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02 FROM OUR OFFICERS

Retrospectives

Bettina Funk Markus Mueck
Chair of the Chair of

General the Board
Assembly

In a year that was marked with the arrival of a new Director A key focus of activity in 2024 has been continued
General in July 2024, I am pleased to note ETSI’s continued work to further reinforce ETSI’s relationship with the
efforts in building a further strengthened relationship European Commission, as part of ETSI’s continuous effort
with the European Commission. to strengthen its role as a European Standardization
Organizations creating deliverables of global reach
Changes within our internal governance structure and
operations are reinforcing ETSI’s ability to support and application.
the interests of the European economic market, This commitment has been illustrated during the year
where our own origins as a global standardization in a number of initiatives by the ETSI Board in relation to
organization are firmly rooted. our own governance. Underscored by the appointment
of a new Chief Policy Officer to actively maintain our
I’m proud of the flexibility and resilience that these changes
have afforded us, giving ETSI the agility to respond to dialogue with the European Commission, these initiatives
standardization requests with varying requirements from are ensuring that ETSI is well placed to support the
the Commission. Consolidating on the efforts of the last Commission’s needs as a developer of technology
two years, I now look forward to ETSI receiving further standards for Europe.
requests – in areas such as the European data space – Complementing these procedural changes, we have
where we work proudly alongside our standardization reinforced ETSI’s strategic focus and supporting activities
peers CEN and CENELEC. ETSI’s transformation to meet in increasingly important areas such as data. With related
the standardization needs of Europe and the wider world discussions held in a technology deep dive of the ETSI
is not a finite activity but a progressive evolution. Board, it has materialized in the meantime through the
In 2025 there are also exciting projects ongoing in some creation of the Technical Committee Data (TC Data).
of our NSBs to reinforce, among other ideas, inclusive These strengthened capabilities will ensure we can
participation in standardization development activities in work successfully alongside our SDO peers to develop
ETSI. Building on the momentum of the last year, ongoing harmonised standards, notably in support of the Data Act
positive dialogue with the Commission, the work that our – a key pillar of Europe’s digital strategy and a significant
NSBs are doing for ETSI – and the energetic support of enabler for digital transformation.
our 900+ membership – I look forward to a consistent
track-record of delivery in 2025.

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