Small Business Standards (SBS) is a European non-profit association representing and defending the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) in the standardisation process at the European and international levels. Co-financed by the European Union and EFTA, SBS aims at increasing the awareness and influence of SMEs in standardisation, facilitating the uptake of standards among SMEs and motivating them to engage in the standardisation process. SBS is a CEN and CENELEC partner, is represented in the ETSI Board and is an active stakeholder in various European Commission initiatives, such as the High-Level Forum on European Standardisation.
SBS will support the creation and subsequently employ the knowledge and outputs generated in the project to support the training of SMEs and SME experts. Furthermore, SBS will engage in activities aimed at raising awareness and building the capacity of SMEs and SME associations to actively participate in standardisation.
