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Partnership

Agreements

Co-operation and collaboration are effective ways to
overcome the growing challenges of fragmentation
and establish global interoperability. Such collaboration
avoids duplication of effort and helps ensure that ETSI’s
deliverables are widely accepted and implemented. At
the close of 2024 our partnership portfolio numbered
over 100 agreements.
During the year various co-operation agreements and
Memoranda of Understand were renewed with: O-RAN
Alliance; Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
(SCTE); Connect Europe; Trusted Connectivity Alliance
(TCA); and Eurosmart.

Coordination with ESOs and

international SDOs

Supporting the work of our technical experts at committee
level, during the year we continued to engage with our
European and international partner standards bodies, Asia, African Union, Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), forming part of the EU’s Global Gateway initiative aimed
CEN, CENELEC, ISO, IEC and ITU at governance level. Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. ETSI’s partners at strengthening global ICT standardization collaboration.

In 2024 ETSI responded to two standardization in the project are CEN, CENELEC, Martel Innovate as well The project runs from January 2025 to December 2028.
requests supporting EU harmonization legislation. as Trust-IT and their affiliate COMMpla.
Adopted in April, M/603 regards the definition of system ETSI is also a partner in the CYBERSTAND.eu project which Seconded Experts
specification requirements for the Future Railway Mobile commenced work on 1 June 2024. The 3-year project is also ETSI is actively involved in two cooperation projects that
Communication System (FRMCS) in support of Directive conducted with CEN and CENELEC, alongside the Digital have established a presence in China and India with the
(EU) 2016/797. Adopted jointly in July with CEN/CENELEC, SME Alliance and the ECSO. Led by Trust-IT, this project help of seconded standards experts, in cooperation with
M/604 considers digital product passports in support aims to provide direct funding to European participants the EC, EFTA, CEN and CENELEC.
of policy on ecodesign requirements for sustainable in cybersecurity standardization and build a network of
products, and on batteries and waste batteries. European cybersecurity standardization experts. Led by ETSI, the SESEI (Seconded European Standardization
Expert in India) project was renewed on 1 August 2024
In 2024 ETSI responded to an open call from European
High Level Forum (HLF) Commission’s Directorate-General for International for a further three years.
Partnerships (DG INTPA) for standardization experts to ETSI and partners are also seeking to renew the SESEC
ETSI has participated in the High-Level Forum, which is (Seconded European Standardization Expert in China)
created to define priorities for standardization, in support participate alongside CEN/CENELEC in the GIST (Global project in October 2025.
of EU legislation and policies and a green, digital and Partnership for Human-Centric ICT Standardization) Project,

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