| NOTAS: | "Over the past years, standardisation policy has risen to a prominent place in EU policy making. While standardisation has played a role in the European integration process more or less from its very beginning, it has, in recent years, acquired a new, strategic significance. The new European Standardisation Strategy both reflects this strategic significance of standardisation for the EU, and tries to further strengthen the strategic role and use of standardisation policy. The latest CERRE Tech, Media, and Telecom report, scrutinises the European Standardisation Strategy in the context of the history of standardisation in Europe. The researchers argue that the duality between its private and public roles provides the foundation for the European Standardisation System, and many features of the system reflect a balance between the prerequisites of each of these two roles. Furthermore, the report takes a closer look on four main elements of the Strategy, namely: the European Standardisation System and its relationship with the rest of the world; the governance of European Standardisation Organisations and societal interests; the use of European standards in pursuit of EU policy goals; and the strategic significance of European standardisation in the global geopolitical context. " |
