The first meeting of the High-Level Forum on European Standardization took place on 20 January 2023. Speaking on behalf of ETUC, the European Trade Union Confederation, Vice-President Oliver Roethig made the case for strengthening the involvement of unions in standard setting.
In 2022, the Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMS SR), together with the Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (ÚNMZ) and the Czech Standardization Agency (ČAS), commemorated the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovak standardization.
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The Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) and the Romanian Standards Association (ASRO), in partnership with four universities, started in November 2022 the implementation of a two-year project, B-Green-ED - Boosting the Green Future via University Micro-Credentials, funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission.
ANEC’s President Dermott Jewell participated in the first meeting of the High-Level Forum on European Standardization on 20 January, chaired by Commissioner Thierry Breton, and aided by Chief Standardization Officer, Maive Rute.
The European Commission’s Strategy on Standardization, published in February 2022, called on the European Standardisation Organizations (ESOs) “to make proposals by the end of 2022 to modernise their governance to fully represent the public interest and interests of SMEs, civil society and users”.
At the end of 2022, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) published its Standardization Strategy until 2026, outlining its mission, vision, and main goals.
10 years ago, Italian standardization significantly accelerated its path towards the protection of “unregulated professions”.
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Ladders, often used by workers in the construction sector, in agriculture and in the cleaning industry, come with many risks. As the work is carried out at sometimes considerable heights, it can result in fall accidents with dramatic consequences for the worker. The design of ladders, including their ease of use and robustness, can contribute to a good, safe and practice-oriented work equipment.