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…
The fair named ExpoCalidad2021 is a meeting point for the promotion of quality assurance in exports from Colombia Bogotá, D.C. November 5th, 2021. The ColombiaMide Project, with the support of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, the National Institute of Metrology (INM) and the Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC), are pleased…
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…
We are pleased to announce that the metrology laboratory of the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS) has been accredited in the area of calibration (mass and volume) to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by JANAAC, the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation. We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to our partners on receiving…
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that health systems in most Latin America and the Caribbean are not well prepared for such a crisis. One of the most important bottlenecks to date are the lack of respiratory equipment, intensive care units, sufficient and sure oxygen supply and enough qualified medical personnel for handling this equipment. The…
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Columbia face many challenges to be competitive in local and international markets. One criterion is particularly crucial: the quality of products, as this is the basis of productivity. As a journalist from the Columbian daily newspaper El Espectador recently wrote, “Quality is like vitamin C for companies”. The ColombiaMide project…
The evaluation report Triangular cooperation in German development cooperation has been published. In this report, special mention is made of PTB’s five successful cooperation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was not without good reason that triangular cooperation projects have been increasingly moving into the focus in International Cooperation since 2011. The…
In February 2020, a workshop with nearly forty participants took place in Mexico City which brought national supporters of both solar thermal and photovoltaic power plants as well as bank representatives together with Mexico’s quality infrastructure (QI) experts. The meeting was organized by PTB and was based on the project ‘Strengthening the Quality…
Forty participants, six days and a wonderful surprise: On 29 July through 3 August, the 6th Regional Meeting with experts from Latin America and the Caribbean took place at PTB. Topics related to sustainability and cooperation were on the agenda as Working Group 9.33 started off the first expert dialogue since 2016. In a friendly…
We celebrated the 50th anniversary of PTB’s cooperation with the national metrology institute of Argentina in November 2017. Fifty years of cooperation is also a great achievement for us. The development that INTI has gone through in all those years is impressive: It went from being a partner in one of the largest technical cooperation…