This report presents the preliminary outcomes of the monitoring strategy for the StandICT.eu 2026 FOREST (Forum for European Strategy on ICT Standards) group, covering the first half of the project period from January 2023 to June 2024.
This document lays the foundations for future discussions within the FOREST (Forum for European Strategy on ICT Standards) committee established by StandICT.eu 2026. The mission of FOREST is to derive for decision makers at the European level a set of focused suggestions and recommendations regarding technology and standardisation for the most urgent challenges in
technology domains that are crucial for Europe’s future.
This deliverable, stemming from WP6 "Dissemination, promotion, communication, and sustainability” and specifically task 6.4 “Development of a sustainability strategy", delineates the sustainability strategy for the StandICT.eu 2026 project and a preliminary action plan to be then executed and refined in the second part of the project. The strategy is aimed at ensuring
This deliverable, D6.1 “Plan for communication & stakeholder engagement strategy & plan and promotion of the open call”, released at Month 3, describes the main objectives and expected outcomes of the communication, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement activities to be adopted and deployed during the first projects’ year, the methodology and assets behind the strategy and the envisaged set of actions for the timeframe M1-M12 and beyond, to ensure the successful achievement of the project objectives in terms of appropriate dissemination of main resu
Effective stakeholder engagement is the pillar to any Coordination and Support Action project. This deliverable showcases the efforts conducted by the StandICT.eu 2026 consortium to expand the project’s community base during the first half of its running.
This deliverable is part of Work Package 4 “Standards Academy Programme of the StandICT.eu 2026 project. This is an interim version and will be updated by the end of the project. A progress update on the development of educational initiatives related to ICT standardisation as outlined by the WP4 following the creation of the International Directory on Education about Standardisation (IdEAS) established by Task 4.1 is provided.
The Standardisation Training Strategy (STS) of STANDICT.eu 2026 has been developed under Task 4.1 of WP4 “Standards Academy Programme”. The deliverable has the objective to guide the implementation of the Standards Training Academy of STANDICT.eu 2026.
This deliverable focuses on StandICT.eu 2026 efforts in the Work Package 3 “Management facility for EU experts in ICT standardisation “The StandICT.eu Fellowship Programme", and task 3.2 “StandICT.eu fellowship programme: monitoring & impact reports of successful applicants”. It reports the methodologies and first results achieved in the StandICT.eu Fellowship programme.
This deliverable, D3.2 “Call Monitoring Report 2”, is released at the end of Month 19 and describes activities related to the StandICT.eu Fellowship Programme, a series of nine open calls which will provide € 2,925,000 of EU funding earmarked to support the global reach of European ICT standardisation specialists in the European ICT Standardisation Ecosystem through 9 Open Calls to be delivered over the lifetime of the project.
The results of the first four open calls are reported in this deliverable
This deliverable, D3.1 “Call Monitoring Report 1”, is released at the end of Month 12 and describes activities related to the StandICT.eu Fellowship Programme, a series of nine open calls which will provide € 2,925,000 of EU funding earmarked to support the global reach of European ICT standardisation specialists in the European ICT Standardisation Ecosystem through 9 Open Calls to be delivered over the lifetime of the project.
Results of the EPE call and the first two open calls are presented in this deliverable
Stakeholder consultations were devised as a new engagement modality for the renewed iteration of the StandICT.eu project. The rationale behind them is to ensure StandICT.eu 2026’s positions are well aligned with other European initiatives and important stakeholders, and further cement StandICT.eu as the go-to project and platform for ICT standardisation in Europe.
This deliverable presents the main findings of the first part of the process, both regarding the adopted method and the consultation outcomes.
This report explores the current state of ICT standardisation landscape, Europe’s place in it, identifies key challenges, and offers preliminary policy recommendations