Training on standardization

• Harmonized standards & the role of HAS consultants
  • Date: 7 December, 2022
  • Number of participants: 13
  • Trainer: Nuno Pargana (CCMC)
• Basic knowledge (national expert)
  • Date: 14 December, 2022
  • Number of participants: 48
  • Trainers: IEC & CENELEC

• Advanced knowledge (international expert)
  • Date: 15 December, 2022
  • Number of participants: 32
  • Trainers: IEC & CENELEC
    
    
    
    

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.

• The BEC organization
  • Date: 17 January, 2023
  • Number of participants: 34
  • Trainer: Marc Cumps (BEC)
• IEC & CENELEC organizations
  • Date: 26 January, 2023
  • Number of participants: 53
  • Trainer: Geert Maes (Karabe)

• CENELEC technical decision making
  • Date: 2 February, 2023
  • Number of participants: 40
  • Trainer: Geert Maes (Karabe)
• Deep dive in the Frankfurt Agreement
  • Date: 9 February, 2023
  • Number of participants: 32
  • Trainer: Geert Maes (Karabe)
• Standards & legislation
  • Date: 10 March, 2023
  • Number of registrations: 31
  • Trainer: Dr. Stephanie Bijlmakers & Dr Irène Kamara (Tilburg University)
• The importance of standards in the sales process (liability e.a.)
  • Date: 23 March, 2023
  • Number of registrations: 30
  • Trainer: Prof. Paul Verbruggen (Tilburg University)

• Practical exercise, “IEC boot camp”
  • Date: 19 April, 2023 - life session
  • Timing: 10h00 - 18h00
  • Number of registrations: 50
  • Trainer: IEC

• The importance of standards in the procurement process
  • Date: 9 May, 2023 - life session
  • Timing: 10h00 - 18h00
  • Number of registrations: 21
  • Trainer: Prof. Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg University)
• IEC certification schemes
  • TBD

• 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