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Milestone Achieved: Tajik Calibration Laboratory Receives International Accreditation

AccreditationSabine Thomas

The Agency for Standardization, Metrology, Certification, and Trade Inspection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan has reached a significant milestone in the development of its national quality infrastructure. The agency’s calibration laboratory has been officially accredited by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) in accordance with the TS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard. This accreditation…

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Quality Infrastructure in Guatemala: Six Years of Success

Latin America and the CaribbeanCarolina Fonseca Avila

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

EventsSabine Thomas

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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Online portal offers new contents to increase awareness

Asia, PublicationsMartin Laumeyer, Anna Kalkuhl

Since June, the Metrology Asia Pacific website has been home to some new contents which are to improve the information exchange in the MEDEA project (Metrology – Enabling Developing Economies in Asia). This online portal was created in cooperation with the Asian Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) and the Asian Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF) regional networks and…

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Towards an Integrated Global Index for Quality Infrastructure in Support of Sustainable Development

International, PublicationsUNIDO, PTB, Mesopartner

Vienna, Austria, 16-17 April 2024 – Quality infrastructure (QI) plays a vital role in sustainable development as it drives economic growth, fosters social inclusion, enhances environmental resilience, and ensures long-term prosperity for present and future generations. Being able to measure the state of QI and its contribution to sustainable development helps developing economies to shape…

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Goodbye paper, welcome digital calibration certificates!

DigitalSabine Thomas

Today, we are announcing the release of a video on the digital calibration certificate (DCC). This film is intended to highlight the transition from conventional calibration certificates to digital calibration certificates (DCCs) in various sectors. As you watch this entertaining and informative video, you will see the advantages of introducing DCCs into our work processes.…

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Improving food safety: PTB and the Egyptian metrology institute kick off new cooperation project

MENAMaria Cassens-Sasse

PTB and the Egyptian National Institute of Standards (NIS) were honoured to start the implementation activities of a new cooperation project last month. Both metrology institutes kicked things off with the first Advisory Board meeting of this bilateral technical project on “Strengthening of Metrology for the Improvement of Competitiveness in the Egyptian Economy (SMIC)”. The…

Farewell: A decade with Serbia

Europe and the CIS, EventsSabine Thomas, Stefan Wallerath

“It is a strange feeling to say goodbye to partners during a video conference after 10 years of cooperation,” says Stefan Wallerath, project coordinator for cooperation with the countries of South-East Europe. PTB’s involvement with the region, which was marked by the conflicts of the 1990s, began back in 2006. Serbia, as the largest economy…