The EDU4Standards.eu value-based ILO framework rests on standardisation documents analysis, comprehensive literature review on value-based education, expert interviews, and feedback from academic and industrial stakeholders. It outlines nine qualification levels from early childhood education (Level 0) to doctoral level (Level 8), including learning outside formal education systems. The framework consists of three interconnected parts: general value-based ILO structure, framework focusing on European values, and component integrating green, digital, and gender-related competencies.
Following this pedagogical foundation, the project identified and categorised existing teaching materials, educational content, and best practices in standardisation education to map current practices and reveal gaps. Analysis encompassed pre-normative standardisation, formal and consortia-based standard development, policy roles in standards, and EU core values integration. Interviews with European university educators and standardisation organisation representatives captured diverse teaching approaches and highlighted today’s and future occupations requiring standard-related knowledge.
Collected data is based on interviews, consortium surveys, expert feedback, and review of EU policy documents, Horizon Europe calls, university websites, academic publications, and teaching materials from CEN, ETSI, DIN, and ISO. The project also examined existing teaching resources accessibility and reuse conditions. This comprehensive and systematic analysis allowed to identify content gaps, underused teaching methods, and excluded disciplines.
Following the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM), the project translated the general ITCoS concept into specific tasks and artefacts through iterative design, demonstration, evaluation, and communication stages, allowing continuous feedback and refinement.
