The annual General Assembly of ISO members took place in Berlin this year. In order to promote dialog between the regional standardization organizations (RSOs), PTB’s Technical Cooperation Department organized an interactive workshop during the General Assembly. The one-day workshop was called »Regional Standardization Organizations in the International Context«. More and more regions and sub-regions all…
Traditionally, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development invites all citizens to an open house every year at the end of August. This was also the case in 2017. On that day, we again had the opportunity to provide an insight into PTB’s work. At our information stand, the focus was especially on the…
From 11-15 September 2017, PTB’s Technical Cooperation Department welcomed a delegation from the World Bank Group. This delegation included employees from the headquarters in Washington, D.C. as well as from individual regional offices that are involved in the planning and implementation of projects to enhance and reform quality infrastructure systems in emerging and developing countries.…
The bilateral project »Quality Infrastructure for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Mexico« is being realized by the Technical Cooperation Department since 2013 on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as a part of the German-Mexican development program »Sustainable Energy in Mexico«. During the course of this project, we successfully…
The free trade of goods and services not only calls for political guidelines, but for norms and regulations to be recognised worldwide as well. It is often the case that developing and newly industrialised countries in particular do not have the resources to establish their own quality infrastructures (QI). An essential part of a QI…
We have entered the thematic year »African Year of Quality Infrastructure« with intense, exciting film work from East Africa: The film »Quality for Africa – how to trust the invisible« originates from there. One question was at the centre of this for us: How can people trust in the quality of something if they can’t…
Cooperation project is gaining speed – a 9-week deputation to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) The advancement of renewable energies is not only a focus of PTB’s work – the IRENA organization is also intensely involved with this topic. A solid foundation for cooperation: in May 2016, IRENA’s Innovation and Technology Centre and PTB’s…
By April 2017, Dr. Jeon from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) will have been a guest at PTB for a period of five months. KRISS is a national metrology institute (NMI). Dr. Jeon studied physics and business administration. He has now been working at KRISS for over 30 years. He is…
In January, I had the opportunity to discover Myanmar during a two-week official trip. Myanmar is not only a popular destination for tourists, but is increasingly the focus of international cooperation. When I tell people that I am coordinating a project in Myanmar, I often look into their shiny eyes – and not only those…
Ministerial Conference: 2017 is the Year of Quality Infrastructure in Africa During the 9th Conference of African Union Ministers of Trade, the year 2017 was declared to be the African Year of Quality Infrastructure. This sober-sounding resolution signifies a high level of recognition: quality infrastructure (QI) – which is otherwise almost invisible – is now…