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SIST believes that introducing standardization to the younger generation is of utmost importance. Familiarizing young people with standardization is one of the main reasons why SIST actively engages with events organized by educational institutions. One such event occurred between 12 and 13 March, where SIST representatives, with their two ambassadors for standardization, participated in the ‘5 Minutes for Measurement’ event, hosted by the Laboratory for Metrology and Quality at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
The reference practice UNI/PdR 159:2024 ‘Inclusive work for people with disabilities’, promoted by the Lombardia region and Unioncamere Lombardia, aims to equip companies and organizations in the inclusion of people with disabilities in the world of work.
Engineers' Day in the Republic of Croatia, held in Zagreb from February 29 to March 1, 2024, at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of the University of Zagreb, marked the celebration of the 146th anniversary of the Croatian Engineering Association (HIS).
SIST is proud to introduce their two young standardization ambassadors, Hana Knez and Erik Vladimir Simić. The two committed students of the Faculty of Electrotechnics in Ljubljana are aspiring to become successful engineers and are ready to engage with standards and standardization in their future endeavours.
On Friday 9 February 2024, a group of 12 CEN and CENELEC Members launched a Shared Digital Infrastructure (SDI). At the heart of the SDI is an online Marketing Portal where CEN and CENELEC Members can advertise, request, or simply browse digital services developed by their peers.
For 100 years, Finland has used standards to promote competitiveness, the functioning of society, public safety, and national security.
Global standards on the quality and safety of condoms and IUDs have been around for a long time. However, even though about 1.8 billion of the world’s girls and women menstruate every month, there are no standards on menstrual products.
We are already well into the second month of 2024, and at SIST, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization, we are sure that all national standardization bodies have already started their activities too. Some of SIST’s work is just the continuation of previously launched tasks which will be taken to the next level in 2024. However, there are also some brand-new projects that we are looking forward to.
On 8 July, the Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, hosted the presentation in Spain of the new European Standardization Strategy, which reinforces the key role of technical standards for a resilient, green and digital single European market, and provides greater support for European strategic autonomy, global leadership and competitiveness.
UNI developed and published pre-standard (reference practice) UNI/PdR 125:2022 on gender equality last March, with the help of the Working Table on the gender certification of companies provided by Mission 5 in the PNRR (Italy’s National Recovery Plan).