Cyprus Organization for Standardization
(CYS) has successfully completed the
first out of the 3 flows planned in the project implemented in the frame of the
European program Leonardo da Vinci - Mobility (http://cys-leonardo-standardization.blogspot.gr/).
Dutch Organization for Standardization (NEN) from 19th to 25th of May 2013 hosted six officers/executives of CYS in order to attend a one week seminar on topics aimed to help them to improve and to widen the services provided by CYS, as well as to achieve their personal professional and personal development.
The main topics developed during the seminar have been:
Dutch Organization for Standardization (NEN) from 19th to 25th of May 2013 hosted six officers/executives of CYS in order to attend a one week seminar on topics aimed to help them to improve and to widen the services provided by CYS, as well as to achieve their personal professional and personal development.
The main topics developed during the seminar have been:
- Best training practices and information of CYS personnel through education and information programs;
- Relationships with the competent authorities and ways to address specific issues;
- Information and guidance of the parts involved about European and International standards;
- Information and guidance to stakeholders for European and International Standards;
- Operating of committees, mechanisms and methods to promote standardization among enterprises, service providers and the general public;
- Mechanisms to provide consultancy services;
- Mechanisms to involve National Standardisation Institutions in the process of preparation and evaluation of public tenders related to European and International standards;
- Marketing policies and customer service;
- Dissemination of information about standardization and e-management of procedures.
The
round of seminars will carry on in the very next period with the visits to the
national standardization organizations of Portugal
(Instituto Portugues da Qualidade – IPQ)
and Norway (Standards Norway – SN).
As
a whole, 20 officers, executives and staff of CYS will participate in the
Mobilities planned.
The
program was approved and funded entirely by the Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning
Programmes (IDEP).
Brief presentation of ΝΕΝ
The
Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut (NEN) is a private, non-profit
organization, founded in 1916 by the Netherlands Society for Industry and
Trade, in cooperation with the Royal Institute of Engineers.
NEN's
mission is threefold:
• assuring active involvement of the trade and industry
sectors in the Netherlands in the development of international and European
standards, and where still appropriate, of national standards;
• promotion of the use of standards &standardization
within the Netherlands;
• operating as the central point in the Netherlands for
information on standards and standards development.
The
NEN bureau is an integrated organization serving both the Netherlands
Standardization Institute and the Netherlands Electrotechnical Committee.
Participants say their opinion
It is important for assessment of the seminar to register the opinion of
both participants and organizers. For this reason they were asked to say a few
words on this regard:
"During the seminar in NEN we
had the opportunity to study the operating model of NEN and analyze the methods
how to adapt this model to the Cypriot reality";
"My participation in the program
has been very fruitful to me, especially as concerns to the energy and gas aspects
that are particularly important and up to date in Cyprus";
"Our visit to the Netherlands ahs
been a nice experience and I hope to live as similar in the future. We had the
opportunity to observe the way NEN staff is working and to exchange opinions
about Standardization. Lectures and discussions during the seminar gave us the
opportunity to gain knowledge and experiences";
"Participation in the project "National
Standardization Systems: experiencing best practices in Europe” and attending the
lectures provided by NEN officers, helped us to re-approach the subject of
standardization through innovative practices and a new business model";
"Our visit to the NEN has been
an excellent opportunity to meet with new standard methods of best practices related
to the European standardization system, networking and promotion of
standardization to businesses and the general public";
"My training in NEN has been
particularly interesting. It is interesting the fact that they support their
business models through international standards. The way of working in NEN
helped me in upgrading our existing processes".
What’s
next?
The next
Flow is scheduled in Portugal,
being the hosting partner the
Portuguese Institute for
Quality (IPQ), a public institution that aims to coordinate the Quality System in Portugal.
The seminar,
addressed to seven (7) officers of
CYS, is scheduled from 11th to 18th of June
2013.
Before the
seminar a preparatory meeting will take place again to inform participants about the project, organizational issues, and it will also provide participants with
printed and electronic material.
Brief
profile of IPQ
The
Portuguese Institute for Quality (IPQ) is a public institute integrated into
the indirect administration of the State under the superintendence and
responsibility of the Ministry of Economy and Employment, endowed with
administrative and financial autonomy. IPQ´s mission is to ensure the coordination
of the Portuguese Quality System (SPQ)
and of other regulamentary conformity assessment systems conferred upon it by
law; the promotion and coordination of activities which seek to contribute to demonstrating
the credibility of the action of economic agents, as well as the carrying out
of the activities inherent in its duties as National Metrology Laboratory and
National Standardization Body.
