Standards Body

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organisation for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants are volunteers.

StandICT.eu 2026 has funded fellowships across 12 different standardisation organisations, including IETF, and this number will expand with the forthcoming funding batches. Beyond, it has also established synergies with 6 different National Standards Bodies.

ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs). The Organization is made up of a membership of 194​ Member States and more than 1000 companies, universities and international and regional organizations. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and with regional offices on every continent, ITU is the oldest agency in the UN family – connecting the world since the dawn of the telegraph in 1865.​

StandICT.eu 2026 has funded fellowships across 12 different standardisation organisations, and this number will expand with the forthcoming funding batches. Beyond, it has also established synergies with 6 different National Standards Bodies.

Besides funding experts who contributes to the activities of the Technical Committees and Working Groups in ITU, other synergies and engagement activities in the framework of StandICT.eu have been carrie out, such as:

• Speaker slot (Pilar Orero) - 24 October 2023 Webinar ‘Navigating the Citiverse’.
• Speaker slot (Rim Belhassine-Cherif) - 7 March 2024 Webinar ‘Women in ICT Standardisation’.

ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) is a European Standards Organization (ESO). It is the recognised regional standards body dealing with telecommunications, broadcasting and other electronic communications networks and services. It has a special role in Europe. This includes supporting European regulations and legislation through the creation of Harmonised European Standards. Only standards developed by the three ESOs (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) are recognised as European Standards (ENs).

StandICT.eu 2026 has funded fellowships across 12 different standardisation organisations, and this number will expand with the forthcoming funding batches. Beyond, it has also established synergies with 6 different National Standards Bodies.

In addition to funding experts contributing to ETSI Technical Committees and Working Groups, StandICT.eu engaged ETSI in number of other activities, such as:

• StandICT.eu 2026 participation at ETSI AI Conference (5-7 February 2024).
• External Advisory Group & FOREST Group member (Lindsay Frost - Chairman of ETSI ISG CIM).
• Cross-reference of the ETSI Security Conference on StandICT.eu 2026 website (26 May 2023).

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) are two distinct private international non-profit organisations. 

StandICT.eu 2026 has funded fellowships across 12 different standardisation organisations, and this number will expand with the forthcoming funding batches. Beyond, it has also established synergies with 6 different National Standards Bodies.

CEN-CENELEC aim to produce high-quality standards for products and services that incorporate quality, safety, environmental, interoperability and accessibility requirements. They adapt proactively to new developments and support European competitiveness, the protection of the environment and sustainable growth for the well-being of citizens and the strengthening of the single market.

Besides funding experts who contributes to the activities of CEN-CENELEC Technical Committees and Working Groups, other synergies and engagement activities in the framework of StandICT.eu have been carried out, such as:

• Speaker slots (Andrea Caccia & Belen Suarez) - 15 November 2023 Workshop ‘Developing leadership capacity for SMEs in European and international standardisation organisations’.
• Speaker slot (Ben Kokx) - 7 March 2024 Webinar ‘Open Source & the Cyber Resilience Act’.
• Speaker slot (Mian Livia) - 21 May 2024 Standards Academy Training ‘Insights from the European Standardisation Panel Survey’
• Cross-reference of CEN-CENELEC’s FG Quantum Standardisation Roadmap & Report on Quantum Technologies Use Cases (30 March 2023).
• Member of FOREST Group (Philip Maurer - CEN-CENELEC Project Manager for RTD Collaboration).
• Interviewed expert in StandICT.eu 2026 Research Report (‘Europe’s place in a changing ICT standardisation landscape’) (Ashok Ganesh).