CEN/CENELEC

OC#4 2026

Organisation type

Organization

Go To Innovation CEO, Reaccion Economica

Organization website

Go To Innovation

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Environmental Sustainability for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

ISO TC 307 Working Group 5 - Governance

Role in SDO

convenor

Standards Development Organisation

ISO

Topic

Digital Product Passport

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Circular Economy including Digital Product Passport

Topic (1st Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Jacak Witold

Description of Activities

Standards for basic quantum infrastructures such as quantum information encryption in future quantum networks can support innovation in quantum technology and accelerate its uptake by European SMEs.

Country

Belgium

Fellow's country

Open Call Topics

Not for Profit Organisation

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

Rapid advancements in quantum computation, communication and a recent surge in QIPC startups are reshaping the landscape for the European innovation. Initiatives like the European Quantum Flagship, alongside global R&D programs, are channeling billions of euros into developing breakthrough quantum solutions. SMEs, long a cornerstone of the European industry, are now poised to harness quantum standards for critical communication infrastructures, including qubit development, advanced encryption, and network interoperability. These standards, including QRNG standards, will further boost state-of-the-art cybersecurity, laying the foundation for a future quantum internet, driving sustainable techno-economic growth, and ensuring that European SMEs and society remain competitive in a rapidly evolving global market.

Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)

With progress in quantum computation increasing investments are allocated at quantum technologies, including QKD and QIPC. Programs such as the Quantum Flagship in Europe have counterparts globally allocating billions of euros and dollars in R&D. SMEs play a crucial role in development of innovation and with QT it is no exception. Standards for basic quantum infrastructures such as quantum information encryption in future quantum networks can support innovation in quantum technology and accelerate its uptake by European SMEs. This is already happening among multiple startups in Europe, with a lot of their founders and/or key engineers engaging in the standardisation effort of the action with expert cooperation developing.

Impact on society (9th Open Call)

The societal impact of the action is in supporting European’s leading role in quantum technologies. Quantum engineering is expected to revolutionize industry on an unprecedented scale, surpassing technological revolutions witnessed so far.It is important for Europe and its citizens to be at the forefront of these developments as they will define economic and hence societal position of the EU in the future.
European leaders understand potential of quantum technologies and allocate adequate means to support research and development in this domain with programs such as the Quantum Flagship (QF) or the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI).

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Organisation type

Organization

Chair of the Board of Directors & Coordinator of the EITCI Quantum Standards Group, European Information Technologies Certification Institute

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Launching generalised quantum cryptography standardisation

Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Standards for new on-chip Integrated Circuit Quantum Random Number Generator (ASIC QRNG) devices

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Promoting International Standardisation in Quantum Technologies and Quantum Communication

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

Finalising QRNG standards employing quantum entanglement with secret validation for cryptography

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Role in SDO

chair

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Quantum Technology

StandICT.eu Year

2026

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Michele Amoretti

Description of Activities

Quantum simulation will have a huge impact on the study of new materials and new drugs, as well as finding chemical catalysts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere or reduce the amount of energy to produce fertilizers.

Country

Italy

Fellow's country

Italy

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

My contributions in JTC22/WG3 are mostly related to quantum software, i.e., software that is executed on quantum computers but also software that is executed on classical computers for enabling/supporting quantum computations. In Europe, new SMEs are growing around the quantum software topic. Therefore, I feel that the activity I am carrying out in the context of JTC22/WG3 will be beneficial for those companies.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

Quantum application benchmarking will benefit industrial end-users, quantum computing manufacturers (hardware and software) and Governments. The general intent is to fulfil their needs for objective performance comparison of emerging quantum processors, providing application benchmarks with specific metrics and methodologies.

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OC#5 2026

Organisation type

Academia/Research

Organization

Associate Professor - University of Parma

Organization website

University of Parma

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Effective Characterisation of Quantum Computing Systems

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Application Benchmarks for Quantum Computers

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Quantum Technology

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

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Julien Bringer

Description of Activities

I estimate that digital identities, and the way to ensure appropriate levels of assurance and handling of corresponding credentials, are key for the digital society.

Country

France

Fellow's country

France

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies are developed directly in a global environment and thus the activity impacts EU and SMEs in EU, as for the way EU specificities and regulations (e.g. GDPR, eIDAS, NIS, MiCA) considered as early as possible. Also many SMEs in EU are positioned around security of web 3.0 applications and on decentralized identity and future standards on this matter would be key for procurement.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

Toward the development of EU-friendly solutions for biometrics-based services, employing strong privacy enhancing technologies, thus going further contractual/organisational requirements, to ensure privacy and security by design. Promoting the use of the newest privacy enhancing technologies is in particular very important (biometric technologies are more and more seen as a way to fight against authentication/identification threats in our digital lives) as sharing or leaking biometric information without appropriate protection can be very critical.

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection

Organization

CEO - Kallistech

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Towards standards convergence for digital identity wallets

Security and privacy of biometrics for remote authentication

Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Strengthening security and privacy of biometrics applications through standards

Towards standards convergence for digital identity

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Strengthening security and privacy of biometrics applications through standards

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

Global blockchain and DLT standards on Security, Privacy and Identity

CEN/CLC/JTC 13 - Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Standards Development Organisation

ISO/IEC

Topic

Electronic Identification

StandICT.eu Year

2026

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Alessio Tartaro

Description of Activities

While there are standards describing processes for considering ethical and social concerns in product and service development, such as AI systems, no standard currently addresses the competencies of individuals tasked with implementing these processes in various organisational types.

Country

Italy

Fellow's country

Italy

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

This project directly benefits European SMEs operating in the AI sector by streamlining their approach to compliance with the AI Act, particularly concerning the protection of children’s rights.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

This project significantly contributes to several societal impacts, aligning with European values and the growing need for responsible and trustworthy AI, especially concerning vulnerable populations like children.

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Organization

PhD candidate, the University of Sassari

Organization website

University of Sassari

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Advancing the PWI on Competence Requirements for AI Ethics Professionals to the NWIP stage

Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Progressing the "Competence Requirements for AI Ethicists Professionals" to the Working Draft stage

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Enhancing EN AI Risk Management with Fundamental Rights and Children's Protection

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Artificial Intelligence

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

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Adam Smith

Description of Activities

The draft EU AI Act (including both sets of amendments) lays down significant requirements for logging and record keeping in AI systems.

Country

Spain

Fellow's country

Spain

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (1st Open Call)

Providing technical clarity on the right information elements to log is key to supporting the AI Act, and the more clarity that is available, the cheaper it will be for SMEs to comply. There are also many SMEs providing tools to support AI governance, which could receive a significant boost by aligning with the resulting standardised log files.

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

All three projects are likely to be relevant to the AI Act. SMEs will benefit from clear guidance and societal stakeholders have a voice in the projects. If these projects did not exist, then SMEs would need to rely on lawyers, analysis and academic literature to be compliant.

Impact on society (1st Open Call)

The AI Act envisages that logging can enable post-market monitoring. In future, these standardised logs may provide the ability to have a “black-box” associated with high-risk AI systems, potentially monitored in real-time, reducing the manifestation of risks that have an impact on society.

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OC#4 2026

Organisation type

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Organization

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Progress projects on logging and record keeping to support the AI Act

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

AI standardisation in ISO/IEC and CEN/CENELEC on AI verification and validation

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Artificial Intelligence

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (1st Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Francisco Medeiros-Filho

Description of Activities

Harmonised cybersecurity standards for AI systems need to be developed and adopted, as a matter of urgency, for the benefit of the European industry, including SMEs and startups, as well as European users and consumers.

Country

Belgium

Fellow's country

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

Harmonised cybersecurity standards for AI systems need to be developed and adopted, as a matter of urgency, for the benefit of the European industry, including SMEs and startups, as well as users and consumers. In this context, it is necessary to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems. Cybersecurity is one of the many aspects of trustworthiness.

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

The AI Act highlights the importance of EU harmonised standards and conformity assessment (based on such harmonised standards) for industrial stakeholders (providers and deployers) and also for users of AI systems. Harmonised cybersecurity standards for AI systems need to be developed and adopted as a matter of urgency, for the benefit of the European industry, including SMEs and startups, as well as users of AI systems. In this context, it is necessary to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems. Cybersecurity is just one of the many aspects of trustworthiness.
A balanced representation of interests involving all relevant stakeholders in the development of standards, contributions from SMEs, consumer organisations and environmental and social stakeholders are therefore welcome. FM Tech Consult BV is a Belgium-based SME.

Impact on SMEs (8th Open Call)

The AI Act highlights the importance of EU harmonised standards and conformity assessment for the industrial stakeholders, for both providers and deployers, as well as users of AI systems. European harmonised cybersecurity standards for AI systems need to be developed and adopted, as a matter of urgency, for the benefit of the European industry, including SMEs and startups, as well as users of AI systems. It is important to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems. Cybersecurity is just one of the aspects of trustworthiness.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

It is essential to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems, hence providing assurance to users and consumers (societal impact).

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Cybersecurity for AI systems, although being just one of the aspects, is essential to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems, hence providing assurance and trust to users and consumers leading to great societal impact.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

It is well known that the widespread use of AI systems in many different sectors of the economy is bound to have a significant impact on society. This subject has been debated at length by different academic, industrial, and governmental organisations. Cybersecurity for AI systems, although being just one of these aspects, is essential to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems, hence providing assurance and trust to users and consumers leading to great societal impact.

Impact on society (8th Open Call)

It is well known that the widespread use of AI systems is bound to have a significant impact on society. This subject has been debated at length by different academic, industrial, and governmental organizations. Cybersecurity for AI systems, although being just one of the aspects, is essential to demonstrate the trustworthiness of AI systems, hence providing assurance to users and consumers (societal impact).

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Organisation type

Organization

Independent expert - FM Tech Consult BV

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Harmonised AI cybersecurity standards in response to the EC AI standardisation request

Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Cybersecurity standards for AI systems in response to the EC standardisation request

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Cybersecurity standards for AI systems in response to the EC standardisation request (AI Act)

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Guidance for addressing security threats to artificial intelligence systems

Proposal Title (8th Open Call)

Cybersecurity standards for AI systems in response to the EC standardisation request (AI Act)

Role in SDO

convenor

chair

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Artificial Intelligence

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

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Patrick Bezombes

Description of Activities

My work supports AI trustworthiness characteristics such as robustness, human oversight, accuracy, cybersecurity, and transparency (all those are requirements from the AI Act).

Country

France

Fellow's country

France

Open Call Topics

Online references related to the fellowship work

Impact on SMEs (1st Open Call)

SMEs will be strongly impacted by the future set of harmonised standards in support of the AI Act. One of the aims of the JTC 21 is to provide standards that are innovation-friendly and actionable. Following JTC 21/WG 1 work, a dedicated AHG (AHG 9) has been set up to support SMEs.

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

This project clarifies for SMEs when they use standards related to trustworthiness characteristics, as conformity assessment for those characteristics will be done for defined domains and operating conditions.

Impact on SMEs (8th Open Call)

The future JTC21 harmonized standards will impact every organisations involved in highrisk AI systems and willing to put their product on the EU market. Those future harmonised standards aim also at protecting health, safety and fundamental rights and have therefore an impact on European societies.

Impact on society (1st Open Call)

My work supports AI trustworthiness characteristics such as robustness, human oversight, accuracy, cybersecurity, and transparency (all those are requirements from the AI Act).

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

The impact is potentially significant worldwide, as the European regulation on AI and its subsequent harmonised standards will be followed by any international company that wants to do business in Europe.

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Organisation type

Organization

Independent Expert

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

AI standardisation roadmapping

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Artificial Intelligence - Operational Design Domain for AI systems

Proposal Title (8th Open Call)

AI standardization roadmapping in support of the AI Act standardization request

Role in SDO

convenor

chair

vice-chair

Standards Development Organisation

ISO/IEC

Topic

Artificial Intelligence

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (1st Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Octavian Popescu

Description of Activities

Clarifying for the EU SMEs and European societies the direction they would have to take to evolve and change their product, ensuring their compliance with the regulatory obligations activated in the RED Delegated Act.

Country

Belgium

Fellow's country

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

I am contributing to work on cybersecurity evaluation industry protocols, and it is important for SMEs that protocols are based on published harmonised EN standards, so that they can be used by the radio communications equipment manufacturers and all other stakeholders to evaluate their equipment for the purpose of legal compliance to the cybersecurity requirements and therefore ultimately to improve their response to threats.

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

By its nature, the CRA covers all products with digital elements, and therefore, all supply chain segments are in it, including SMEs, and the European SMEs and societies are at the forefront. A successful and clear standardisation deliverable is the outcome of this standardisation process.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

While the society at large is not aware of the work done in this or most fields of expertise, the overall objective is to improve the way end-users communicate via their internet connected devices.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

In this spirit, the CRA-related standardisation work produces instructions for manufacturers of devices with digital elements explaining that they will now have to include technical features to improve the level of cybersecurity of such devices before placing them on the European market.

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OC#2 2026

OC#5 2026

Organisation type

Organization

Consultant, Reseacher - EUCOMREG

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Proposal for requirement regarding the elimination of publicly known exploitable vulnerabilities

Participation in the development of standardisation work in support of RED Articles 3(3) (d/e/f)Participation in the development of standardisation work in support of RED Articles 3(3) (d/e/f)

Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Participation in the standardisation work at the ESOs for the Cyber Resilience Act proposal

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Participation in the standardisation work at the ESOs for the Cyber Resilience Act proposal

Standards Development Organisation

ETSI

Topic

Network and Information Security

StandICT.eu Year

2026

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Christophe Stenuit

Description of Activities

I am to positively influence the European market and its infrastructures by benefiting from international contributions (e.g. ISO/IEC) in the controlling of civil security and the protecting of e-identity and e-privacy.

Country

Belgium

Fellow's country

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

Recent EU GDPR, eIDA2 regulations and NIS-2 directives developments impose a different view on IT risks, information security, data privacy protection and identity management controls, and by this a different awareness of the consequences that may fall improper compliance to good practices. Therefore, good standard references help establish confidence and maturity improvement in yesterday's matters.

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

SME are better aware of risks and of controls required in IT and information protection. Recent EU GDPR, eIDA2 regulation, DORA, and NIS-2 directives developments impose a different view on IT risks, information security, data privacy protection and identity management controls, and by this a different awareness of the consequences that may fall down improper compliance to good practices. Good standard references help confidence establishment and maturity improvement in matter yesterday far from SMEs' concerns.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Impact on SMEs (8th Open Call)

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

Christophe's Fellowship protects freedom and security of Europe and its citizens. Standards on reference architectures around e-identity and e-privacy management ensure protocols are in place to protect citizens and societies from cybersecurity and network threats. Finally, data protection good practice ensures any risk on identity information is mitigated uduring information processing.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

This activity impacts the societal challenges in three key areas:
Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens: Supporting standards on e-identity and e-privacy information management ensures identity information lifecycle, identification, bound proofed identity information and authentication of citizen and societies are in place before authorized accesses to services is provided without compromising their privacy;
Cybersecurity, network and identity information security: Standards on reference architectures around e-identity and e-privacy management ensure information infrastructure has the required controls in place to protect citizen and societies while accessing and using provided services;
ePrivacy protection: Data protection good practice ensures any risk on identity information is mitigate during the processing of the information.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

This work has societal impact at least on three axes, including:
Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens: Supporting standards on e-identity and e-privacy information management ensures identity information lifecycle, identification, bound proofed identity information and authentication of citizens and societies are in place before authorized accesses to services is provided without compromising their privacy;
Cybersecurity, network and identity information security: Standards on reference architectures around e-identity and e-privacy management ensure information infrastructure has the required controls in place to protect citizens and societies while accessing and using provided services;
ePrivacy protection: Data protection good practice ensures any risk on identity information is mitigated during the processing of the information.

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Organisation type

Online references related to the fellowship work

Organization

Viewconcept.be

Organization website

Viewconcept.be

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Contribution to e-identification and e-authentication at CEN/CLC/JTC 13 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 27 WG5’s

Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

ntribution to e-identification and e-authentication at CEN/CLC/JTC 13 & ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 27 WG5’s

Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Contribution to e-identification and e-authentication at CEN/CLC/JTC 13 & ISO/ IEC JTC1/SC 27 WG5’s

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Contribution to e-identification and e-authentication at CEN/CLC/JTC 13 & ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 27 WG5’s

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

contribute to a better harmonization of e-identity and privacy protection standardization support in Europe

Establishment of a Liaison Statement of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 WG 5 to CEN-CENELEC JTC13.

Contribution to the definition of AG5 on strategy as part of the ISO JTC1 SC27 WG5

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Contribution to e-identification and e-authentication at CEN/CLC/JTC 13 & ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 27 WG5’s

Proposal Title (8th Open Call)

Contribution to e-identification and e-authentication at CEN/CLC/JTC 13 & ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 27 WG5’s

Standards Development Organisation

ISO/IEC

Topic

Cybersecurity

StandICT.eu Year

2026

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