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To promote standardization among younger generations, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) took part to the “Career Week” hosted by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana between 22 and 26 May.
The African Trade Competitiveness and Market Access Programme (AfTCMA) is a collaborative initiative established in partnership between the European Union and its Member States, and the African Union and five of its Regional Economic Communities.
At the end of 2022, UNI, the Italian Standardization Institute, published a national standard to help around 360.000 professionals (of whom, 240.000 lawyers and 120.000 accountants) organize their business, manage the risks and turn them into value: UNI 11871.
Every year, the European union celebrates 9 May as Europe Day, marking the Schuman declaration and commemorates the historical events that lead to the creation of the European Union. CEN and CENELEC are proud of their long history of contributions to the European Single Market and of their partnership with the European Institutions.
On 8 May, the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted to endorse the Own Initiative Report on a Standardization Strategy for the Single Market.
The new issue 42 of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!
To gain a better understanding of industry’s needs for standardization deriving from Research & Innovation, the European Commission is planning to launch the first edition of a European Standardization Panel Survey. This survey will complement the recently adopted Code of Practice on standardization in the European Research Area, offering evidence-based results on the role of standardization in support of innovation policies.
On 16 March, the ETUC was invited to present the findings and recommendations from its recent study on ladder safety (2022) at the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Industrial Cleaning. At the meeting, UNI Europa – representing the workers in the cleaning sector - and the European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry (EFCI) discussed the next steps in relation to standardization.
The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE) of DIN and VDE now published the English versions of the German Standardization Roadmap on AI (2nd edition).