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Core curriculum elements - what courses about standards need to address

The work of the European Standardization Organizations

Klaus ZieglerICES - Conference on academic standardization education and research Hangzhou, 27-29 June 2011

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European Standardization Organizations

– CENEuropean Committee for Standardization

• Covers a lot of sectors

– CENELECEuropean 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

The paradox:

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”

Other countries are devoting a lot of attention to this

2008 Council Conclusions on standardization and innovation

The Joint Working Group has drafted a policy for us and our members to improve education about standardization

We have prepared model higher-education curricula, we’re working on one for vocational training/LLL

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: 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 learnMajor classification Sub-classification

General General introduction, orientation

Definitions Concepts and definitionsFunctions Needs or objectives, functions and

effectivenessHistory General history, evolution

Types/ classifications of standards General, by who, by how, by what

National standardization History, policy, strategy, role in the marketplaces, procedures, legal system, relevant organizations, impact and challenges, issues, finding standards in catalogues

Regional standardizationInternational standardization

Conformity assessment General, types, and strategy, procedures, legal system, national system-accreditation, other nations, international, regional, multi/bi-lateral, mutual recognition agreements

Consumers Users and consumers

Government Government and standardization, technical rules and standards, harmonised standards

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Module 3 in detail – standards topics (1)Course To cover

Business administration

Standardization as a strategic decision-making toolKey factor for competitivenessLow price best practices Technology transferMarketing toolGlobal business and foreign market accessCE MarkingConformity assessment Accreditation (series ISO 17000)Consumers and environmental protectionService managementInnovation

Law Laws and standardsEuropean directives and harmonised standardsIPR, patents and standardisationCE MarkingConformity assessment Accreditation (series ISO 17000)Consumers and environmental protection

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Module 3 in detail – standards topics (2)Course To cover

Engineering Technology managementTechnology transferSafety requirementsCE MarkingConformity assessment Accreditation (series ISO 17000)Consumers and environmental protectionEnergy saving solutionsInteroperability schemesStandardisation in the respective engineering disciplines:-Mechanical,-Construction, -ICTetc.

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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 applicationManagement systems standards- environmental management and applicationService 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 Why – learning objectives

Operators What – contentsMain contents subsidiary content

How- methods

Primary education Awareness GovernmentNSBs

Module 1 simplified-Examples

Module 2 simplified-Fundamental

QuizGameDrawsLeafletBrochures

Secondary education Awareness/ Understanding/ Technical knowledge for specific well defined domains

GovernmentNSBs

Module 1-ExamplesModule 2-FundamentalModule 3 simplified-Academic

Module 6 simplified-Standards

Quiz GameLeafletContestHandbookVideoInternet sites

Vocational education Awareness/ Understanding/Technical knowledge for specific well defined domains/Theory/

GovernmentNSBsVarious

Module 1-ExamplesModule 2-FundamentalModule 4 -Case study

Module 6 -Standards

ContestHandbookVideoInternet sitesTeam ProjectPresentationCase studyWorkshop

Higher education Understanding/ Specialized knowledge/ Theory/Interaction between innovation and standardization

UniversitiesGovernmentNSBs

Module 2-FundamentalModule 3-AcademicModule 4-Case study

Module 6-StandardsModule 1-ExamplesModule 5-Skill set

ContestHandbookVideoInternet sitesTeam ProjectPresentationCase studyWorkshop

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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 ZieglerEuropean Standardization Expert for China

CEN – CENELEC – ETSI – EU – EFTARoom C319, Beijing Lufthansa Centre

50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District100016 China

Tel: +86 10 6462 2087Fax: +86 10 6462 2067

Email:klaus.ziegler@eu-standards.cn

Websites – SESEC: www.eu-standards.cnStandards Information Platform: www.eu-china-standards.eu

CEN: www.cen.eu / CENELEC: www.cenelec.eu / ETSI: www.etsi.org