In March 2026, the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), India, successfully obtained accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for the calibration of pyranometers (according to ISO 9847:2023) and solar photovoltaic (PV) reference modules (according to the IEC 60904 series). This achievement marks an important step in strengthening India’s…
In the world of high-precision measurement, we often focus on physical quantities and technical standards while overlooking that the human standards within our institutions are just as critical to our success. PTB International Cooperation recently organized a virtual information and exchange event for national metrology institutes (NMIs) worldwide that focused on ISO 53800:2024, which are…
The fifth and final workshop of the global CABUREK Programme in the scope of the project “Metrology for Digital Transformation in International Cooperation” (M4DT-IC) was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 17 to 20 November 2025. With this workshop, the CABUREK process of almost two years is coming to an end. During the workshop, participants…
The OECD Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) elaborated a document on the importance of quality infrastructure for regulatory policy and regulation with the support of PTB. On 16 September 2025, during the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Organisations Partnership (IOP) at the OECD headquarters in Château de la Muette in Paris, the document “Reinforcing Regulatory…
An important milestone was reached this year in the “Promotion of the National Quality System (SICAL) and its actors in Colombia (ARTICAL II)”, an international cooperation project developed between PTB in Germany and Colombia. We completed the RESPEL Guide (Spanish: Guía práctica para la gestion de Residuos Peligrosos en laboratorios), which has been designed to…
PTB’s CABUREK Global Programme of the “Metrology for Digital Transformation in International Cooperation” (M4DT-IC) project hosted its fourth workshop from 30 June to 3 July 2025. In the programme, representatives of 29 national metrology institutes (NMIs) and designated institutes from all over the world (Africa, America, Asia, and Europe) are developing digital transformation strategies, digital…
PTB’s partner institutions and project teams have experienced some eventful weeks in North and West Africa and the Middle East, especially in Tunisia: With the participation in the 10th International Conference on Metrology (CAFMET) in Hammamet and the shared organization of the workshop on quality infrastructure in Tunis, PTB created important momentum in terms of…
Four Namibian Master’s students spent six months at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig last year. This is what Ndapanda Musole had to say. We were curious to hear about Ndapanda Musole’s first impressions of Germany and how she adjusted to living in a new country. She first noticed the infrastructure and the buildings, but…
Four Namibian Master’s students spent six months at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig last year. They were all interviewed during their stay in Germany, and this is what Rosamunde (Rose) Shilongo had to say. Starting point Rosamunde (Rose) Shilongo never thought she’d work on assessing hydrogen purity, but this electrical engineer from Namibia surprised…
Four Namibian Master’s students spent six months at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig last year. This is what Paulus Tangeni Tjakula had to say. We were curious to hear about Paulus Tangeni Tjakula’s impressions of Germany and his experiences while living and researching in Braunschweig. He felt that adjusting to life in Germany was…