Role of CEN and CENELEC in support to SMEs

1. Role of CEN and CENELEC in support to SMEs Bardo Schettini

2. content • The actors • Why SMEs should participate in the standardisation process? • Encouraging participation in standard making process • Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs in standard making process • Encouraging SMEs access to standards Bardo Schettini

3. content • The actors • Why SMEs should participate in the standardisation process? • Encouraging participation in standard making process • Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs in standard making process • Encouraging SMEs access to standards Bardo Schettini

4. European Standardization:The actors • The European Committee for Standardization • The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization • The European Telecommunications Standards Institute Bardo Schettini

5. CEN & CENELEC Geographical Dimension 30 Members • 27 EU Members • 3 EFTA Countries and • Affiliates • Cooperating Partners • Associate Members  Bardo Schettini

6. The role of the CEN & CENELEC Members • Represent all national stakeholders: industry, authorities, social partners, consumers • Ensure consensus building at national level • Appoint national experts to participate in standardization work • Commit to implement European standards identically at national level • Withdraw conflicting national standards Bardo Schettini

7. The actors • Why should SMEs participate in the standardisation process? • Encouraging participation in standard making process • Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs in standard making process • Encouraging SMEs access to standards Bardo Schettini

8. Why should SME participate in standardisation process? • 5 good reasons: • 1. competitiveness of European Industry • 2. improvement of the EU single market • 3. environmental protection and sustainable development • 4. Improvement of access to world markets • 5. Facilitating innovation and interoperability Bardo Schettini

9. The actors • Why SMEs should participate in the standardisation process? • Encouraging participation in standard making process • Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs in standard making process • Encouraging SMEs access to standards Bardo Schettini

10. Encouraging participation in standard making process • Direct participation of SMEs • Experts in national “Mirror” committees • Experts in national delegations to CEN/CLC • Indirect participation via National Associations • Governance matters • Representation in national “Mirror” committees • Secretariat role Bardo Schettini

11. Encouraging participation in standard making process • Facilitating access to working documents • IT systems:

12. Encouraging participation in standard making process • Facilitating access to working documents • IT systems:

13. The actors • Why SMEs should participate in the standardisation process? • Encouraging participation in standard making process • Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs in standard making process • Encouraging SMEs access to standards Bardo Schettini

14. Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs • CEN-CENELEC Guide on SME • To provide advice to technical bodies on specific issues of significance for SMEs • In cooperation with NORMAPME (convenor of the CEN/CENELEC BT/Working Group) • Guide finalised and to be approved by BTs Bardo Schettini

15. Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs CEN & CENELEC “SME Access Project” • Recommendations to improve access and to propose solutions to improve access of SMEs and reduce financial impact. Deliverable: June 2009 • Involvement of National Standards Organizations and key stakeholders Bardo Schettini

16. Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs • SMEST - External visibility and promotion project to assist SME in Europe (EC funded) • Toolkit to promote the involvement of SMEs in standardization • 2 days training in 12 Member States: train the trainers + training to SMEs (Czech Rep. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia Romania) Bardo Schettini

17. Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs • SMEs and eBusiness – a new CEN Group • Best practices and practical applications in the use of eBusiness standards for European SMEs • Focussing on the use of eBusiness and eBusiness standards • Courses and tutorials Bardo Schettini

18. The actors • Why SMEs should participate in the standardisation process? • Encouraging participation in standard making process • Encouraging understanding of SMEs needs in standard making process • Encouraging SMEs access to standards Bardo Schettini

19. Encouraging SMEs access to standards • Provide better access to the Abstracts/scope of standards • Action coordinated with NORMAPME • Abstracts/Scope of the standards will be made available via web sites • CEN & CENELEC Web search engines available • National Members’ web sites Bardo Schettini

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22. Encouraging SMEs access to standards • CEN & CENELEC information and raising awareness activities • SMEs and Standards: Guide to the European Standardization Process • Under consideration: • CEN-CENELEC Helpdesk for SMEs Bardo Schettini

23. Encouraging SMEs access to standards • Members’ commercial offers to promote purchase of standards, ex: • Offers on collection of standards, • Advice, • Training… Bardo Schettini

24. Thank you • Bardo Schettini G. • CENELEC • Acting Director Business & Administration • corporate@cenelec.eu • infodesk@cen.eu Bardo Schettini