PTB and the Egyptian National Institute of Standards (NIS) were honoured to start the implementation activities of a new cooperation project last month. Both metrology institutes kicked things off with the first Advisory Board meeting of this bilateral technical project on “Strengthening of Metrology for the Improvement of Competitiveness in the Egyptian Economy (SMIC)”. The…
How can quality infrastructure (QI) contribute to protecting water resources? In a new brochure Quality Infrastructure and Water, PTB’s International Cooperation group gives a 4-page summary of how it supports its partner countries in this regard. This includes supplying an adequate amount of drinking water to the population, disposal and treatment of waste water as…
Stakeholders draft measures to improve quality infrastructure for organic cotton Ethiopia is a predominantly agricultural country which is particularly known for exporting coffee, tea and spices. However, cotton cultivation and cotton processing also have a long tradition and the export market for cotton is steadily growing. It is especially organic cotton for which the global…
PTB’s International Cooperation Group has launched its first e-learning course called “Quality Infrastructure – An Introduction”. Anyone who would like to learn more about the topic of quality infrastructure (QI) and has no previous knowledge in this area is invited to participate. With a total duration of approximately four to five hours, the course offers…
From 2-5 November 2022, a delegation from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the German Bundestag visited Nepal. Parliamentary State Secretary Dr Bärbel Kofler was among the group that travelled to the Himalayas to discuss the continuation of bilateral cooperation between Germany and Nepal with government representatives. During their short stay, the…