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Quality Infrastructure in Guatemala: Six Years of Success

After more than six years of technical cooperation, the closing event of the bilateral project “Strengthening Quality Infrastructure for Environmental and Climate Protection” between the German national metrology institute (PTB) and the Directorate of the National Quality System in Guatemala (SNC) was held in Guatemala City on 27 November 2024. This project has been of…

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Virtual Launch of the UNIDO/PTB Publication

Join Us for the Virtual Launch of the UNIDO/PTB Publication: Building Legal Frameworks for a Future-Proof Quality Infrastructure We are pleased to invite you to the virtual launch of the latest UNIDO/PTB publication, Building Legal Frameworks for a Future-Proof Quality Infrastructure, taking place on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC. This publication…

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QI for Green Hydrogen: Roadmap launched at COP 29

On November 16th, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) jointly presented the most recent IRENA publication, “A Quality Infrastructure Roadmap for Green Hydrogen”, at a side event of the World Climate Conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This study was commissioned and accompanied in terms of its content and strategy by…

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Quality infrastructure in Tunisia: Double project kick-off with the Minister of Industry, Mines, and Energy

“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…

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Strengthen Quality Assurance in Viet Nam’s PV Sector: Insights into studies carried out, validation workshops and the Calidena Process

Viet Nam currently has an installed solar energy capacity of 16 GW and, therefore, holds a top position in Southeast Asia. With the recently signed Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Agreement, this capacity will presumably increase further, which will increasingly require targeted quality assurance. Against this background, the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) engaged…

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Legal metrology: Asia-Pacific Region meets in the Philippines

The 30th Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF) Meeting took place in November 2023. For the first time in three years, the participants were able to meet in person again. The Philippines were the host country and invited the participants to the island of Panglao in the Province of Bohol. Representatives from more than 20 countries…

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Africa comes together: Third IATF takes place in Cairo

The Intra Africa Trade Fair (IATF), where the theme was “The AfCFTA marketplace”, took place on 9-15 November 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. The fair, which welcomed a total of 1,615 exhibitors from 61 countries (including 42 African states) was organized by the African Union (AU), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and Afreximbank.…