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Newsletter
February 2020
VmA 2020 Assembly: a great opportunity to celebrate an important
anniversary together
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On March 12, EFESME will attend the General
Assembly of Vereinigung mittelständischer
Aufzugsunternehmen and V., the German member
of the Federation. The welcome invitation will allow
the Federation to meet one of its historic members to
learn more in detail about the reality of German lift
SMEs, and to act as a link between the European and
national spheres, showing how the results achieved
in Europe have direct and positive consequences
in the daily work of its members.
This year's edition, exceptionally organized in the
magnificent setting of the picturesque city of Prague to
celebrate the 35th anniversary of the German
association, will be attended by EFESME Vice-
President, Mr Damyan Petrov, and by the head of the
Brussels office, Ms Elettra Bilibio. EFESME's panel will
also be preceded by a video message from President
Massimo Bezzi, aimed at introducing the work of the
Federation and its constant commitment to protect
and support European SMEs in the sector.
During this important meeting, EFESME will have
the opportunity to present its activities at
European level and beyond, its ongoing projects,
and the latest developments in European and
international standardisation within CEN-CENELEC,
ETSI, and ISO. These topics will be discussed in detail,
explaining how collaboration with SBS - Small
Business Standards, the European organisation that
enables EFESME to participate in standardisation
processes within these standardisation bodies, is
essential to enable the production of standards that
are as SME-friendly as possible.
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EFESME will attend
the following events:
SBS Annual Conference 5th May,
Brussels, Belgium
AscenTec Exhibition
22nd/24th May,
Athens, Greece
ANACAM 2020 18th/20th June,
Milan, Italy
FEPYMA Lift SMEs Congress
14th/16th October, Sevilla, Spain
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Special attention will also be given to
digitalisation and cybersecurity, which have been
the leitmotif of EFESME's work over the last year and
a half, and to the activities carried out with experts
and members to inform SMEs about the potential and
risks of these global phenomena. In addition, the
participation of experts in various working
groups, some of which are internal to the Federation
itself, will be highlighted during the day, to show how
the EFESME experts discuss different topics, to carry
on their activities in support of SMEs with the
constant support of the members.
This General Assembly will be the perfect opportunity
to make the European dimension known to an
important national reality such as Germany, to
help understand how some of the needs of individual
member companies can be met at European level,
and to demonstrate how the work of the
Federation in the standardisation institutions
and bodies needs the support and input of its
members, so as to best represent their needs where
it matters most.
More information about the General Assembly can be
found in the dedicated post on the VmA website
(in German only), where the full programme will soon
be available as well.
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February 2020
*** 2019 EFESME Activities ***
Articles Masterlist
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* Mr Luciano Faletto and Mr Ivan Ferrarini attended the CEN TF HAS on the 10th of January in Bruxelles, Belgium.
* Mr Lars Odlen attended the ISO TC 178 AWG meeting from the 28th to the 30th of January in Madrid, Spain.
* Mr Tiziano Caresani participated to the CEN TC 10 WG 13 meeting on the 4th and 5th of February in Milan, Italy.
* Mr Tiziano Caresani participated to the Machinery Directive Working Group meeting on the 19th and 20th February in Belgium, Brussels.
* Mr Luciano
Faletto and Mr Ivan Ferrarini attended the CEN TF HAS on the 20th of Febraury in Bruxelles, Belgium.
Previous
meetings 2020
As part of the EFESME dissemination policy of the
contents developed during the year on several
important topics studied as part of the EFESME
activities, here below you will find the 2019
articles that EFESME and its experts wrote as part
of the SBS - Small Business Standards sectorial
approach for the lift sector.
1. February 2019 – Harmonisation of European
lifts standards: a rough process
2. April 2019 – The incoming new revision of EN
13015 and the essential requirements
3. June 2019 – Development, regression, and
further evolution of lift safety standards
4. September 2019 – The ongoing revision of all
CEN Safety Standards for lifts to comply with
the EC Mandate M/549
5. November 2019 – Standardisation, IoT, and
the potentialities for the lift industry
6. December 2019 – Are “Lifting Platforms”
becoming more and more popular, and can
they still be safe?
Feel free to share them with your partners,
members, networks, associates, and experts who
may be interested in these topics.
Contact EFESME at [email protected] or visit the
EFESME website to know more!
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February 2020
SBS Expert Meeting: a new opportunity for our experts
to discuss standardisation
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Upcoming
meetings 2020
* Mr Marco Cogliati will participate to the ETSI Smart M2M from the 10th to the 12th of March in Sophia Antipolis, France.
* Mr Ivan Ferrarini will attend the CEN TC 10 WG1 meeting on the 24th and 25th of March, in Hamburg, Germany.
* Mr Tiziano Caresani will attend the CEN TC 10 WG 13 meeting on the 12th and 13th of May in Milan, Italy.
* Mr Marco
Cogliati will
attend the ETSI
Smart M2M from
the 16th to the
18th June, in
Saint-Etienne,
France.
* Mr Ivan Ferrarini will participate to the CEN TC 10 WG1 meeting on the 17th and 18th June in Vienna, Austria.
* Mr Lars Odlen will attend the ISO TC 178 AWG meeting from the 17th to the 19th of June in Brussels, Belgium.
On 11-12 February 2020, the first SBS Expert
Meeting of 2020 was held in Brussels. The
biannual meeting allows SBS - Small Business
Standards to meet its experts and take stock of their
work in the various working groups followed.
The meeting, now a regular appointment and an
excellent networking opportunity for experts,
was developed over two days, to allow
representatives of different organisations to have
adequate time to meet the experts and discuss with
them.
The first day, dedicated to new experts involved in
SBS activity in a variety of technical groups covering
a wide range of sectors, was characterised by a
series of introductory sessions, to explain to
newcomers what SBS is and what its role is in
protecting SMEs at European level, and what is
expected from a SBS expert in supporting SMEs in
the technical and working groups in which he or she
participates. This key part of the meeting was
presented by the new SBS Director, Ms Maitane
Olabarria, and by some members of the SBS staff,
Ms Maria Edvardson and Mr Alain Dechamps.
(Photo: SBS)
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During the second day, on the other hand, there
were more technical presentations aimed at updating
the experts on the latest news from CEN-CENELEC,
ISO, and ETSI, also to take stock of the situation
on the various projects underway and how the
various WGs are working; several speakers
illustrated the latest developments, allowing the
various experts to get an idea of how the positions of
SMEs are being pursued within the various working
groups, without forgetting that the positions of the
representatives of other realities are frequently
different from those of SMEs and must be dealt with
accordingly.
The positive aspects identified by the EFESME
experts during this Expert Meeting are many and
cover a wide range of interests. From the point of
view of the interventions during the different panels,
our experts all agreed that the presentations
brought to their attention were all very
interesting and aimed at explaining and
exemplifying many different aspects of
standardisation. The interaction with the speakers
was encouraged and proved to be of great depth,
allowing the experts not only to ask for explanations
about what was presented, but also to discuss the
approach taken so far by standardisation bodies
towards SMEs, and to urge possible future changes
to this approach.
The possibility of organising the various
meetings, not only those of SBS, foreseeing the
participation via videoconference was also
discussed. This aspect is particularly important with
regard to meetings at international level, and for
experts coming from the world of SMEs, who may
not be able, not only from an economic point of
view, but also of time and human resources, to
participate as often as experts and representatives
from other realities. This important advantage
should be encouraged not only to facilitate the
participation of SMEs in the meetings, but also to
support and respect the Green Deal, and the set of
ambitious "green" policies that the new Von der
Leyen Commission is putting in place at European
level.
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February 2020
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The new SBS video, to understand in a more
immediate, simple, and even funny way, what
standardisation is, was also presented during
the meeting. We know, in fact, and it's one of the
main problems when it comes to bringing
standardisation closer to the SME, that this topic is
not one of the most appealing, and that often the
concept and usefulness of a standard is not
immediately comprehensible to people who are not
closely involved, to "non-experts". The SBS video,
available here, which has been a good success
among both members and experts involved in the
two-day work, is instead a witty and very British
attempt to promote the work of SBS in favour of
SMEs for what concerns standards, and to publicise
some of the most diverse areas where the action of
SBS, and therefore of its countless experts, is
fundamental to the daily life of SMEs.
(Photo: SBS)
The EFESME experts in SBS have also had the
opportunity to discuss the problems they
encounter in their work; one of these issues, for
example, is the lack of recognition among the
various states, which prevents what should be the
free movement of products, and where SBS is
intervening to support the fundamental importance
of common and shared rules to support the Single
Market. (continues)
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February 2020
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Another important issue discussed by EFESME
experts is the failure to comply with Guide 17 in
the work of the CEN-CENELEC working groups.
Guide 17, in fact, is a set of instructions created
specifically to allow the writing of an SME-friendly
standard, i.e. a standard that takes into account the
needs of SMEs in their daily work, so as not to create
additional burdens for them. During the Expert
Meeting, the EFESME experts once again encouraged
colleagues to use Guide 17, despite the opposition
often encountered in working groups from non-
SMEs. In this respect, SBS can and should be a
support to experts when they point out their
difficulties in representing SMEs in these
working groups: to date, EFESME experts can
certainly say that the SBS hat is a valuable help in
promoting and asserting the positions of SMEs in the
meetings that matter.
According to the experts involved, the Expert
Meeting is a very important opportunity for
growth, which allows them to have an overall
picture of the work done and still in progress,
and which give them the opportunity to reflect on
the importance of the world of standardisation,
which is fundamental for the protection and
development of European SMEs. Meetings of this
kind, organised by SBS to provide its experts with a
forum for discussion, allow them to compare and
make available the most diverse experience acquired
over years of work, activities and research, in order
to give concrete form to the work done previously,
completing current projects and developing new,
increasingly ambitious ones.
In the end, SBS itself proves to be an irreplaceable
source for a continuous proactive discussion
among the various experts and members who
collaborate in its activities. The issues addressed
and discussed, as well as the strengths identified by
the various experts, always manage to be lively
starting points for more in-depth discussions, often
leading to the writing of articles and position papers,
or the organisation of targeted events to find
common and targeted solutions. As EFESME, the
participation of our experts is essential to keep
alive and active that network of knowledge in
the various, and often interconnected, sectors that
allow us to continue our work in support of SMEs
that we represent at European level.
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