NORMAPME - Events and meetings

Events and meetings

What	Where	When	Details
NORMAPME
Board Meetings	Brussels Brussels Berlin Brussels	19 February 19-20 May 30 September 27 November
General Assembly	Brussels	27 November
Experts Meeting	Brussels	13 May
DG Enterprise and Industry
EU Finance Day for SMEs	Ljubliana	28 March 2008	Programme
European Charter for Small Enterprises	Bled/Brdo, Slovenia	3-4 June 2008	Programme
DG Information Society
Review of the European Framework for Electronic Communications	Bonn	24-25 April 2008	Programme
The Future of the Internet	Bled, Slovenia	31 March - 2 April 2008	Programme
CEN
Recreational nautical service activities seminar	Brussels	26 March 2008	Programme
Welcome and Reception Services Seminar	Brussels	27 March 2008	Programme

Past Events

3 May, 2007
PROTYPOS NORMAPME AWARD for personality of the year
NORMAPME celebrates on May 3 rd for the first time the “PROTYPOS - PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARD”. After the 10 years anniversary and the WORLD STANDARD’S day dedicated to SMEs in 2006, it was deemed appropriate to initiate in 2007 the first award for the personality that has most helped the cause of SMEs in standardisation.
Over the years and since the NORMAPME’s beginnings, personalities have in remarkable and exceptional ways supported and helped the interests of SMEs and crafts in the field of standardisation achieving for them success, recognition and the position they have today in the European and international context. We are proud of all these developments and want to express our recognition and gratitude to those who have helped all along to this success by distributing an annual award.

16-17 April 2007, Stuttgart
STUTTGART Conference highlights importance of direct dialogue and common
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The 4th European Conference on Craft and Small Enterprises came to a successful end after two days of workshops, discussions and contact making. Session 4 was dedicated to standardisation. Loucas Gourtsoyannis, Director of NORMAPME, suggested a number of measures by which small enterprises could better understand and take advantage of standards. He suggested that simplified wording and implementation manuals for existing standards would encourage the adoption by SMEs, while future norms should be drafted only after taking the needs of smaller businesses into consideration. Mr Detlef Stauch, Secretary General of the International Federation of Roofing Contractors (IFD), Germany, dealt with the topic “Involving craft and small enterprises in the standardisation process in the EU Member States”. He pointed out that crafts and small enterprises in the construction sector have generally a limited say in the standardisation process at different levels. The high number of Technical Committees, language issues, time and cost factors are the main obstacles to their involvement.