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Global standardization that helps power European innovation

Across Europe, organizations and experts bring market experience, technical knowledge, and technology policy perspectives to IEEE Standards Association’s (IEEE SA) open, consensus-based global standardization environment. This long standing engagement supports interoperability and contributions to standards, related programs, and other collaborative work that can be applied in Europe and around the world.

Global Standardization in Practice

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Responsible AI Systems

Experts from across Europe have contributed to the IEEE 7000 series, which provides approaches for translating ethical and human-value considerations into system requirements, design, assessment, and governance. These approaches can also inform assessment and certification programs.

For example, the City of Vienna used IEEE CertifAIEd™ to assess ethics and transparency in an AI system that categorizes incoming public-service requests. NCSR Demokritos also works with IEEE SA to strengthen Greek expertise in ethical AI education and system evaluation.

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Connectivity

European experts contribute directly to IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi and IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards used to connect devices across homes, workplaces, and mobile applications. IEEE SA also contributes technical expertise to European ICT standardization priorities across areas including future networks, cloud computing, IoT, quantum technologies, intelligent transport, and sustainable ICT.

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Nuclear Energy

European nuclear-energy professionals have participated in IEEE standards-based training on equipment qualification for nuclear-power generating plants. Nuclear builds in several European countries use IEEE standards to support equipment qualification and conformance.

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Age-Appropriate Digital Services for Children

The 5Rights Foundation brought children’s rights principles into IEEE standards development, resulting in IEEE 2089. The standard subsequently served as the basis for CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement CWA 18016, supporting implementation of Digital Services Act protections for minors online, as well as related standardization activities.

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Cybersecurity

European experts contribute to IEEE SA cybersecurity standardization. For example, European testing laboratories ATSEC and Applus+ apply IEEE 2621 cybersecurity requirements to independently evaluate connected medical devices. Products certified through the program are listed in the IEEE public registry.

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IEEE SA has members in more than 80% of EU Member States.
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What European Engagement Enables

European organizations and experts bring technical expertise, market experience, and technology-policy perspectives to IEEE SA standards development, pre-standardization activities, government engagement, and implementation programs.

This engagement helps:

  • Bring European technical, regulatory, and market perspectives into global standardization
  • Build connections across research, innovation, policy, and implementation
  • Connect European stakeholders with global industry, government, and technical communities
  • Support interoperability and access to global markets

Multiple Paths to Results

European organizations work with IEEE SA through standards development, research, policy engagement, assessment and certification, open source, and more.

  • Research and European Collaboration

    IEEE SA participates in Horizon Europe projects addressing energy transition, human-centric digital technologies, health-data interoperability, and digital-health quality. These include:

    Members of the xShare consortium, including IEEE, also established ESHIA to continue European health-data standards and interoperability work beyond the original project.

  • Industry Connections

    IEEE SA Industry Connections brings stakeholders together to develop shared ideas and outputs, including proposals for new standards, white papers, guides, workshops, and databases.

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  • Contributing to European Policy Priorities

    IEEE SA contributes technical expertise to European ICT standardization and policy discussions. The European Commission’s 2026 Rolling Plan recognizes IEEE among the standards-developing organizations contributing to ICT standardization priorities across areas including AI, cybersecurity, connectivity, digital health, and sustainable ICT.

    The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has also recommended that European standardizers consider relevant IEEE AI standards in support of the EU AI Act.

    View the 2026 Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation

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  • Open Source and Emerging Technology

    OpenForum Europe has engaged IEEE SA in work examining the relationship among open source, standardization, interoperability, competitiveness, and technological independence. The EU-funded Iliad project also inspired IEEE P3501, creating a route for European digital-ocean research to inform a global standards project.

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  • Assessment and Certification

    European organizations use IEEE SA assessment and certification programs to evaluate AI-enabled systems, energy products, and connected medical devices against defined criteria.

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European organizations and experts contribute across connectivity, energy, semiconductors, technology governance, health, and emerging technologies.
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European Voices

“For many years we have asked how to design digital services for children; the IEEE 2089 standard answers that question.” Read On

Baroness Kidron
Baroness Kidron - Chair, 5Rights Foundation

“Data security and data protection must be at the forefront when using AI from the very beginning. That’s why we relied on international expertise from IEEE and had our program ethically certified.” Read On

Peter Weinelt
Peter Weinelt - Deputy Director General, Wiener Stadtwerke (interviewed in 2021)

“We deliberately put trust before technology, following the IEEE 7000 standard and the methodology of value-based engineering design.”

Fritz Fahringer
Fritz Fahringer - Former Project Lead, datahub.tirol

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IEEE has a strong European presence, supported by a community of nearly 60,000 members.
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