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Milestone Achieved: Tajik Calibration Laboratory Receives International Accreditation

AccreditationSabine Thomas

The Agency for Standardization, Metrology, Certification, and Trade Inspection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan has reached a significant milestone in the development of its national quality infrastructure. The agency’s calibration laboratory has been officially accredited by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) in accordance with the TS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard. This accreditation…

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PTB Eastern Partnership Project Boosts Moldova’s Trade Prospects with EU

Accreditation, Europe, South Caucasus, Central AsiaKathleen Richter

In a bid to enhance Moldova’s industrial landscape and align it with European standards, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Eastern Partnership Project (EaP) organized impactful training sessions in Chisinau on January 15th and 17th. The initiative, spanning five countries including Moldova, aims to bolster the quality infrastructure (QI), support digitalization, and contribute to a sustainable, green…

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The digital accreditation process has been established in Tunisia. Congratulations!

Accreditation, Friends, Middle East and North AfricaAnna Schätzlein

The Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC) has recently started to digitalize its administration system as well as its accreditation processes and has set up a central database for this purpose. TUNAC is carrying out these activities to be able to react to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17011 towards accreditation bodies and the accreditation process as well as…

Department of Accreditation, Cambodia gains international recognition with PTB support

Accreditation, AsiaGraham Talbot, Hanspeter Ischi

The Department of Accreditation (DA), Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation of The Kingdom of Cambodia became a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) in the field of the accreditation of testing laboratories to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025 on 5 July 2022. In consequence, DA…

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Virtuality training of trainers to pilot virtual hands-on laboratory training

Accreditation, Covid-19, Latin America and the CaribbeanSuzana Lange, Sophie Salimkhani, Sonja Brandes

Through what virtual formats can hands-on laboratory training be conducted when the on-site presence of all participants and the trainer is not possible? This question was already addressed by the PTB Capacity Development working group at an exchange of experience in February 2021. As a fruitful outcome of this event, the Virtual Hands-on Laboratory Training…

Uzbekistan: National Institute of Metrology accredited

Accreditation, Europe and the CISChristopher Colell

The calibration laboratory of the Uzbek National Institute of Metrology, UzNIM for the calibration of the measurands mass, pressure and temperature has been accredited according to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by the Turkish Accreditation Agency, TÜRKAK. PTB, together with its experts in the project ‘Strengthening Quality Infrastructure in the Countries of Central Asia’, supported…