Evgeniya Nikolova – Laboratory of Digitization – Burgas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria, 8000 Burgas, 5 Demokratsiya Blvd.
Yanislav Zhelev – Laboratory of Digitization – Burgas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria, 8000 Burgas, 5 Demokratsiya Blvd.
Mariya Monova-Zheleva – Laboratory of Digitization – Burgas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria, 8000 Burgas, 5 Demokratsiya Blvd.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2020.217
6th International Conference – ERAZ 2020 – KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Online/virtual, May 21, 2020, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
Conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, Mediterranean University, Montenegro; University of National and World Economy – Sofia, Bulgaria; Faculty of Commercial and Business Studies – Celje, Slovenia; Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance – Belgrade, Serbia
ISSN 2683-5568, ISBN 978-86-80194-33-2, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2020
Abstract
Standardization and standards play a key role in today’s competitive landscape. It is already
broadly recognised the importance of the standards and standardization regarding the knowledge and
best practices transfer, global supply chain networks building and management, the achievement of
economic efficiency and sustainability as well as boosting the innovations.
Taking into consideration the importance and the urgent need outlined by the business and the industries
for a workforce equipped with relevant knowledge and skills regarding standardization and standards,
this paper is focused on the following questions: (i) what are the reasons the standards-related training
are still not adequately represented in the academic disciplines; (ii) what is the University lecturers and
students’ levels of awareness about the international and European standardization systems and their
readiness to improve their knowledge and competencies in the field of standardization; (iii) what are the
main aspects to improve the training in terms of standards and standardization in university education.
The authors of this paper propose answers to these questions on the base of the results achieved through
a comprehensive study conducted in five European countries in the framework of the international project
“Standards Teaching in University Education” /STUNED/, funded by the Erasmus plus program of
the European Commission..
Key words
Training on standardization, Standards-related learning and teaching, Higher education,
Е-learning.
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