What are STE Support Teams?

STE National and Multi-Country Support Teams (STEST) are part of the STEMG structure.
They are led by team leaders who are part of the STEMG. The STESTs usually meet twice a year, before the plenary STEMG meetings to provide the necessary input.
These teams include other STEMG participants, as well as external professional experts such as linguists, academics, technical writers, translators,  trainers, and software developers from companies or organizations involved in technical communication.
Each team has a balance of engineering and linguistic expertise, with participants from a wide range of industries. With reference to shared language background and geographical distribution, the STESTs represent approximately 80% of STE users (percentage based on data distribution for the standard). 
Multi-Country Support Teams also have STE Ambassadors who represent countries that are not part of STEMG.

Participants of the STESTs contribute to the continuous improvement of the standard. 
The STESTs report to the STEMG.