Standardization can be learned!
Students are tomorrow's workforce. In their future careers, they will be called upon to use, and even participate in drafting, voluntary standards specific to their sector of activity. It is therefore important that, from school and university onwards, they learn to distinguish between regulations and patents, and fully understand the benefits of standardization.
Are you a teacher?
Invite your students to discover the world of voluntary standards and find teaching resources in the documents below.
Norm'info
Better still: invite them to follow the development of a standard,
from its design to its publication, including the public inquiry.
Visit Norm' info
See our FAQ
What is a voluntary standard? How is a voluntary standard developed? Are voluntary standards free?
A free MOOC to strengthen your skills
AFNOR invites you to discover all the benefits of voluntary standardization through a free MOOC, available on the FUN (France Université Numérique) platform. These online courses will enable you to strengthen your skills and understanding of the tools that shape innovation, quality, and sustainability in all sectors.
Four introductory modules, to be completed at your own pace, await you:
- The strategic role of standardization: what is a standard and what is it for? The
- interactions between standards and regulation, certification, innovation, and research
- Behind the scenes of the creation of
- voluntary standards Decoding a standard and
monitoring standards A badge of achievement will be awarded after a quiz to validate your knowledge, which you can share on social media or in your skills portfolios.
A reference document
To improve the competitiveness of companies internationally, there is a little-known tool: standardization. Younger generations need to be trained in this area. This is the mission of the International Federation of Standards Users (IFAN), represented in France by ACANOR.
Consult the standards
If you want to stay up to date with relevant standards and regulations, AFNOR Editions offers specific solutions for the education sector at special rates, including its cutting-edge CObaz tool.
CObaz National Education Service
263.27 Ko pdfCObaz Education Service IUT
166.24 Ko pdfCObaz Education Service for Higher Education COUPERIN
323.32 Ko pdfCObaz Education Service CGE
164.59 Ko pdf
The standard in pictures
Video examples and applications
What is a voluntary standard?
CONSOMAG is interested in voluntary standards! You may not know what this term means, but most of the things around us comply with them. Cell phones, pencils, pots and pans, and drinking water are all subject to voluntary standards.
The example of the French keyboard
Why is there a standard for French keyboards? Do we need to change our keyboards? What changes are associated with the French keyboard standard? Who decided on this standard? Is the French keyboard standard a law? Is the standard mandatory? AZERTY, Bépo: what are the differences? Why are there two keyboard models in the AFNOR standard?
