NEWS
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) have renewed our cooperation agreement for a fourth time.
ANEC was delighted to take part in European Fire Safety Week 2025, held from 3 to 7 November in Brussels and online. On 3 November, Michela Vuerich, Lead Programme Manager for Sustainability & Services at ANEC, spoke in the webinar “Fire Safety in a Changing World”.
The safety of machines remains fundamental to protecting workers across all sectors. As modern machinery increasingly relies on software, connectivity, and AI, new risks emerge, such as cyber-attacks, remote interference, and unpredictable behaviour of AI-driven safety functions.
Under the title “Europe as a global standard-setter – between AI, alliances and competitiveness,” Austrian Standards hosted talks on 11 November 2025 as part of the WE NORM THE FUTURE | Summit 2025.
The first Iberian Standardization Meeting brought together more than 300 participants and promoted discussion on the Digital Product Passport.
From 12–14 November 2025, the third Autumn School of Standardization – Academic Standards Day (ASD) took place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana (UL FE). The event was part of the European Edu4Standards.eu project, funded by Horizon Europe. Organized by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST), in collaboration with UL FE and the student association EESTEC, the event aimed to raise awareness of standardization among students, academic staff, and industry partners.
The Online Standards Development (OSD) platform, jointly develop by ISO and IEC, aims to replace the Word-based standard development way-of-working with a unique, harmonized and collaborative space for all contributors from the drafting stages all the way through to publication. The project is a cornerstone of the CEN and CENELEC Strategy 2030 Goal 2 “Our customers and stakeholders benefit from state-of-the-art digital solutions”.
On 13 November, CEN and CENELEC revealed the winners of this year’s Standards+Innovation awards at the European Commission’s flagship event titled “From knowledge to impact: Shaping Europe’s next innovation wave”.
Three selected Experts – Ms. Adaora Ikenze (Nigeria), Mr. Matano Ndaro (Kenya), and Mr. Cristhian Lizcano (Colombia) – have been in Europe for two weeks of training and high-level engagements under the Global Partnership for Human-Centric ICT Standardization (GIST) project.
On 17 November 2025, CEN and CENELEC, joined by the Annex III organizations: ANEC, ECOS, ETUC and SBS, hosted a high-level event in Brussels, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss the future of European Standardization. The dialogue focused on an inclusive standardization system, considering the pivotal legislative developments currently taking place, e.g. the Omnibus Regulation, the revision of the Standardization Regulation and the New Legislative Framework (see Policy - CEN-CENELEC).