The Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, has launched its 2030 Strategy to maximise the impact of standards on the economy and society in Spain. Approved by its members at the General Assembly, this roadmap is based on three strategic objectives: to get the knowledge in the technical standards working for Spain's shared progress, to reinforce awareness of the benefits of standards and their practical application, and to bring stability to UNE by tailoring the financing model to the evolving context.
To respond to the challenges of organisations, UNE will expand the scope of its activity and will adapt the content of the standards using new digital tools and artificial intelligence, thus facilitating its implementation in all sectors. Furthermore, it will promote public-private partnerships and enhance its leadership in international forums to strengthen Spain's position at the forefront of standardisation, benefiting the interests of the national production sector.
UNE Vice President Luis Rodulfo stated: “The UNE 2030 Strategy is a roadmap that clearly sets out, with an appropriate level of detail, the steps we must take in the coming years to fulfil our purpose: to contribute to shared progress in society and to the creation of a safer, more sustainable and competitive world through the development of standards”.
These three strategic objectives are:
1 Get the knowledge in the technical standards working for Spain's shared progress
To achieve this, UNE has set five priorities: strengthen Standards as a service for public and private entities; address the challenges faced by Spanish enterprises with an updated catalogue of standards aligned with their needs;promote international and European leadership of Spanish standardisation; develop a balanced ecosystem of collaborative alliances between the public, private and civil society sectors; and be a model of good corporate governance.
2 Promote awareness of the benefits of standards and their implementation
UNE will reinforce awareness of the benefits of the standards and generate solutions to facilitate their implementation through five priorities: increase the application of standards in support of public authorities to simplify legislation and public policy deployment; ensure that the content of the standards is tailored to the needs of market application; promote the dissemination and application of standards through cooperation; promote a culture of compliance with standards by supporting market surveillance and conformity assessment in the framework of the quality infrastructure; and enhance UNE's communication.
3 Bring stability to UNE by tailoring the financing model to the evolving context
Through the contribution of all stakeholders in its value chain. The third objective is based on four priorities: achieve a greater financial contribution from government to UNE's sustainability; ensure input from the exploitation of standards content to UNE's sustainability in the changing environment of user requirements; increase the contribution of cooperation projects by setting financial and reputational return targets; and analyse other potential organic growth streams derived from the value generated by UNE.
With this new 2030 Strategy, UNE reaffirms its commitment to contributing to shared progress and the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
