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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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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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Brief News
2025-05-26
Transforming European Standards with SMART: Watch the Video

Are you a standard user looking for clearer, more user-friendly standards? Do you draft standards but want the process to be more efficient and modern? SMART standards are here to help.

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Newsletter
2025-05-02
AI and Standards – Building a trusted future for Europe

The implementation of the AI Act depends on a strong foundation of European standards and best practices – developed collaboratively by industry, public authorities, consumer representatives, researchers, and other stakeholders.

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News
2025-03-07
Standards for Gender Equality: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025

Inclusiveness and Diversity are core values of the CEN and CENELEC system and are essential to developing standards that equally benefit everyone. On International Women’s Day, CEN and CENELEC are happy to join the celebrations and highlight our efforts to achieve full gender equality and support women everywhere.

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Research & Innovation
2024-12-11
Discover the winners of the Standards+Innovation Awards 2024!

The 6th edition of the CEN and CENELEC Standards+Innovation Awards was presented on 10 December 2024 as part of the annual EU flagship event on knowledge valorisation.

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News
2024-11-18
Standards + Innovation Awards 2024

Who will win this year’s Standards+Innovation Awards? Join us at the annual EU flagship knowledge valorisation event to find out.

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SMEs
2024-10-29
Dive into Guide 17 to better understand SME standardization

Guide 17 is an important CEN and CENELEC document that aims to raise awareness on the issues that are important to SMEs in the development of standards. For World Standards Day on 14 October 2024, CEN and CENELEC, together with SBS, the European association representing SMEs in standardization, produced a video to facilitate the participation of SMEs in standardization by promoting Guide 17.

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News
2024-10-14
World Standards Day 2024: Standards contribute to trustworthy AI

On 14 October, CEN and CENELEC join the international standardization community to celebrate World Standards Day. Under the motto “Shared visions for a better world”, the event is an opportunity to highlight the many ways in which international standards contribute to building a sustainable future.

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Policy
2024-09-30
CEN and CENELEC brought their messages for the new legislative cycle to the European Parliament

“A Strong Single Market needs a Strong European Standardization System”: CEN and CENELEC brought their messages for the new legislative cycle to the European Parliament. During the September plenary session of the European Parliament, CEN and CENELEC shared their call for a reinforced public-private partnership within the European Standardization System with MEPs and other stakeholders.

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