SMEs make up more than 20 million enterprises in Europe and employ more than 80 million people. Standardization opens many doors for companies, such as:
- help increase productivity and innovation
- they open new markets and attract new customers
- reduce costs and improve competitiveness
Learning about standardization in a quick and easy way
You will learn the benefits of using standards and participating in standardization with CEN CENELEC's learning tool for SMEs. A new e-learning tool offers 20 million European SMEs the opportunity to learn about standardization in a quick and easy way.
The importance of standards for small and medium-sized enterprises
If you're a small or medium-sized business looking to optimize your business, you can get involved now and help develop the standards your business needs!
CEN and CENELEC together with SBS (Standards for Small Businesses) have developed a video for SMEs on the importance of standards as a business tool. The video below invites SMEs to participate in standardization and to contribute to the writing of standards.
Click on the image to watch the video.