WASME is the only international NGO that enjoys consultative/ observer status with many UN agencies such as ECOSOC, UNCTAD, ITC, WIPO, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNICITRAL, UNESCAP and ILO, several intergovernmental and international organizations like WCO, OECD, ICSB, APEC, APCTT, etc. to promote and support SMEs around the world for over 40 years.

WASME is a nonprofit organization founded in 1980 that operates across the world, fostering and promoting SMEs. We provide our members with a broad range of highly specialized services and solutions, including support for growth and competitiveness, access to financing, knowledge management through Policy Advocacy, Information Dissemination, Conferences, Seminars, Events, Trainings, Publication, Network linkages etc.