In October, during the Joint Meeting of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), a significant lecture and discussion event took place in Berlin. This event was organised by PTB, the National Metrology Institute of Germany, in collaboration with Mesopartner, a global firm specialising in economic development. It brought together…
Clarity and quality are luxury goods that are often taken for granted. However, a functioning quality infrastructure can turn quality into a public good. Human ingenuity lets us innovate, create and shape the future we will all inhabit. But to make sure the entire world can work together for innovation, we need a consistent system…
An information brochure about quality infrastructure (QI) for green hydrogen, called “The Quality Infrastructure System for Green Hydrogen. Creating the Basis for the Development of the Emerging Sector”, has now been published. This 15-page publication deals with a number of core issues. These comprise questions related to the QI services which are required when establishing…
Staff members of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Ministry of Energy (MoE) visited Germany from 12-16 June during a delegation trip within the scope of the BMZ-funded project with Mongolia titled “Improving quality infrastructure in the energy sector”. One component of the project, which ended in August, focused on raising…
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…
The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has published a new assessment report providing an analysis of the national quality infrastructure (NQI) of Zambia. PTB is supporting the implementation of a long-term strategy called “Quality for Africa” within the scope of the Pan-African “Upgrading of Quality Infrastructure in Africa” project. One of the objectives is to assist the…
How can quality infrastructure (QI) contribute to protecting water resources? In a new brochure Quality Infrastructure and Water, PTB’s International Cooperation group gives a 4-page summary of how it supports its partner countries in this regard. This includes supplying an adequate amount of drinking water to the population, disposal and treatment of waste water as…
PTB’s International Cooperation Group has launched its first e-learning course called “Quality Infrastructure – An Introduction”. Anyone who would like to learn more about the topic of quality infrastructure (QI) and has no previous knowledge in this area is invited to participate. With a total duration of approximately four to five hours, the course offers…
Determining the current state of development is a first step toward needs-based support for the establishment and expansion of national quality infrastructure (QI). The quality infrastructure system of each country requires continued further development in order to meet the needs of industry. However, needs and potential can vary from country to country. Each QI system…
How can quality infrastructure, or QI for short, strengthen the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic? A team of internal and external PTB experts has examined this issue in a discussion paper. The topic was developed as a basis for discussion within PTB’s International Cooperation Group on a task force that deals with the challenges of…