NEWS
The Academic Standards Day, held in Belgrade on 1 April 2026 and organized by the Institute for Standardization of Serbia, in cooperation with the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, gathered more than 120 participants, recording an exceptionally high level of attendance. The event generated significant interest among students to become acquainted with standards and their role in modern society.
The Croatian Standards Institute (HZN) actively supported the Croatian Engineers’ Day 2026, reaffirming its strong connection with the engineering community and the important role of standards in building a resilient and sustainable society.
Since 1 April 2026, CEN has been participating in the HS Booster II project, coordinated by Trust-IT Services Srl.
We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming CEN and CENELEC activities in 2026.
Every year, the World Bank publishes a World Development Report (WDR) on a specific topic. The 2025 WDR focuses on standards, offering a comprehensive assessment of today’s global landscape and ways they can be used to accelerate economic development.
On 28 April, trade unions across the world marked International Workers’ Memorial Day. The day provides a moment to remember the people who have lost their lives, health, and livelihoods because of unsafe work.
SBS is pleased to invite you to join key stakeholders in Brussels on 29 June 2026 to honour those contributing to a fairer, more competitive and innovative economic future at the inaugural SBS Awards Ceremony, a landmark event debuting during this year's Meeting Standards initiative (22 to 30 June).
Standardization in Austria is seeing growing involvement: in 2025, around 5000 experts from 3000 organizations were working on standards within national, European, and international bodies. More than 400 of these 5000 were new participants. For a country the size of Austria, this broad and growing participation is a strong sign that standardization is firmly anchored across the economy.
On 23 April, we celebrate World Book Day—a moment to appreciate the power of books to transport us to new and exciting worlds. Books allow us to experience different perspectives, broaden our horizons, and often offer a way to escape the real world and find respite in imagined lands. Did you know that numerous standards exist to help make your reading experience seamless, no matter what format you choose to immerse yourself in a story?
CEN and CENELEC, together with their members in 34 European countries, welcome the 21 April judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C 155/24 (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others v. Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd).