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Ewa Zielinska, President of PKN (the Polish Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC Vice-President Policy, will participate to the 8^th EUROSHNET Conference, next 13-14 June in Cracow, Poland.  

In the dynamic realm of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), a revolutionary document is shaping the future of emergency response. This ground-breaking initiative focuses on integrating eCall HLAP (high-level application protocols) into hybrid circuit-switched/packet-switched network environments, catering to the 112-eCall service across Europe.

From 14 to 21 November 2023, SBS (Small Business Standards) organized the first edition of Meeting Standards. Coinciding with the European SME week, this initiative has significantly contributed to enhancing SME awareness of the crucial role of standards in Europe.

For this end-of-year edition of the On the Spot newsletter, SIST, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization, had a chance to look back and recap 2023.

This year, Standards Norway celebrated its centennial jubilee.

The world of standardization was among the reference interlocutors at COP 28 in Dubai. UNI, the Italian Standardization Committee, was present in forces to this crucial event for future environmental strategies.

Ahead of the 2024 European elections, ANEC has joined other stakeholders working on fire safety in the EU in launching a campaign that calls for an EU Fire Safety Strategy.

The ETUC participated to the second meeting of the European Commission’s High-Level Forum on Standardization (HLF), held in Brussels on Thursday 30 November. The Forum, chaired by Commissioner Thierry Breton, gathered the various stakeholders involved in standardization to discuss priorities and horizontal issues, including international leadership and education and skills.

The Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) and the Romanian Standards Association (ASRO), in partnership with four universities, are successfully advancing in the implementation of the project “B-Green-ED - Boosting the Green Future via University Micro-Credentials”, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission.

It is never easy to fight against deep-rooted cultural beliefs, even if they are ideologically wrong and generate inequalities. However, one of the tasks of standardization is to encourage transformations, providing the community with the foundation and tools to achieve big and small changes.