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Navigating the Digital Transformation: Insights from the Kick-Off Workshop on digital metrology and accreditation

On October 25, an engaging digitalization kick-off workshop brought together colleagues from national metrology institutes and national accreditation bodies from the Eastern Partnership countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Moreover, other colleagues from Asia, participating in the ADAPT project, joined the workshop as eager listeners. This virtual gathering aimed to facilitate the exchange…

Hands-on | Virtually!

Guidelines on virtual hands-on laboratory training Can hands-on laboratory training be conducted remotely? What are some methods to virtually demonstrate how to handle laboratory equipment or remotely direct trainees to perform technical measurements? How can misunderstandings of instructions be avoided? What software applications can support virtual hands-on laboratory training? It became obvious that these questions…

Capacity Development Online – New formats of virtual cooperation

Since March 2020, the PTB’s International Cooperation Group has been facing major challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The social and travel-related restrictions have led to the staff members having to transfer the project work almost completely to the virtual realm. This has not only raised many questions regarding technical implementation. A major challenge is…

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Safe and Sound Pharmaceutics Made in Africa

In nearly all areas of our everyday life, Covid-19 has been presenting us with huge challenges. This also applies to our work routines. Whereas people working in certain professions can work from home, this is simply impossible for others. In such cases, the workplace must, despite the pandemic, provide employees with a safe environment and…

Digital and phenomenal

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…

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Calibration becomes digital!

The digital transformation of our society, economy as well as our everyday life is happening at an incredible speed and does not stop at metrology. Around 200 participants from more than 50 National Metrology Institutes from all over the world are participating in the online workshop Metrology 4 Digital Transformation, organized by PTB’s International Cooperation,…