European standardisation panel survey : final report

The survey aims to identify the demand from industry and other stakeholders for standards as potential results of research and innovation (R & I) projects, to assess how EU R & I framework programmes could tackle them, and generally to raise awareness of the importance of standardisation as a knowledge valorisation channel. A Europe-wide survey revealed that policy initiatives, including regulations and customers' requirements, particularly for industry, as well as organisations' own and collaborative research, are the most relevant sources for standard development. Research input is most important for measurement and testing standards, followed by quality and environmental standards. The most significant advantage of research as input for standardisation is free access to scientific content and the ability to keep track of scientific progress. Recommendations are derived for industry, higher education institutes and public research organisations, standard development organisations, research funding organisations and other innovation policy areas.