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).
- Cross-project cooperation
- Memorandum of Understanding