Search results

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.

Nominations for Standards+Innovation Awards 2021

Small Business Standards (SBS) published its call for experts for the year 2025. This call aims to appoint experts to represent the interests of SMEs in standardization work at the EU and international level in Technical Committees (TCs) of CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, ISO and IEC.

The standards bodies of specific countries who are candidates for EU membership are eligible for Affiliate status in order to align with the European Standardization System.

This webinar co-organized by the European Union’s Resource Efficiency Initiative (EU-REI) along with the Seconded European Standards Experts in India (SESEI), CEN-CENELEC with support from the BIS, aims to exchange on the role of standards in to realise resource efficiency (RE) and circular transition (CE) in India and the EU.

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. Organised by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI with the support of the Egyptian government, the event brought together national standardisation committees, ministries, regulators, and private sector stakeholders to strengthen mutual understanding and develop cooperation between African and European standardisation systems in the digital domain.

European standards support the industrial strategy for Europe

The European Standardization Organisations (ESOs) CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, together with ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, successfully co-hosted the 9th Cybersecurity Standardization Conference on 20 March 2025 in Brussels.

On 3 April, the standardization request for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was officially accepted by CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI. In response to Mandate M/606 from the European Commission, the three European Standardization Organizations have committed to delivering harmonized standards well in advance – at least one year before the CRA enters into application.

The CEN-CENELEC Adaptation to Climate Change Coordination Group (ACC-CG) is pleased to announce that it has resumed its vital work after a period of inactivity.