The World Trade Organization (WTO) visited the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). PTB and the Trade Department of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) invited various stakeholders from industry, politics and civil society to Berlin on 6 July 2023 for a presentation and discussion…
The term “good governance” is often understood as conducting the public affairs of a country responsibly. Good governance is a key element of Germany’s development cooperation policy. Its goal is to make sure that a government uses its political power responsibly and handles public resources with care. Good governance implies that the state assumes a…
As PTB, we have been working for 60 years on behalf of the Federal Government with developing and emerging countries to promote sustainable economic, social and ecological development. We are thus one of the four governmental implementing organisations of development cooperation (DC) in Germany. In DC, we distinguish between two types of projects. Bilateral cooperation…
Not everyone sees “Made in Africa” as a quality stamp yet, for sure. But it could soon be the case. The Alliance for Product Quality is working on it. Hang on a sec. The what alliance? The Alliance for Product Quality, abbreviated to AfPQ, helps African companies get a better foothold in the international market.…
We received an unanticipated assignment from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung) to help ensure the effectiveness of the face masks that are being used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. Okay, we aren’t testing masks ourselves, but we are supporting the expansion of testing at…
On 6 and 7 February, PTB and the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) jointly welcomed representatives of the evaluation units of German development cooperation organizations in Braunschweig at the traditional annual meeting. Over 60 guests from governmental and non-governmental institutions participated in order to discuss the newest developments in evaluation work. Upon…
Traditionally, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development invites all citizens to an open house every year at the end of August. This was also the case in 2017. On that day, we again had the opportunity to provide an insight into PTB’s work. At our information stand, the focus was especially on the…
The free trade of goods and services not only calls for political guidelines, but for norms and regulations to be recognised worldwide as well. It is often the case that developing and newly industrialised countries in particular do not have the resources to establish their own quality infrastructures (QI). An essential part of a QI…
Why is the »green economy« relevant to Latin America and the Caribbean? What is the role of renewable energies and energy efficiency? These questions were discussed at the first »Green Quality Dialog« session on 4 November 2016. The event took place within the framework of the Latin American QI Expert Week. Tilman Altenburg from the…