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Standards help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to increase productivity and reach wider markets CEN, the European Committee for Standardization and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, provide information, tools and support to explain the benefits of standards, how to use them and how to participate in the process of developing standards

On Friday 11 February, CEN and CENELEC were happy to host Kerstin Jorna, Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), at their Brussels headquarters.

Under the stewardship of CEN/TC 428 ‘ICT Professionalism and digital competences’ and after two years of intensive research and development, CEN published new EN 17748-1 ‘Foundational Body of Knowledge for the ICT Profession (ICT BoK) - Part 1: Body of Knowledge’, together with CEN/TR 17748-2 ‘User Guide and Methodology’.

The current energy crisis due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has seriously impacted Europe’s traditional energy supply, with important consequences for its economy. In response, the continent is striving to find solutions to diversify its energy mix and increase its ‘strategic autonomy’. Among the first emergency solutions, many countries in Europe are resorting to importing gas in its liquid format (Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or LPG) from other countries to partly offset the Russian gas coming through pipelines.

Every year, the European Week of Sport promotes more active, healthier lifestyles to millions of people in Europe and beyond. All the initiatives in 2023 focus on 3 important pillars of sport, which also reflect the changes and directions our societies are going towards, called them the 3Is: involvement, inclusion, and innovation.

The EN ISO 18113 series outlines key requirements that manufacturers must provide for information accompanying in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices, including the product label and instructions for use. It encompasses various aspects of IVD medical devices, with specific parts in the standard series dedicated to reagents and instruments intended to meet the specific needs of both professional and self-testing users.

A new standard contributes to improving the energy efficiency of jet fans

Frequently Asked Questions related to SDGs You will find general information about SDGs and the link with standardization

How can researchers be recognized for their contributions to standardization

A CEN Workshop was recently established under the Secretariat of UNI, the Italian national standardization body. CEN/WS ‘Mediation Grammar: a standard to enable migrants’ integration’ is working on a CWA aimed to provide a user-centred summative and formative testing methodology for public sector bodies and agencies willing to measure the extent to which local public service delivery empowers refugees and regular immigrants in the fulfilment of their integration goals.