NEWS
The Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) had the pleasure of hosting Mr. Magnus Hakvåg, Chief Executive Officer of House of Knowledge, who visited ISS for the first time. During his full-day stay, he presented an innovative approach to education through the application of so-called “serious games”—educational games designed to facilitate knowledge acquisition and skills development.
As digitalization and the green transition continue to shape society, standards play an increasingly important role in ensuring that products and services are safe, reliable, accessible and fit for purpose. Alongside its core responsibility of developing and adopting standards, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) places particular emphasis on engaging consumers and raising public awareness of the value of standardization. These activities illustrate how a national standards body can promote broader stakeholder involvement and increase awareness of the role of standardization in society.
CEN and CENELEC welcome the European Commission’s EU Tech Sovereignty Package, published on 3 June, and its strong focus on Europe’s capacity to develop, deploy and scale trusted digital technologies and infrastructure.
The European Union has ambitious environmental objectives defined in its legislations. As the products brought on the European Single Market have a significant environmental impact, the European Union decided on a mandatory Digital Product Passport (DPP) to store the circularity data of products for various product groups. Since products brought on the European Single Market have a significant environmental impact, it is necessary to know the parameters of each product and to exchange circularity and sustainability information with all stakeholders.
This year’s Meeting Standards campaign took place between 22 and 30 June, organized by Small Business Standards (SBS). The week culminated in the SBS Awards 2026, the inaugural SBS Awards ceremony that recognizes the experts and standards that strengthen the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in European standardization. The Standard of the Year 2025 was won by EN ISO 27799:2026 ‘Health informatics’, developed by CEN/TC 251.
As Ireland takes on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, CEN and CENELEC, together with our Irish Member, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), warmly welcome the start of this important chapter for Europe. We look forward to working closely with the Irish Presidency over the next six months to support its priorities and help deliver concrete results for citizens and businesses across Europe.
The June issue of the CEN and CENELEC newsletter 'On the Spot' is out now!
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) aims to address the increasing cybersecurity threats faced by hardware and software products by setting essential cybersecurity requirements for manufacturers, with stricter assessments for important and critical products. The European Commission has issued a standardisation request to the ESOs for the development of deliverables to support the implementation of the CRA.
Innovation is often associated with breakthrough technologies, disruptive business models, and visionary entrepreneurs. Yet the ability to transform an idea into a commercially successful product or service depends on something far less visible: the infrastructure that enables innovation to scale.
The Edu4Standards.eu project, funded by Horizon Europe, has set up the first European student network around standardization, called the European Students’ Standardization Association (ESSA).