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Europe, like other parts of the world, has been hit hard by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In this context, CEN is preparing a new document presenting guidelines and recommendations for the safe operation and management of fitness centers during an infectious outbreak – now and during future pandemics.
Brussels, 30 October 2020 - The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the healthcare sector is huge: yet, there are still some challenges to the adoption of this new technology in Europe, such as interoperability, data quality, cybersecurity or trustworthiness. On Tuesday 27th October, CEN and CENELEC held an online workshop dedicated to exploring the role standards can play in fostering the full deployment of AI in the healthcare industry.
‘The main challenges regarding the fishing gear of the future will be to design gear with a maximum lifespan, suitable for re-use and/or recycling and with a minimum risk of losing, abandoning or discarding it before the end of its life’, recognises the Workshop Report ‘Re-imagining gear in a Circular Economy’, issued in January 2020.
The European Union counts on the publication of new standards on sustainable development, which will help implement its Green Deal.
Today and tomorrow (15-16 October 2020), the European Commission is holding the important conference “Farm to Fork - Building sustainable food systems together”. This event is the first in a series of annual gatherings of European stakeholders willing to engage and help shape the EU's path towards sustainable food systems and contribute to the recently approved ‘Farm to Fork Strategy’.
On 14 October 2020, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, the three official European Standardization Organizations, join the international standardization community in celebrating World Standards Day. By focusing on the environment, this year’s edition aims to raise awareness on the potential of standards to help tackle the climate crisis.
Brussels, 18 September 2020 - On 16 September, CEN and CENELEC officers participated to the virtual workshop “Empowering European Standardisation for a Successful Green Deal”, organised by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) in the framework of the German Presidency of the EU Council. The event saw the participation of European Commissioner Thierry Breton, together with a series of high level speakers coming from the European and national institutions, business, the standardization community and civil society.
Through the Green Deal, the European Commission has set a series of ambitious goals to transition towards a fully green economy and reach the global climate target of net zero by 2050. To reach these objectives, all actors involved will have to rethink the way to produce and consume, the way our infrastructures work, the use of resources and the functioning of transportation systems.
Brussels/Milan, 19 June 2020 - CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and its Member UNI, the Italian National Standardization Institute, are happy to congratulate Mr Stefano Calzolari for his election as the next President of CEN.
As of 1st of April 2020, CEN and CENELEC will start implementing the ‘Flexible Standards Development Process’, as decided by their Technical Boards. The process applies to Work Items for homegrown CEN and/or CENELEC standards, and CEN standards under Vienna Agreement with CEN lead.