High-Level Forum on Standardization
What is the Forum
The High-Level Forum on European Standardization (the forum) is an expert group of the European Commission. It was set up in January 2023 as requested by the EU Strategy on Standardization.
The purpose of the forum is to identify standardization priorities in support of EU policies and legislation, and to discuss horizontal issues such as international leadership and education and skills, in a multi-stakeholder setting.
The objectives of the Forum
The forum serves 3 main objectives
- to support a green, digital and more resilient single market by identifying the related standardization priorities and agreeing on avenues for common action
- to bring more alignment between European policy priorities, industrial innovation and investment activities and standardization actions
- to discuss possible work strands in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy on Standardization in a multi-stakeholder set-up
Reports and other deliverables
- All the reports are available under the News Activities.
- AUWP
- Edu and Skills Pledge
- Webinars, workshops, conferences
- Deep dives, surveys
Composition
The forum brings together high-level representatives of up to 60 members consisting of stakeholders from EU/EEA countries, European standardization organizations, industry, civil society and academia. The current forum comprises 55 members.
CEN and CENELEC representation in HLF
- Sherpas for CEN: Andreea Gulacsi (CCMC, Green) Stefan Weisgerber (DIN, Digital) and Pedro Pablo López Bernal (UNE, Resilience).
- Sherpas for CENELEC: Pouline Terpager (DS, Green), Johannes Koch (DKE, Digital), and Bernhard Spalt (OVE, Resilience)
Organization of work - workstreams
Tasks of Sherpa Sub-group
The Sherpa Sub-group is expected to
- advise the Commission on matters related to European standardization policy;
- support the identification and implementation of annual priorities for European standardization supporting a green, digital, fair and resilient Single Market, including the identification and implementation of urgent standards development work;
- support the identification of potential future standardization needs in support of Union legislation, programs and policies;
- advise and support the Commission on coordinating effective representation of Union interests in international standardization organizations and fora;
- advise the Commission on how to ensure that European standardization activities meet the needs to make the Union economy more green, digital, fair and resilient;
- advise the Commission on how to better interlink research, development and innovation activities with standardization and how to strengthen academic teaching and technical expertise and skills in standards.
