The Cyprus Commitment, a direction without a destination
How Europe’s standardization agreement talks about transformation, not about how Europe should use standards to shape markets.
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Last month, at the CEN and CENELEC General Assemblies in Agia Napa, Cyprus, better known for crystal‑clear water, beautiful beaches and nightlife than for institutional advances, members of the two organizations signed the Cyprus Commitment, a shared agreement to modernize the European Standardization System. The moment of the signature was widely promoted on social networks.
If you’ve been following The Unstandardized, you already know my perspective on what CEN and CENELEC previously described as a “bold new value proposition” in a LinkedIn post:
Now, does this agreement brings clarity around?
