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The 37th meeting of the CEN and CENELEC Working Group of the Technical Boards on Standardization, Innovation and Research, also known as STAIR, took place on 11 December in Brussels.
ETUC attended the latest plenary of the ISO Technical Committee 260 on Human Resource Management, which took place in Tokyo, Japan, in the week of 28 October 2024.
The third session of the Expert Council of the Croatian Standards Institute (HZN) was held on 21 November 2024, in the conference hall of Hotel International Zagreb. The meeting gathered representatives of companies and academia, as well as HZN employees, who discussed important topics related to standardization and its role in the sustainable development of Croatia.
The SBS Annual Conference, held at the EFTA House during Meeting Standards Week, marked a significant milestone as SBS’s first in-person event since the pandemic.
This year’s Autumn School of Standardization, held on 13-14 November 2024 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana, once again confirmed the growing interest in standardization among young people and companies in Slovenia. The event attracted as many as 50 students from various faculties, with the majority coming from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, and the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. The enthusiasm for the topic of standardization, which paves the way for quality, safety, and efficiency, was truly remarkable.
The Italian Organization for Standardization received the special award for Sustainability Communication at the 60th edition of Oscar di Bilancio, organized by FERPI, the Italian Public Relations Federation, Italian Stock Exchange, and Bocconi University.
In November, Meeting Standards, the annual campaign week hosted by Small Business Standards (SBS), took place. A variety of events were organized by standardization bodies and SME organizations throughout Europe. The goal was to raise SME awareness of the strategic benefits of standardization, fostering SME involvement in standards development and connecting SMEs with standardization organizations across Europe.
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The Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, which will replace the Machinery Directive (EU) 2006/42 in 2027, continues to set out health and safety requirements for machinery design and construction, which are meant to be implemented through harmonized standards.
As part of the European SME Week 2024, between 25 and 29 November, the Croatian Standards Institute (HZN) invites all entrepreneurs to its Doors Open Days and grants discounts on the purchase of standards.