I will start first by saying in what role I make this contribution, which is in a personal capacity. I handle ICT standardisation and technology issues for the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) – the ministry responsible for standardisation policy for the UK. As part of this I am a board member of ETSI and DVB. I am also a member of the Commission ICT standards steering group, and the steering group for the Commission IPR in standards study. These roles inform what I outline below, but are not statements on behalf of any of these organisations or groups.
Posts Tagged ‘ESO’
The European Framework for Transparent Standardisation
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Chinese Standardization and the benefits of European led coordination
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
In recent years China’s standardization system has matured considerably. Today, China has more standards than Europe, covering more aspects of economic operations than any industrialized country. China wants to be recognized as a major player in standardization, including export of its standardization deliverables. One of the growing ambitions of this country is to become a leading high-technology country, making a transformation from the “factory of the world” to an innovation-based society and from standards-follower to standards-setter for the rest of the world. This target is evident also in the 11th Five year plan for 2006-2011, where standardization is mentioned many times as a tool to leapfrog innovation, with specific emphasis put on the high-tech and ICT sectors.