Brussels, 19 October 2020 – StandICT.eu 2023, the ICT Standardisation Observatory and Support Facility in Europe, and Small Business Standards (SBS), the association representing the interests of European SMEs in standardisation, have decided to join forces by signing a MoU aiming at a more effective market uptake of standards by smaller businesses.
The Digital Single Market envisages increasing Europe’s competitiveness across a wide range of industrial and service sectors in key ICT domains. To pursue this objective, supporting ICT standardisation efforts and providing European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the right tools to contribute to the drafting of standards is key.
ICT standards offer significant benefits to both industry and consumers and thus, play an essential role for the ICT sector. They ensure interoperability and guarantee the smooth development and exploitation of new technologies.
Read the joint press release