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2022-02-01
BDS and ASRO participated in the elaboration of training modules for universities on standards

The Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) and the Romanian Standards Association (ASRO), in partnership with five universities, recently finalised the implementation of the two-year project STUNED - Standards Teaching in University Education, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission.

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2022-02-01
Standards Norway has a new director for international relations and business development

Ingvild Næss Stub is the new Director for international relations and business development at Standards Norway. Ms Stub was previously State Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office since 2015, and, among other things, advised the Prime Minister on European policy.

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2022-02-01
ETUC welcomes the new European Strategy on Standardization

The European Commission issued on 2 February its long-awaited Strategy on Standardization, which was accompanied by a proposal for an amendment to the Regulation on standardization, a report on its implementation, and the 2022 AUWP for European standardization. ETUC welcomes the standardization strategy as it addresses most of the issues we had raised in our contribution to the consultation during the summer.

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2022-02-01
Standardization and research in the first set of Horizon Europe calls

In 2021, the European Commission launched the latest Research Framework programme: Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe will run from 2021 to 2027 with a budget of 95.5 billion Euros targeting researchers and innovators in pursuit of Europe’s strategic goals, with a focus on the green and digital transition.

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Newsletter
2022-01-31
On The Spot - Issue 30 • January 2022

New issue of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!

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Publications
2022-01-28
CEN and CENELEC’s Work Programme 2022

 

 

The CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2022 has been published and is now available!

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EN in the spotlight
2022-01-27
EN ISO 15253 “Ophthalmic optics and instruments — Optical and electro-optical devices for enhancing low vision”

CEN recently published new standard EN ISO 15253 ‘Ophthalmic optics and instruments — Optical and electro-optical devices for enhancing low vision’. The new standard specifies requirements for manufacturers of instruments for use by the visually impaired as low vision aids.

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EN in the spotlight
2022-01-24
The "Valuation of energy related investments" is now a standard supporting the energy transition

CEN-CLC/JTC 14 ‘Energy management and energy efficiency in the framework of energy transition’ (JTC 14) just published new EN 17463 ‘Valuation of Energy related investments (VALERI)’. The standard is an important breakthrough in the developing field of “green finance”, and it was the result of the efforts of many European experts invested in this work during the difficult time of the pandemic.

 

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2022-01-20
Discover the new CEN and CENELEC Protocol for Accessibility

CEN and CENELEC are fully committed to ensuring that, through their standards, goods and services are equally accessible to all. In this context, they just released the updated “CEN-CENELEC Protocol on accessibility following a Design for All approach in standardization”. The protocol outlines the procedure to help technical bodies decide whether accessibility, with a Design for All approach, should be addressed when developing or revising a standardization deliverable.

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2022-01-17
Gender Responsive Standardization: participate to the UNECE survey!

As part of its efforts towards gender responsive standardization, the UNECE's Gender Responsive Standards Initiative (GRSI) has launched a new survey and invites all Standards Bodies to take a few minutes to share their experiences related to Gender responsive standards practices and training needs. The survey, developed by UNECE GRSI’s Project Team 1 ‘Training and Best Practice’, has been designed to learn about current gender and standards practices and identify potential knowledge gaps and training needs within standards bodies.

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