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Research & Innovation
2025-07-03
Shaping Africa’s Digital and Green Future: European and African Standardization Experts Meet in Cairo

On 1 June 2025, more than 60 participants from 13 African countries gathered in Cairo for a high-level workshop co-hosted by the African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission (AFSEC) and the InDiCo-Global project. Organized by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, with the support of the Egyptian government, the event brought together National Standardization Committees, ministries, regulators, and private sector stakeholders to strengthen mutual understanding and develop cooperation between the African and European standardization systems in the digital domain.

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Press release
2025-07-02
Standards support a competitive Europe: CEN and CENELEC welcome the Danish Presidency of the EU Council

Sharing ambitions for a green, secure and competitive Single Market, CEN, CENELEC and their Danish Member, Danish Standards, welcome the beginning of Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. We look forward to working closely together in the second half of 2025. By leveraging the strength of European standardization, we are ready to contribute to the Danish Presidency’s priorities.

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EN in the spotlight
2025-07-02
EN 16494:2025, a key element for the single European railway signalling and speed control system

To organize a safe railway network, it is fundamental to have a robust signalling and speed control system. At the European level, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is the system deployed for the management and interoperation of signalling for railways by the European Union (EU). The ERTMS ensures interoperability of the national railway systems, reducing the purchasing and maintenance costs of the signalling systems as well as increasing the speed of trains, the capacity of infrastructure and the level of safety in rail transport.

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Publications
2025-06-27
Discover the CEN and CENELEC Annual Report 2024!

The CEN and CENELEC Annual Report for 2024 is now available. Take a look to learn more about last year’s major developments at CEN and CENELEC.

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Research & Innovation
2025-06-26
CEN and CENELEC join the EURAS Standardization Conference

This year’s annual Standardization Conference took place at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid from June 18-20. It was supported by the Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE), StandICT.eu, and Edu4Standards. About 50 experts from academia and standardization gathered to discuss the state of research on standardization.

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Research & Innovation
2025-06-26
Who will be nominated for this year’s Standards+Innovation awards?

The call for nominations to the 7th edition of the Standards+Innovation Awards is now open and includes the biannual award for technical body officers as well as a new category for education professionals.

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Workshop
2025-06-25
Draft CWA for comment: 'Standardized Approach for the Management of Technical Assistance Platform and cascade funding mechanism'

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 10th July 2024. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.

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Workshop
2025-06-25
Draft CWA for comment: 'Guidelines to establish the carbon bill of the refurbishment of buildings'

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 31st March 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.

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Policy
2025-06-25
CEN responds to the European Commission’s public consultation on Bioeconomy Strategy

On 31 March 2025, the European Commission opened a public consultation titled “Towards a circular, regenerative and competitive bioeconomy”. The initiative aims to offer solutions for a circular and climate neutral economy and boost competitiveness within planetary boundaries by helping citizens, regions and key economic sectors make the best and most sustainable use of biomass. The results of the public consultation will be used to build a new bioeconomy strategy expected for the end of 2025, to complement the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal.

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Research & Innovation
2025-06-25
CEN and CENELEC launch new Standards+Innovation award for education in standardization

With the launch of the first Standards+Innovation Awards, CEN, CENELEC and their members took important steps towards giving researchers well-deserved recognition for their contribution to standardization. However, there can be no research in standardization without education in standardization. Education in standardization based on European values also reinforces Europe’s capacity to contribute to international standardization activities. With the new award category dedicated to education, CEN and CENELEC address the need for education and skills identified in the EU Standardization Strategy released in 2022 and the Code of Practice on standardization published in 2023.

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