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The 28th World Climate Change Conference, COP28, will take place in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 2023. Representatives of nearly 200 nations will come together to agree on ways to address the climate crisis, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1,5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable communities adapt to the effects of climate change, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
Between 24 and 27 October 2023, the 1st Autumn School of Standardization, organized by SIST, Slovenia’s National Standardization Body, took place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana. Twenty students from different study programs attended the extracurricular activity. The aim of the Autumn School of Standardization is to bring standardization closer to future engineers and give them the opportunity to get a deeper understanding of standardization and its impact on modern society.
On 16 October, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) organized its first RAST Conference, an event to celebrate World Standards Day, to raise awareness to the importance of standards, and to present the benefits of using standards through success stories from prominent Slovenian companies. The conference, which took place at Brdo Congress Centre, offered the participants a wealth of content on current global challenges.
The Romanian Standards Association (ASRO) marks a significant milestone as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Established on 2nd October 1998, ASRO has unwaveringly championed for quality, safety, and efficiency, shaping the Romanian market as an integral part of the European Single Market.
On 1 September, the European Commission launched a call for evidence with a view to possibly revise Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardization. The objective was to collect feedback and views on the effectiveness of the current legislation in “meeting the opportunities and challenges of , ensuring the security of citizens and supporting the green and digital transition”.
ILNAS, the National Standards Body of Luxembourg, has made education about standardization a top priority since the first national technical standardization strategy in 2010 and, as of 2013, ILNAS and the University of Luxembourg have been collaborating for the development of educational programs involving technical standardization.
The July issue of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!
The June issue of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!
The new issue 42 of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!
The new issue of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!