Training on standardization 2026
BEC is organizing modular trainings on standardization.
Within this series, the following courses are planned in 2026:
Additional details about each course are available further down on this page.
The training is aiming at fostering the knowledge of the experts in order to facilitate their participation in the standardization works.
The trainings are free of charge for all employees from BEC member companies, whether they belong to the standardization department or not. For other interested parties, the participation fee is 100 Euro + VAT per half-day. An invoice will be sent upon registration.
- 23/06/2026 - 13h00 - Hybrid session - Standards for Environmental Aspects
- 12/05/2026 - 10h00 - Hybrid session - Impacting Standardization through Strategic Governance
- 23/04/2026 - 13h00 - Hybrid session - HAS System and the Interplay with Union Harmonized Legislation & the New Legislative Framework
- 25/03/2026 - 13h00 - Hybrid session - Deep-dive in Standards Development Processes
- 03/02/2026 - 14h00 - Hybrid session - The CEB-BEC Organization & Demonstration of Standardization Tools
Standards for Environmental Aspects
Date: 23 June 2026 - Hybrid session (Teams and BEC offices)
Timing: 13h00 - 16h00
Orator(s): Mr. Anirudh ESWARAN (BEC) & Mr. Serge Noels (BEC)
Aim: to understand the landscape of environmental legislation and the development of standards in support of current and future regulatory measures
Audience: experts with an advanced understanding in standardization and compliance
Training:
- The Ecodesign Regulatory Framework (± 60 minutes):
- History of the Ecodesign initiative and operation of the framework regulation
- Transition to the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and impact of the new measures
- Anticipated timelines for the application of the new measures
- Standardization in support of Ecodesign (± 60 minutes):
- Overview of product-specific initiatives and horizontal measures
- Collaboration and coordination between the European Standardization Organizations (ESO)
- Procedures (current and future) for conformity assessment
- Information on environmental compliance (± 60 minutes):
- Link to the Digital Product Passport (DPP)
- The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) as a DPP-ready solution
- Examples of the development of EPDs for different product groups
- IECRE as a Conformity Assessment Scheme (± 30 minutes)
- Questions, answers discussions and takeaways (± 30 minutes)
Impacting Standardization through Strategic Governance
Date: 12 May 2026 - Hybrid session (Teams and BEC offices)
Timing: 10h00 - 13h00
Orator: Mr. Geert MAES (KARABE)
Aim: to understand the decision-making processes within IEC and CENELEC, as well as its collaboration through the Frankfurt Agreement
Audience: experts with an advanced understanding in standardization
Training:
- IEC and CENELEC (± 45 minutes):
- Overview of governance structures
- Relationship with ISO and CEN
- Cooperation under the Frankfurt Agreement
- Technical decision-making within IEC and CENELEC (± 45 minutes):
- Structures under the IEC Board, with a focus on the IEC Standardization Management Board
- Operation of the CENELEC Technical Board
- Technical governance review within CEN-CENELEC and its implications
- Decision-making within Technical Committees
- The Frankfurt Agreement (± 60 minutes):
- Significance of the agreement
- Impact on the planning of work and parallel development with IEC
- Concept of a Harmonized Standard
- Mechanisms for maintenance
- Questions, answers discussions and takeaways (± 30 minutes)
HAS System and the Interplay with Union Harmonized Legislation / New Legislative Framework
Date: 23 April 2026 - Hybrid session (Teams and BEC offices)
Timing: 13h00 - 17h00
Orator: Mr. Anirudh ESWARAN (BEC)
Aim: to understand the interplay of standards and legislation in Europe
Audience: experts with a moderate understanding in standardization and compliance
Training:
- Concept of a Harmonized Standard and the presumption of conformity with EU legislation (± 60 minutes):
- Overview of the “new approach”, as governed by the New Legislative Framework (NLF)
- Link between the essential requirements of NLF regulations and Harmonized Standards
- Process of elaboration of the Harmonized Standard and the obtention of a presumption of conformity upon citation in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
- Concept of a Standardization Request/Mandate (SREQ) (± 60 minutes):
- Overview of the relevant stakeholders involved in the elaboration of the SREQ
- Involvement of the European Standardization Organizations (CEN/CENELEC/ETSI) in the development and finetuning of the SREQ
- Involvement of National Standardization Organizations (BE : NBN/BEC) and National Authorities in the formal voting process on the SREQ through the Committee on Standards (CoS)
- Elaboration and assessment of a candidate Harmonized Standard (± 45 minutes):
- Requirements and checklist for a candidate Harmonized Standard to be cited in the OJEU
- Involvement of the HAS-system in evaluating the presumption of conformity
- Formal objections, citations with restrictions and the partial presumption of conformity
- Current developments in the NLF and the role of standards in providing legal compliance (± 45 minutes)
- Questions & answers (± 30 minutes)
Deep-dive in Standards Development Processes
Date: 25 March 2026 - Hybrid session (Teams and BEC offices)
Timing: 13h00 - 17h00
Orators: Mr. Anirudh ESWARAN (BEC) & Ms. Beatriz DE LA FUENTE (BEC)
Aim: to understand the standardization process more in detail, with an overview of the deliverables, the follow-up of documents and the possibilities to contribute through voting and commenting
Audience: experts with some understanding in standardization
Training:
- Overview of standardization deliverables (± 30 minutes):
- IEC publications, mechanisms for maintenance and value-added products
- CENELEC publications, European “Common Modifications” to IEC standards and voting rules
- Workflow to obtain an IEC International Standard (IS) (± 60 minutes):
- Stages in international standards development and corresponding examples
- Iterative procedures and overview of timelines
- Changes to the procedure in the case of maintenance
- Workflow to obtain a CENELEC European Standard (EN) (± 60 minutes):
- Stages in European standards development and corresponding examples
- Iterative procedures and overview of timelines
- Changes to the procedure in the case of maintenance
- Parallel work between the IEC and CENELEC as part of the Frankfurt Agreement (± 15 minutes)
- Resources for standards development (± 60 minutes):
- Overview of the resources provided for IEC
- Overview of the resources provided for CENELEC
- View on future standards development tools : OSD and SMART
- Questions & answers (± 15 minutes)
The BEC Organization & Demonstration of Standardization Tools
Date: 3 February 2026 - Hybrid session (Teams and BEC offices)
Timing: 14h00 - 17h00
Orators: Mr. Anirudh ESWARAN (BEC) & Ms. Beatriz DE LA FUENTE (BEC)
Aim: to understand the functioning and procedures of the BEC
Audience: basic experts with little to no background in standardization
Training:
- Landscape of electrotechnical standardization (± 15 minutes):
- Interplay between international, European and national standardization activities
- Principle of comitology and overview of Technical Committees (TC)
- Structure and organization of the BEC (± 30 minutes):
- Overview of the various governing bodies
- Internal Regulations defining the functioning of the BEC
- Facts and figures (± 30 minutes):
- Representation of the BEC in IEC and CENELEC
- CEB-BEC as a national standards development organization
- Involvement of the BEC in international conformity assessment
- Processes for standards development (± 90 minutes):
- General overview of typical milestones in standardization
- Demonstration of used tools
- Contact and membership information to partake in the activities of the BEC (± 5 minutes)
- Questions & answers (± 10 minutes)