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The European Commission released its new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) in support of the European Green Deal on 11 March 2020.
Standards have a fundamental value in supporting and mainstreaming research and innovation. Yet, this value is very often misunderstood or underrated, also by policy makers – with very serious consequences for the ability of innovation ecosystems to scale up. This issue is at the heart of a new study published by Alfred Radauer, Driving from the Fringe into Spotlight: the underrated role of standards and standardization in RTDI policy and evaluation.
European standardization is a collective effort: many different people, coming from a variety of backgrounds, contribute in various forms to making European standards a success.
European standardization is a collective effort: many different people, coming from a variety of backgrounds, contribute in various forms to making European standards a success.
Standards help researchers bring their innovation to the market and give credibility over the development of an innovative technology, and start-ups and spin-offs to scale up their business.
European standardization is a collective effort: many different people, coming from a variety of backgrounds, contribute in various forms to making European standards a success.
The Seconded European Standardization Expert in India (SESEI) released this fifth edition of their “SESEI Newsletter Europe”, covering the period from July to September 2020.
Europe, like other parts of the world, has been hit hard by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In this context, CEN is preparing a new document presenting guidelines and recommendations for the safe operation and management of fitness centers during an infectious outbreak – now and during future pandemics.
‘The main challenges regarding the fishing gear of the future will be to design gear with a maximum lifespan, suitable for re-use and/or recycling and with a minimum risk of losing, abandoning or discarding it before the end of its life’, recognises the Workshop Report ‘Re-imagining gear in a Circular Economy’, issued in January 2020.
The European Union counts on the publication of new standards on sustainable development, which will help implement its Green Deal.