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We help Belgian companies and other stakeholders smoothly find their way to standards in all possible fields.

Standards are best practices. They describe the best way to do something. Wondering how standards can help your organisation?
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Would you like to update Belgian or European standards? Via the Public Portal you can view draft standards and make comments.
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Standards drive your SME forward

Standards come in all shapes and sizes and cover a wide variety of topics. For SMEs, using standards offers many benefits, such as cost savings, more export opportunities, innovation, increased customer satisfaction, and implementing sustainable processes.

We’ve gathered everything you need to know in a white paper, including real-life cases from fellow SMEs, various examples, and a method to see how relevant standards are for your company.
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ISO 14001 - Environmental management

Want to get your environmental management up to speed? You can do this with the international standard ISO 14001.
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ISO 9001 - Quality Management

Learn about the world's leading quality management standard and discover the benefits for your organisation. Improve customer satisfaction, increase efficiency and continue to gain a competitive advantage with ISO 9001.
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Information Security

ISO/IEC 27001 - Information security

ISO/IEC 27001 is the best-known international standard for information security management systems (ISMS) and their requirements.
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Learn how to integrate standards in your organisation with NBN Learning Solutions!

Management standards are highly beneficial to your organisation. They focus on quality, the environment, health and safety in the workplace, information security, and much more. Do you want to integrate them successfully in your organisation, but don’t know where to start? The NBN is here to support you through a wide range of training courses with NBN Learning Solutions.
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Gentiel Acar, the 2023 Sustainability Award winner, still works with standards

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Why do SMEs use standards?

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International standards also exist for train tracks.

Did you know that you come into contact with standards every day?

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