Training on standardization

• Harmonized standards & the role of HAS consultants
  • Date: 7 December, 2022 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 10h00 - 12h00
  • Trainer: Nuno Pargana (CCMC)
• Basic knowledge (national expert)
  • Date: 14 December, 2022 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 10h00 - 18h00
  • Trainers: IEC & CENELEC

• Advanced knowledge (international expert)
  • Date: 15 December, 2022 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 10h00 - 18h00
  • Trainers: IEC & CENELEC

• The CEB-BEC organization
  • Date: 17 January, 2023 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 10h00 - 12h00
  • Trainer: Marc Cumps (BEC)
• Standards and legislation
  • Date: 23 January, 2023 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 13h30 - 17h30
  • Trainer: Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)
    

• IEC & CENELEC organizations
  • Date: 26 January, 2023 - online session
  • Timing: 10h00 - 12h00
  • Trainer: Geert Maes (Karabe)

• CENELEC technical decision making
  • Date: 2 February, 2023 - online session
    
  • Timing: 10h00 - 12h00
  • Trainer: Geert Maes (Karabe)
• Deep dive in the Frankfurt Agreement
  • Date: 9 February, 2023 - online session
  • Timing: 10h00 - 12h00
  • Trainer: Geert Maes (Karabe)
• The importance of standards in the procurement process
  • Date: 22 February, 2023 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 13h30 - 17h30
  • Trainer: Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)
• The importance of standards in the sales process
  • Date: 23 March, 2023 in the BEC offices
  • Timing: 13h30 - 17h30
  • Trainer: Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)

• Practical exercise, “IEC boot camp”
  • Date: 19 April, 2023 - life session
  • Timing: 10h00 - 18h00
  • Trainer: IEC

• Intellectual Property & Copyright of a standard for both users and writers
• IEC certification
• CENELEC Keymark – certification (IR4)

Harmonize standards & the role of HAS consultants

7/12/2022 in the BEC offices - 10h00-12h00 - By Nuno Pargana (CCMC)

• Aim: The harmonization process at its procedures
• Audience: Experts
• Duration: 2 hours
• Training:
  • Developing standardization requests
  • Elaboration of a candidate harmonized standard
  • The assessment of the HAS consultants
  • The citation as harmonized standard

Get a basic knowledge on standardization

14/12/2022 in the BEC offices - 10h00-18h00 - By IEC and CENELEC

• Aim: Understand the job to be done, follow-up of documents & formulate a position and comments
• Audience: Basic experts (national expert)
• Training:
  • IEC & CENELEC Publications (IR2)
    • International, European and National standards
    • International Standard (IS), Technical Specification (TS), Technical Report (TR), workshop agreement and their voting rules
      weight of a NC voting
    • Flowchart for development of IEC standard
  • The used tools
    • Collaboration Platform (CP): BEC/CENELEC/IEC - User interface - Consulting and commenting documents posted on the collaboration platform
  • Code of conduct / behavior in meetings
  • Differences between CLC and IEC

Get an expert knowledge on standardization

15/12/2022 in the BEC offices - 10h00-18h00 - By IEC and CENELEC

• Aim: Understand the job to be done, take leadership on European or international level
• Audience: Advanced expert (European or international level)
• Training: Basic experts +
  • Organizational structure and responsibilities for standardization work (IR2)
    • Technical Board (TB), Technical Committee (TC), Subcommittee (SC), Working Group (WG), Joint Working Group (JWG), Adhoc Working Group (aHGW), Maintenance Team (MT)
  • Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of IEC & CENELEC documents (IR3)
    • How to draft and maintain a standard
    • Structure & key elements of a standard
    • Applicable templates
  • The used tools
    • Meeting registration system: how to registrate for participating in a meeting

Practical exercise (IEC boot camp)

19/04/2023 - life session - 10h00-18h00 - By IEC (together with NEC)

• Aim: Get practical experience of a standardization meeting and standardization work
• Audience: Experts
• Training:
  • Simulation of standardization meeting

The BEC organization

17/01/2023 in the BEC offices - 10h00-12h00 - By Marc Cumps (BEC)

• Aim: Understand the functioning of the BEC
• Audience: Experts
• Training:
  • Structure & committees
  • Fact and figures
  • Roles of participants
  • Internal regulations – functioning of Technical Committees
  • Preparation of BE NC position on ongoing work for and decisions taken during international (plenary) meetings

IEC and CENELEC

26/01/2023 online session - 10h00-12h00 - By Geert Maes (Karabe)

• Aim: Understand the relation between IEC and CENELEC
• Audience: Experts
• Training:
  • Governance structures
  • Relationship with ISO and CEN
  • Cooperation under the Frankfurt Agreement

CENELEC Technical Decision Making

02/02/2023 online session - 10h00-12h00 - By Geert Maes (Karabe)

• Aim: Understand the CENELEC Technical Decision Making
• Audience: Experts
• Training:
  • The IEC Standards Management Board
  • The CENELEC Technical Board
  • TC Decision making

Deep Dive in the Frankfurt Agreement

09/02/2023 online session - 10h00-12h00 - By Geert Maes (Karabe)

• Aim: Understand the Frankfurt Agreement
• Audience: Experts
• Training:
  • Why the Frankfurt Agreement
  • Planning of work
  • Parallel development
  • Harmonized standards
  • Maintenance

Standards and legislation

23/01/2023 in the BEC offices - 13h30-17h30 - By Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)

• Aim: Fully understand the legal framework
• Audience:
  • Users of standards. Do we have to follow this standard? What is the legal value of this standard?
  • Designers and influencers of the standardization system (NBN, BEC, CEN ,CLC, ISO, IEC, …)
  • Legislators: how to refer to standards in legislation
• Training:
  • Legal framework of the standards development: WTO rules, European Union, Belgian law 2004, Regulation 1025/2012
  • Old approach / new legislative framework & new approach
  • Legal value of a standard versus legislation
  • Legal difference between an IEC and an NBN IEC (national adoptions)
  • How are standards considered in court
  • How to refer to standards in legislation
  • Safety and environmental issues
  • Competition law
  • GDPR

The importance of standards in the procurement process including legal aspects

22/02/2023 in the BEC offices - 13h30-17h30 - By Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)

• Aim: Understand the legal value of standards & the process to make standards
• Audience: Purchaser / legal

The importance of standards in the sales process including legal aspects

23/03/2023 in the BEC offices - 13h30-17h30 - By Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)

• Aim: Understand the legal value of standards & the process to make standards
• Audience: Sales / legal
• Training:
  • Legal liability when using harmonized standards