take place between independent organizations, which leads to a variety of information formats being used. In order to facilitate this information exchange, there is a need for the standardization of the data formats being used.
From 23 to 30 September 2021, Europe celebrates the European Week of Sports. This year's theme highlights the power of physical activity to bring joy, build resilience and connect generations.
On 5 October, CEN and CENELEC are happy to host the third edition of the Standards+Innovation Awards.