Missions

The EUROSMART association aims at achieving the following missions:

Promote Smart Secure Devices and Smart Secure Devices systems by:

• encouraging open system design ;
• encouraging interoperability of components and systems ;
• promoting high security image around Smart Secure Devices applications;
• defending the reputation and ethics of the Smart Security Industry including by fighting counterfeiting or violations of intellectual property rights;
  

Standardise Smart Secure Devices and Smart Secure Devices systems by:

• orienting the content of standards and promoting European standards world-wide;
• launching initiatives for building common specifications for future applications;
  

Provide a forum for the exchange of marketing and technical data by:

• generating statistics and market surveys;
• studying specification of common interest;
  

Define a consistent range of quality and security levels by:

• defining test standards for component integrity and quality;
• approving access to laboratories for testing;
  

Lobby international and national bodies, such as inter alia:

• working on trade issues (GATT, taxes, dumping, ...) ;
• initiating European R & D projects;
  

Inform and educate customers and end-users

Develop a network of expertise