Activity Details

The European Standardization System with a focus on SMEs

  Riyadh   |         |     8:00- 15:00   |     Activity Completed
20150204
  Free
Standards
English
GCC Standardization Organization (GSO)
Open   Listed
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Objective:

This workshop aims at enhancing SMEs' active participation and involvement into the standardization process with focusing on The European Standardization System to ensure that SMEs' interests are increasingly integrated into the standardization process through a relevant information flow related to standardization and SME needs.

invited Guests:

  • The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf GCC
  • H.E. Ambassador, Head of Delegation, European Union Delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Federation of GCC Chambers
  • Union of GCC Entrepreneurs
  • The Gulf OrganizationforIndustrial Consulting(GOIC)
  • Council of Saudi Chambers
  • General Authority for the development of small and medium enterprises- Sultanate of Oman
  • The Centennial Fund
  • Saudi Credit and Savings Bank
  • Tamkeen- Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Khalifa Fund- UAE
  • Dubai SME
  • The SMEs Center-The Arab Planning Institute (API)- Kuwait
  • SME Development- Society of Bahrain
  • Silateck- Qatar
  • Qatar Projects Company
  • The Bahrain Business & Professional Women Club
  • Arab Council of Businesswomen- Kuwait

Main Topics:

  • Introduction (including short speech from CEN-CENELEC and GSO)
  • General introduction to CEN, CENELEC and the European Standardization System (ESS), including an introduction to the CEN and CENELEC Ambitions to 2020
  • Standardization and links to EU legislation
  • CEN and CENELEC technical structure
  • European deliverables and development process
  • The Vienna and Dresden Agreements
  • Protecting Copyrights on European Standards
  • CEN and CENELEC International Cooperation activities, roadmap for the implementation of the MoU between CEN, CENELEC and GSO, with a focus on the Regional License Agreements for the exchange of standards
  • Workshop on CEN, CENELEC and GSO activities towards European SMEs

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><strong>Mr. Eric Marchand &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Programme Manager,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>European Committee for Standardization (CEN),</p> <p>Brussels, Belgium</p> <p><strong>Ashok GANESH</strong></p> <p>Director Innovation,</p> <p>European Committee for Standardization (CEN),</p> <p>Brussels, Belgium&nbsp;</p>

This workshop aims at enhancing SMEs' active participation and involvement into the standardization process with focusing on The European Standardization System to ensure that SMEs' interests are increasingly integrated into the standardization process through a relevant information flow related to standardization and SME needs.