[citation needed] The goals of SMBA are to stimulate and signal contemporary art in Amsterdam and to create an international stage for this.
SMBA is also involved with Stichting Postivisme, a programme foundation that stimulates the production and development of electronic, audiovisual, and performance art and new media.
[4] In relation to the project it refers to the unsettled issues that arose from colonialism and the problematic aspects of the term "postcolonialism".
[5][6][7] Global Collaborations is a three-year program that is carried out between Stedelijk Museum and its project space: SMBA.
The project aims to embrace the non-western manifestations in contemporary art and at the same time links with local and western practices.
It investigates alternative models for museums to relate with contemporary art, giving more and more importance to the exchange of knowledge and equality on the collaborations.
The project consists of a number of exhibitions and collaborations that took place between Stedelijk Museum, SMBA and different alternative spaces worldwide.