Mauritania: On target for accreditation together with PTB

Events, Middle East and North AfricaTanja Walter

Mauritania has approximately 4.42 million inhabitants and a surface area of 1,030,700 km², making it almost three times larger than Germany. Being a transit country between West Africa and the Maghreb, Mauritania plays a special role in German Development Cooperation. Recently, the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerd Müller, underlined in…

Anniversary: Ten years of regional cooperation in the Western Balkans

Anniversary, Europe and the CISStefan Wallerath

We have a reason to celebrate: In May 2016, PTB successfully completed a regional project with the metrology institutes and accreditation bodies of the Western Balkans. The institutes are located in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Motivation and starting point for the regional cooperation was the low level of development and…