Eine Illustration mit der Überschrift Conformity Assessment, auf der ein Buch, ein stilisiertes Labor und ein Mann und eine Frau zu sehen sind.

Central Asia: A comprehensive programme with an excellent offer

In April of this year, a seminar on organizing and carrying out comparison measurements for calibration and testing laboratories took place in Astana, Kazakhstan. The group of participants was mixed, leading to a broad and complementing range of capabilities and knowledge of the representatives of the national metrology institutes, accreditation bodies, proficiency test providers and…

A statue of the goddess Justitia holds a pair of scales.

Quality Infrastructure and Good Governance

The term “good governance” is often understood as conducting the public affairs of a country responsibly. Good governance is a key element of Germany’s development cooperation policy. Its goal is to make sure that a government uses its political power responsibly and handles public resources with care. Good governance implies that the state assumes a…

A yellow truck, four cars and a motorbike drive along a country road in Colombia

CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN COLOMBIA – BLACK SLAG IS TRANSFORMED INTO BUILDING MATERIAL FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION

A new technical standard is being developed in Colombia to promote the transformation of black slag into a secondary raw material that can be used for road construction. On 8 March 2023, in a hybrid meeting, representatives of the Industry Management Directorate and Colombian Steel Producers Committee of the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI),…

Some modern building with a glass front and a monument showing the logo of NIMT.

Congratulations – it’s NIMT’s 25th anniversary!

The National Institute for Metrology in Thailand, NIMT, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding this summer. As PTB and as the International Cooperation group, we wish to congratulate NIMT and send our best wishes on this special occasion. There was also a change of office in the NIMT board this year. Dr. Pornchai…