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The Living Standards Award is the most important Austrian award for standardization and innovation. Every year, the Living Standards Award shines the spotlight on national and international hidden champions. It shows how standards contribute to success in business, to advancing innovations and to turning ideas into export.
The ETUC is a member of CEN/TC 467 ‘Climate change’, which was set up in early 2021 to address standardization in the field of mitigation and adaptation to climate change, including related social and economic aspects. It aims to develop frameworks, requirements and guidance to support EU policies on climate change, in the perspective of a full implementation of the EU Green Deal.
SBS just launched the first edition of Meeting Standards, an awareness-raising initiative which consists of a series of online and physical events and activities that will be held all over Europe from 14 to 21 November 2023.
On May 16 and May 17, 2023, the Standards Institution of Israel marked its momentous 100th anniversary with a special two-day celebration.
To promote standardization among younger generations, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) took part to the “Career Week” hosted by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana between 22 and 26 May.
The African Trade Competitiveness and Market Access Programme (AfTCMA) is a collaborative initiative established in partnership between the European Union and its Member States, and the African Union and five of its Regional Economic Communities.
At the end of 2022, UNI, the Italian Standardization Institute, published a national standard to help around 360.000 professionals (of whom, 240.000 lawyers and 120.000 accountants) organize their business, manage the risks and turn them into value: UNI 11871.
Every year, the European union celebrates 9 May as Europe Day, marking the Schuman declaration and commemorates the historical events that lead to the creation of the European Union. CEN and CENELEC are proud of their long history of contributions to the European Single Market and of their partnership with the European Institutions.
On 8 May, the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted to endorse the Own Initiative Report on a Standardization Strategy for the Single Market.