Standards are developed in
Working Groups.
Below you will find an overview of the active working groups in CEN-CENELEC JTC 21. Overview of projects under development and published standards are available on CEN-CENELEC website.
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Working Group 1
Convenor: Patrick Bezombes
Co-convenor: Francisco Medeiros
Secretariat: Danish Standards
Strategic Advisory Group
The SAG is a working group reporting to JTC 21. The scope of SAG is to support JTC 21 in exploring ways and means for supporting the implementation of the trustworthy Digital Single Market in terms of AI aspects with European standardization deliverables (standards, technical reports etc.).
The tasks of the SAG in WG 1 is to:
1) monitor AI developments and issues, especially future challenges relating to the development of new and advanced technologies including overlaps with other sectors that may transcend the digital sector,
2) coordinate crosscutting issues across WGs in JTC 21,
3) systematically assess how standards can support European regulations and policies related to AI and provide regular input to JTC 21 to ensure a consistent relationship between standardization and regulations/policies including a possible standardization request from the European Commission,
4) explore possible needs for liaisons with other European initiatives,
5) give recommendations to JTC 21 regarding possible challenges or synergies with the international standards-setting environment (e.g. ISO/IEC JTC 1), and 6) Propose actions to raise awareness on the importance of standards as a key element in AI development and usage across Europe.
Working Group 2
Convenor: Emilia Tantar
Co-convenor: Ansgar Koene
Secretariat: BSI
WG 2 work programme
Operational aspects
Working Group 2 (WG2) under CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 focuses on operational aspects of artificial intelligence.
Key projects related to the AI Act
- Conformity Assessment
(prEN 18285) - Quality Management Systems
(prEN 18286) - Risk Management
(prEN 18228)
Working Group 3
Convenor: James Davenport
Co-convenor: Anders Kofod-Petersen
Secretariat: Danish Standards
WG 3 work programme
Engineering aspects
Working Group 3 (WG3) under CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 focuses on engineering aspects of artificial intelligence.
Key projects related to the AI Act:
- Quality and governance of datasets
(prEN 18284) - Managing Bias
(prEN 18283) - Evaluation methods for accurate computer vision systems
(prEN 18281) - Natural Language Processing
(prEN ISO/IEC 23282) - Logging
(prEN ISO/IEC 24970)
Foundational and societal aspects
Working Group 4 (WG4) under CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 focuses on foundational and societal aspects of artificial intelligence.
Key project related to the AI Act:
- AI trustworthiness framework – Part 1: Logging, transparency and human oversight (prEN 18229-1)
- AI trustworthiness framework – Part 2: Accuracy and robustness
(prEN 18229-2)
Working Group 5
Convenor: Annegrit Seyerlein-Klug
Co-convenor: Francisco Medeiros
Secretariat: Danish Standards
WG 5 work programme
Joint standardization on Cybersecurity for AI systems
Working Group 5 (WG5) under CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 focuses on joint standardization on Cybersecurity for AI systems. The primary objective of WG5 is to explore ways and means to address cybersecurity standardization specific needs for AI systems and develop relevant standards.
Key project related to the AI Act:
- Cybersecurity specifications for AI Systems (prEN 18282)