The standardisation world is at a crossroads; standards are: critical for digitisation of private and public sectors alike; increasingly high on the political agendas of both the European Commission and Member States, as instruments for industrial and innovation policy; and key assets of industry, for open infrastructures and technologies. Considering the increased relevance of openness, which is ... [Continue Reading]
New European Commission Communication: European Standards for the 21st Century
Jochen Friedrich is Chair of the OFE Standardisation Task Force and OFA Fellow. This post was originally published on his blog. The European Commission published today [1 June] its Communication on “EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ” - COM(2016) 358. It is publicly available on the Commission website. And it comes with a Staff Working paper - SWD(2016) 186 final. As indicated by the ... [Continue Reading]
Some thoughts about the Commission’s eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020
Last month, on April 19, the European Commission published, as part of a package of initiatives related to the realisation of the Digital Single Market (DSM)1, a new eGoverment Action Plan2, covering the period 2016 to 2020. Overall, I believe the document contains a realistic but ambitious vision and sets the right priorities but nevertheless, a few remarks are to be made.The Action Plan has the ... [Continue Reading]
DSM Announcements – Time to Seek Clarification?
Now that the dust has settled down on the DSM package of announcements it is timely to measure them up against the acid test of 'leadership' that I focussed on in my last blogpost.Sorry but its generally a no.That doesn't mean to say we don't agree with the objectives of each of the Communications – indeed quite the opposite. The direction of the DSM is strong, the intent is strong but somehow ... [Continue Reading]
Open Standards, Move Over
Andrew Updegrove is a co-founder and partner of the Boston law firm of Gesmer Updegrove LLP and an internationally recognized expert on standard setting and open source organizations and how to form them. He has represented over 70 standard setting, promotional, and advocacy consortia and open source projects. In 2005, he received the President's Award for Journalism for his work at ... [Continue Reading]
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