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The Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) conducted a study on the impact of standards on businesses in the Republic of Serbia. This research was realized within the Czech program for the development of bilateral cooperation "Support for the improvement and development of the Quality Infrastructure Sector of Serbia", with support from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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On 16 November, Small Business Standards (SBS) published a position paper on the standardization strategy published by the European Commission in February 2022, to welcome the strategy’s strong focus on SMEs and inclusiveness in the first stages of its implementation.
On 8 November, ANEC hosted the public webinar ‘Support all consumers through the cost-of-living crisis: ISO 22458, the global standard mutually benefitting companies and customers’.
Horizon Europe is the current EU framework programme for research and innovation (R&I) (2021-2027), with a budget of €95 billion. It aims at supporting researchers and innovators to deploy their ideas to boost growth, trade, and investment, thus creating a significant social and environmental impact.
UNI, the Italian National Standardization Body, just published a guide on project management and risk minimisation in the implementation of the EU Recovery Plan and the related Italian Plan for Recovery and Resilience, the so-called PNRR. The document was realised in collaboration with the Confederation of the Italian Industry, the Lombardy Council of the Orders of Engineers, the Graduate School of Business of the Milan Politecnico University and Federmanager.
On 30 March, the Commission issued its proposal for a new Regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR), which includes a series of measures Member States and the Commission are required to take to help SMEs with the implementation of the future Regulation. Moreover, it proposes the creation of an Ecodesign Forum to provide advice to the Commission on the Ecodesign working plan, in setting priority product groups and ecodesign requirements.
Isabelle Schömann, ETUC Confederal Secretary, was invited to speak at the 7th European conference on standardization, testing and certification in the field of occupational safety and health (EUROSHNET), which took place in Paris on 20 October. The Conference was dedicated this year to ‘Artificial Intelligence meets Safety and Health at work’, and Ms. Schömann participated in the roundtable addressing ‘The challenges of AI on standardization, testing and certification’, where she noted that standards are not sufficient to protect workers from the application of AI systems at work.
New issue of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!
New issue of the CEN-CENELEC newsletter 'On The Spot' is out now!