Education about Standardization

Doede BakkerCENELEC Vice President PolicyLeader of CEN-CENELEC Joint Working Group on EaS/Task Force Masterplan-Operations

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Content

• What is Education about Standardization (EaS)?

• The European framework for EaS

• The European Joint Working Group on EaS

• CEN and CENELEC EaS Focus for 2014

• Conclusions

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Learning standardization &

standards?

Strategic importance

Benefit from standards

Influence the content of standards

Business development

using standards

Teaching & training:- Pupils- Students- Managers

What is education about standardization?

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The European Framework

• European Council ‘Conclusions on standardization and innovation (2008)’

• EC Communication on a Strategic vision for European Standards (2011)

• CEN-CENELEC JWG on EaS (2010)• Participation: national standardization organizations

and experts• Observers: European Commission, EFTA, ISO, IEC• Aim: get standardization into national education

systems across Europe

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Target audiences

• Educational establishments and students

• Business, industry, governments and public authorities

• Standard makers

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Task Force‘Operations’

Project Team

(project leader)

PC

CEN and CENELEC members

Structure

Project Team

(project leader)

Project Team

(project leader)

JWG-EaS Resourcing

from

Members

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Enhance knowledge and skills through education and training

Engage academia and enterprises to include standardization as part of life long learning

Inform and inspirestudents and teachers/trainers about importance of standards and standardization

Students Professionals Trainers

Expectations and key issues

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From Policy to Action

Policy

Actions

Master Plan

Imple

menta

tion

Plan

Policy

Actions

Master Plan

Imple

menta

tion

Plan

A progressive consolidationfrom the policy to actions!

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What has been done?

• JWG EaS Developed • Concerted policy on education about standardization

• 'repository‘ of tools and materials• model curriculum for higher education• model curriculum for vocational training • Masterplan for EaS and its Implementation plan

(all available via http://www.cencenelec.eu/standards/Education)

• Dialogue with academia and business (June 2012)

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2014 implementation of the Masterplan

EaS Masterplan • The framework for orchestrated action of major stakeholders

at national level• With European level support and complementary leadership

and initiatives

2014: Primary focus• To build and strengthen national initiatives for EaS of CEN

and CENELEC Members• With high quality support provided by JWG-EaS

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Elements

• Develop elements of a model standardization curriculum

• Develop arguments to help convince academia and other educational institutions to include standardization in their curricula

• Facilitate the provision of information• Ensure that ESOs and their members reflect best

practices in training industry and federations• Collaborate in developing audience-specific

communication initiatives

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CONCLUSIONS

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Education about standardization will allow current and future employees and managers to foster competitiveness and innovation within their organisation

Our conviction

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At European level: Masterplan and its Implementation plan European stakeholders European activities Support national activities

At national level = KEY Set-up national structures and national plan National stakeholders National activities Support European activities

Our engagement

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The CEN-CENELEC Management Centre will be pleased to help you!

EaS contact at CCMC:• A. Ganesh, Director Innovation

aganesh@cencenelec.eu • I. Soetaert isoetaert@cencenelec.eu

www.cencenelec.eu/standards/Education LinkedIn Group Education about Standardization

More info?

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Thank you

Any questions ?