We are pleased to announce that our new website for the project Upgrading of Quality Infrastructure in Africa is now online. With this, we have created a platform that gives an overview of the project’s contents and goals as well as its achievements so far. Above all, we provide information about the latest project activities,…
Our project on Strengthening quality infrastructure for solar thermal energy in the Maghreb ended this October with a virtual closing event following nine years of successful cooperation. “I have mixed feelings about today,” reflected Carl Felix Wolff, who heads PTB’s Middle East and North Africa Section, as he looked back at the joint milestones, successes…
Thursday, 4 November 2021 | 10:00 – 15:45 hrs | SARS-CoV-2 and Future Pandemics Lecturers: Stakeholders and Representatives from NMIs / DIs Institute: European Metrology Network on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine | Technical Committee for Metrology in Chemistry Place: MS Teams, link after registration: https://www.euramet.org/european-metrology-networks/laboratory-medicine/registration-tlm-mc/?L=0 The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 posed significant challenges for healthcare systems around…
A look at the trade statistics shows: Uzbek companies and their products are pushing into global markets with great strides. This rapid development is made possible by the extensive reforms of recent years in almost all areas of society. A sign of this change is also the recent recognition of the Republic of Uzbekistan as…
In June, a seminar on export quality management of honey and dried fruits was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in English and Russian. We organised the workshop together with the Ministry of Investment of the Kyrgyz Republic, MinInvest, as well as with international experts from the International Trade Center, ITC and Globally Cool, a consulting firm…
Measuring is only for men? No way! The world of metrology is for everyone. The “Metrology for all” network is committed to making this a reality. The interest group is mostly made up of scientists from different countries who are standing up for women in metrology in Africa and in countries of the Global South.…
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…
The development of countries, Alebel Melaku is convinced, mainly depends on their proximity to technology and educated manpower. The Ethiopian Minister of Trade and Industry expressed this thought at the official opening ceremony of the Standards Academy, which was founded by the Ethiopian Standards Agency (ESA). The Academy was officially inaugurated on 9 May 2021, and it…
The ancient Egyptians knew how important accurate measurements are – the pyramids are proof of that. Measurements as well as their impact were the theme at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra on 19 May. Here, just one day before World Metrology Day 2021, PTB’s “Establishment of a Fit-for-Future National Metrology Institute in Ghana”…
Tuesday 1 June 2021 | UTC 14:00 to 16:00* | Please check your local time. 3rd virtual workshop Piston pipettes calibration as part of a quality assurance program Calibración de pipetas de pistón como parte de un programa de aseguramiento de calidad Registration required https://forms.gle/nYQCwPML7NWY77kK7 Free activity organized by SIM with…