Kartons mit Gesichtsmasken

Delighted and happy to pass on this gift: PTB donates 4,000 masks from Chinese colleagues to the City of Braunschweig

Covid-19

Braunschweig’s Fire Department will decide where to distribute them It is usually considered impolite to regift presents so soon after receiving them, but the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is making an exception in this case. PTB received several thousand masks from Chinese research colleagues in Wuhan and immediately brought 4,000 of them to Braunschweig’s Fire Department.…

2020 Annual Meeting of the Evaluation Units of German Development Cooperation Organizations at PTB

Events, FriendsSvenja Weyrauch

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…

20 cents go directly to pineapple farmers

Sub-Saharan AfricaSabine Thomas

The Edeka Görge supermarkets in Braunschweig are testing a pilot project for six months that enables customers to pay an additional 20 cents by using a tag on the pineapple. This voluntary bonus payment is transferred by a payment system called “XtraPay” directly to the farmer via Mobile Money. Mobile Money is a transparent system…