World Standards Day – October 14 - Standards level the playing field |14 October 2014

Today is World Standards Day and this year’s 45th anniversary is being celebrated under the theme ‘Standards Level the Playing Field’.
The Seychelles Bureau of Standards is responsible for regulating standards here.

It says that standardisation has long been an important engine for innovation and economic growth. But as the world transitions to a truly global economy, standards have taken on special significance, helping to assure that organisations everywhere can compete on a level economic playing field.

“This year’s theme Standards Level the Playing Field focuses on how standards stimulate trade and overcome artificial trade barriers, helping to make companies, industries, and economies more competitive,” says the Seychelles Bureau of Standards.

The Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS) was established in 1987 under the enactment of the SBS Act 1987 as the national standards body for the development, promotion and maintenance of standardisation in the country.

The mission of the bureau is to provide national and international capabilities in the areas of standardisation, conformity assessment and metrology in order to enhance the country’s socio-economic development.