1. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
European Federation for
Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
8th July 2019
Sofia - Bulgaria
Ms Elettra Bilibio, EFESME Advisor

2. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
SBS – Small Business Standards
SMEs in Europe represents 99,8% of the entrepreneurial fabric; they employ millions of workers across the continent;
SBS represents 12 million SMEs thanks to its members;
The European Commission believes SBS to be an essential added value to protect SMEs, and it actively supports SBS’ work
EFESME is one of the SBS’ funding members: this because we believe in the fundamental importance of a strong technical representation in Europe to promote, support, and protect SMEs.
EFESME aisbl – European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 6, Rond-Point Schuman, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: – –

3. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
EFESME’s collaboration with SBS
The SBS’ mission is to represent and defend SMEs’ interests in the standardisation process at European and international level. Moreover, it aims at raising SMEs awareness about the benefits of standards and at encouraging them to get involved in the standardisation process.
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
EUROPEAN LEVEL
NATIONAL LEVEL
Engage with stake-
holders involved at
international level
Annual Event
Trainings
Engage with EU Institutions
Capacity-building programme
Train-the-trainer programme
National Seminars
Engage with National Standardisation Organisations
EFESME aisbl – European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 6, Rond-Point Schuman, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: – –

4. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
SBS Sectoral approach
It supports four sectors which need SME-friendlier standards
Construction
ITC
Lifts
PPE & Textile care
The SBS sectoral approach provides the resources, both in personnel and in finance, to the associations representing SMEs in these sectors, to allow them to be present in the standardisation processes, to make SMEs' instances known, and to disseminate their knowledge among SMEs.
EFESME aisbl – European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 6, Rond-Point Schuman, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: – –

5. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
EFESME activities within the SBS sectoral approach
Monitoring of European relevant Directives and standards
Development of Sectorial Positions
Participation in technical groups
ETSI Smart M2M
EPD
Notified Bodies – Lifts
LWG
Dissemination of information
SBS Lift Forum
Outside the sectoral approach, EFESME’s collaboration with SBS allows our experts to attend the meetings of ISO and CEN, and to work with them to support and protect SMEs
EFESME aisbl – European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 6, Rond-Point Schuman, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: – –

6. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
SMEs’ problems with standardisation process
Linguistic difficulties with technical jargon
Complexity of the procedures
Expenses: not all SMEs can afford it
Lack of specialised standardisation experts
Lack of representation
if there is no support from an association
EFESME aisbl – European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 6, Rond-Point Schuman, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: – –

7. Massimo Bezzi - Vice President
Thank you for your attention
Follow us