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Core curriculum elements - what courses
about standards need to address
The work of the
European Standardization Organizations
Klaus Ziegler
ICES - Conference on academic standardization education and research
Hangzhou, 27-29 June 2011
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European Standardization Organizations
– CEN
European Committee for Standardization
• Covers a lot of sectors
– CENELEC
European Committee for Electro-Technical
Standardization
• Covers mainly the electro-technical sector
– ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• Covers mainly telecommunication and electronic
communication networks and services
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Joint WG on Education about Standardization
(JWG-EaS)
 A joint Group of the three European Standardization
Organizations, CEN and CENELEC members/ETSI
Secretariat
 The JWG-EaS is there to foster best practice in education
about standardization in Europe
 The JWG-EaS aims to help members:
 increase peoples’ fair and positive knowledge of standardization
 improve the understanding of the necessity of standardization
amongst government officials, business executives and
academia
 increase the competency of participants in standards-making
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Why?
“We are always part of/involved in the same circles,
talking to the usual suspects, while Europe is moving
forward without really considering standards as we know
them”
“Very interesting event, very interesting people, lots of
policy related discussions, real business talk, zero
knowledge about standards (us)”
Quotes from results of CEN-CENELEC innovation team
meetings with industry stakeholders
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Europe Needs Action
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The paradox:
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CEN alone boasts 60.000 experts
Standardization really is a multi-million (billion?) business
Yet it is hardly ever taught as a discipline
Business people see it as obscure technical stuff
Experts’ age profiles are increasing, so is “private standardization”
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Other countries are devoting a lot of attention to this
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2008 Council Conclusions on standardization and innovation
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The Joint Working Group has drafted a policy for us and our members
to improve education about standardization
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We have prepared model higher-education curricula, we’re working on
one for vocational training/LLL
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Challenge – to get academia to respond
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Targets for our Policy
Several specific target areas:
 Educational establishments and students –
 should ensure that all levels of formal education include
elements of standards and standardization in the curriculum
 Business, industry, governments and public authorities  should enhance the knowledge and use of existing standards,
recognizing their importance as a strategic tool and their
impact on organizational effectiveness
 should be given appropriate understanding to enable them to
participate in standards making processes
 Standards makers  need to achieve a level of overall competency, be familiar with
the tools available to them and be capable to impart this
information to others
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The Policy Elements
 ESOs and their members should provide:
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Model standardization curricula (or at least a checklist of
topics) for specific education levels
Arguments to help convince academia to include
standardization in curricula
Easier information provision for students and teachers
Best practices in training industry and federations in the art of
standardization
Audience-specific communication initiatives
Certification of competency?
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Towards a Core Educational Curriculum
 After the work of Henk De Vries and Dong Geun Choi
 Draft provided by Alberto Simeoni (UNI)
 The Joint WG has assessed member requirements
 Main challenges:
 Very different educational systems in different European countries
 Difficulty to persuade educational authorities to add material to
well-established curricula
 Post-formal training about standardization poses different issues
(and JWG is dealing separately with the vocational aspects)
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An Educational Partition
 Primary education (up to 10/11 years old)
 Secondary education (up to 16/18 years old)
 Vocational education
 Higher education (colleges and universities)
 Post-formal education
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Six Modules
 Modules 1 and 2 provide basic contents and are
considered part of any level of education:
 Module 1: examples in every day life to raise a
general awareness about the existence and
importance of the standards (e.g. paper sizes,
country codes, book codes, credit cards, exc.)
 Module 2: factual/fundamental contents to raise a
general understanding of main concepts (more
detail…)
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Modules 3 and 4
 Modules 3 and 4 are normally provided by higher
education even if some simplified contents are present in
secondary education:
 Module 3: Academic/theoretical aspects to learn and
develop academic aspects of standardization,
particularly standardization within disciplines such as
business administration, law, engineering (more
detail…)
 Module 4: Case studies to learn about the impact of
standardisation in business practice (e.g. ISO 9001
quality management, ISO 14001 environmental
management implementation, standards enabling
compliance with legal requirements, etc.)
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Modules 5 and 6
 Modules 5 and 6 provide advanced contents and can be
generally associated to the post-formal education, even though,
especially for module 6, some references can be included also in
higher education curricula:
 Module 5: Skill related contents to learn how to carry out a
standardization-related task. They mainly provide
communications skills about chairing and moderating a meeting,
and managing consensus and negotiation also across different
cultures
 Module 6: Application of specific standards to learn how to
implement or use specific standards (more detail…)
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Module 2 in detail – fundamentals to learn
Major classification
Sub-classification
General
General introduction, orientation
Definitions
Functions
History
Concepts and definitions
Needs or objectives, functions
effectiveness
General history, evolution
Types/ classifications of standards
General, by who, by how, by what
National standardization
Regional standardization
International standardization
History, policy, strategy, role in the
marketplaces, procedures, legal system,
relevant organizations, impact and
challenges, issues, finding standards in
catalogues
General, types, and strategy, procedures,
legal system, national systemaccreditation, other nations, international,
regional, multi/bi-lateral, mutual
recognition agreements
Users and consumers
Conformity assessment
Consumers
Government
and
Government and standardization,
technical rules and standards, harmonised
standards
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Module 3 in detail – standards topics (1)
Course
Business
administration
Law
To cover
Standardization as a strategic decision-making tool
Key factor for competitiveness
Low price best practices
Technology transfer
Marketing tool
Global business and foreign market access
CE Marking
Conformity assessment
Accreditation (series ISO 17000)
Consumers and environmental protection
Service management
Innovation
Laws and standards
European directives and harmonised standards
IPR, patents and standardisation
CE Marking
Conformity assessment
Accreditation (series ISO 17000)
Consumers and environmental protection
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Module 3 in detail – standards topics (2)
Course
Engineering
To cover
Technology management
Technology transfer
Safety requirements
CE Marking
Conformity assessment
Accreditation (series ISO 17000)
Consumers and environmental protection
Energy saving solutions
Interoperability schemes
Standardisation in the respective engineering
disciplines:
-Mechanical,
-Construction,
-ICT
etc.
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Module 6 in detail – application of specific standards
LIST OF EXAMPLES
Electronic engineering-related standards and application
Chemical engineering-related standards and application
Mechanical engineering-related standards and application
Management systems standards - quality management and
application
Management systems standards- environmental management
and application
Service standards and their application
CSR standards and their application
Note: simplified overview could be used in
other Modules
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Framework matrix (after Dong Choi/De Vries)
Educational Level
Primary education
Why – learning
objectives
Awareness
Operators
Government
NSBs
What – contents
Main contents
subsidiary content
Module 1 simplified Module 2 simplified
-Examples
-Fundamental
Secondary education
Awareness/
Understanding/
Technical
knowledge for
specific well
defined domains
Government
NSBs
Module 1
Module 6 simplified
-Examples
-Standards
Module 2
-Fundamental
Module 3 simplified
-Academic
Vocational education
Awareness/
Understanding/
Technical
knowledge for
specific well
defined domains/
Theory/
Government
NSBs
Various
Module 1
-Examples
Module 2
-Fundamental
Module 4
-Case study
Module 6
-Standards
Higher education
Understanding/
Universities
Specialized
Government
knowledge/
NSBs
Theory/
Interaction
between
innovation
and
standardization
Module 2
-Fundamental
Module 3
-Academic
Module 4
-Case study
Module 6
-Standards
Module 1
-Examples
Module 5
-Skill set
How- methods
Quiz
Game
Draws
Leaflet
Brochures
Quiz
Game
Leaflet
Contest
Handbook
Video
Internet sites
Contest
Handbook
Video
Internet sites
Team
Project
Presentation
Case study
Workshop
Contest
Handbook
Video
Internet sites
Team
Project
Presentation
Case study
Workshop
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Thanks!
www.cen.eu
www.cenelec.eu
www.etsi.org
For further information:
Secretary, JWG-EaS: Christine Tack (ctack@cencenelec.eu)
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Klaus Ziegler
European Standardization Expert for China
CEN – CENELEC – ETSI – EU – EFTA
Room C319, Beijing Lufthansa Centre
50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District
100016 China
Tel: +86 10 6462 2087
Fax: +86 10 6462 2067
Email:klaus.ziegler@eu-standards.cn
Websites – SESEC: www.eu-standards.cn
Standards Information Platform: www.eu-china-standards.eu
CEN: www.cen.eu / CENELEC: www.cenelec.eu / ETSI: www.etsi.org
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