“I would like to thank all of our partners again and to assure them of our commitment to the success of our current and future cooperation projects.”1 With this conclusion, the Tunisian Minister of Industry, Mines, and Energy (MIME), Fatma Thabet Chiboub, inaugurated the two new Tunisian-German projects “Strengthening the quality infrastructure for a sustainable…
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…
Using the sun’s energy efficiently is a key factor for the success of the Moroccan photovoltaic sector. The aim of PTB’s new project called Strengthening the quality infrastructure for photovoltaics, launched last year, is to ensure that quality infrastructure services are able to strengthen the existing capacities for solar energy use in line with national…
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…
Water is life! This valuable resource is the central topic of the module titled Quality infrastructure for efficient water management in Jordan that has now been launched. The module’s main objective is to improve the population’s living conditions and climatic resilience by ensuring safe access to drinking water and well-organized water and sewage management. For…
The African Quality Policy was adopted during a specialized technical committee meeting of the African Union (Council of Ministers for Trade and Industry) by a large consensus on 3 September 2021 in Addis Ababa. The African Union Commission designated this as an important step in the implementation of the newly established African Continental Free Trade…
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and international experts meet virtually to discuss quality requirements. An impact study conducted in cooperation with Technische Universität Berlin and the Mediterranean Business School in Tunis was recently the forum for virtual meetings about quality. This all took place within PTB’s project titled “Developing expertise in quality assurance for the export…
What are we most likely to do when looking for specific information these days? We open a browser on our mobile phone or PC, select our favourite search engine and enter a search key. Within seconds, hundreds of results appear on our screen, but most of the time, we only look at the first few…
After packing many good thoughts, Janin Fischer left the Caucasus and headed south in November. This trip required neither an airplane nor a passport as it took place in PTB’s realm. Janin, who up until now had been working as a project coordinator in the Europe and the CIS Section, is now the Head of…