European Committee for Standardization

History of CEN/TC 389 Innovation Management

• Created by CEN in November 2008
• In line with the CEN internal objective “to encourage more standards to support a culture of innovation in Europe”
• Previously BT/WG 201 “Research, development and Innovation” had examined feasibility to develop European standards in this field
• Secretariat and Chairmanship: AENOR (Spain).
• Regular participants: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK.
• 5 plenary meetings held until this moment.