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CEN and CENELEC's Director General Elena Santiago Cid is in Grenada, at the Conference organized by Oficemen, IECA - International Erosion Control Association, UNE - Asociación Española de Normalización and AENOR on "La contribución de los materiales a la construcción sostenible" to talk about 'Standardization as a lever for decarbonization’. “𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠: 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑜𝑓-𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠: 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡, 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦’𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 - 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠!” On the picture: Javier Garcia Diaz, Director General at UNE - Asociación Española de Normalización and Vice-President of ISO - International Organization for Standardization, Elena Santiago Cid, Director General at CEN and CENELEC, Alan Svaiter, President de OFICEMEN and IECA, Alfredo Berges Valdecantos,  President UNE, Paloma Garcia, directora de programas de Normalisacion, UNE Aniceto Zaragoza, Director General de Oficemen

😎 Today we celebrate World #YouthDay 😎 CEN and CENELEC recognize the role youth play in contributing to the success of the twin green and digital transitions. Meet Mária Machaj, a young expert who works at the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic and is a member of the Slovak national Technical Committee TK 28 on #AirQuality. With Maria we discussed the added value young professionals can bring to standardization, and how standards can help address current challenges, among other topics. Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/eEjP5aBw #WorldYouthDay2024

Task 3: Strengthen ☑️ Thriving businesses, tech-neutral rules, and agile #standards: these are all the elements for Europe's competitive edge. European #standardization can act as a navigation system, guiding us towards success. At CEN and CENELEC, we support Enrico Letta's "Fifth Freedom" proposal to boost research, innovation, and education within the #SingleMarket. Based on that, we propose our own recipe to strengthening Europe’s leadership: 📢 Standards for Global Influence: Leverage standards to elevate Europe's position worldwide. Our expertise leads in areas like fuel cells and cybersecurity. 📢 Research to Market with Standards: Bridge the gap between research and market with standards. Help researchers translate ideas into reality. 📢 Invest in Future Experts: Support initiatives like EDU4Standards, building the next generation of standardization leaders. Curious to hear more? Have a look at our declaration for the coming legislative cycle: https://lnkd.in/d9Tc2Fwm #TrustStandards

The #Paris2024 Olympics are finished, all medals handed out! 🥇 Did you know EN ISO 8654 specifies a limited number of colours of gold alloy & the method to measure colours? It applies to objects made of gold alloys or coated by gold alloys. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eY8QbSri #ENinthespotlight

Task 2: Transform ☑️ Europe races towards two defining goals: #netzero emissions and the #digital age. Standardization is its trusted co-pilot! CEN and CENELEC are already developing solutions, alongside European institutions, to accelerate the green and digital transitions. A reinforced public-private partnership is the only way forward. Here some of the answers we're offering to Europe's complex questions: 📢 Standardize for a Sustainable Future: Let's leverage standards to create a stable environment for clean tech investment and production scale-up, optimise renewable energy use, and achieve Europe's net-zero and energy independence goals. 📢 Lead in Emerging Tech, with European Standards: Tap the European Standardization System's expertise to ensure emerging technologies (like AI and quantum computing) are safe, secure, and interoperable across Europe. This will solidify the EU’s leadership in setting the global blueprint for responsible tech development. Interested in finding out more? Read our declaration here: https://lnkd.in/ehJXVbZA #TrustStandards

📢EN 13613:2009 of CEN/TC 136, secretariat by DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. , is todays #ENinthespotlight - it's all about safety requirements and test methods for skateboards. The standard specifies requirements for non-motorised skateboards which are supplied for use by one rider at a time. The skateboards covered by this standard are graded by performance criteria for different categories of body weight. Read more: tinyurl.com/499tny8t On the picture: Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal, Fadinha, wins a bronze medal in the Skate Park category, held at La Concorde Urban Park at #Paris2024 #ParisOlympics2024