WIPANO Standards Participation for Companies
Funds German companies with up to 1,000 employees taking part in national, European, and international standardization committees through WIPANO.
WIPANO Standards Participation for Companies (German: Normung – Unternehmen) is one of three components under the WIPANO directive (Wissens- und Technologietransfer durch Patente und Normen — knowledge and technology transfer through patents and standards), run by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE, formerly BMWK) and implemented by Projektträger Jülich (PTJ). This co…
Active participation by German companies in national, European, and international standardization and standard-setting committees (for example DIN/DKE, CEN/CENELEC, ISO/IEC, ITU, W3C, IEEE, IETF, and UN/CEFACT).
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