Many times, the standards are made mandatory by the governments, so the industry and the service sector must comply with them even though they are not well understood and convinced of their application. The real use of the standard as a way of transfering technology and helping the improvement of the industry and the service sector by a voluntary adoption of the standards is not a common practice in most of our countries. With the globalization and the open of the economies to trade worldwide, the importance of the NSBs has increased. In Standardization, by adopting more and more the International standards. Certification has become more important, since the advent of the ISO 9000 standards and the need for a recognition outside the country boundaries.
Information is a key element for competitiveness and productivity of local industries.
Training is also essential to the industry and the service sector of a country to compete in the worldwide arena. The need of training has also increased rapidly due to the adoption of the ISO 9000 and the 14000 set of standards. The NSB, in its country, should be a support of the industrial and the service sector to gain the international competitiveness and productivity to survive in a world open economy. The training given is essential to prepare the industrial leaders that will multiplicate the knowledge in their industries and to lead the necessary changes towards a more competitive environment. The NSB has to develop its training program according with the needs of the industrial sector so a marketing activity is needed.