[1] The group started work on EN 16114 on 8 and 9 September 2008 in Milan at the offices of APCO and the Italian standardization body (UNI), managed with the technical secretariat of UNI.
[2] Three years later, the standard was first presented on November 9, 2011 at an event in Brussels at the headquarters of CEN and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) in the presence of representatives from the European Union and the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) and the European Federation of Management Consultancies Associations (FEACO).
The EN 16114 adopt the following structure: The European standard provides guidance for the effective provision of management consulting services.
The standard provides recommendations for the conduct of management consulting services, including: The standard is independent of other regulatory or regulatory documents, such as: The rule does not impose or interfere with any contractual obligations or intellectual property rights.
[8] Since 2011, the EN 16114 standard has been the main reference for the profession of Management Consultant.