Finally, after a long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, familiar as well as new faces from the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) and from the Developing Economy Committee (DEC) were able to meet in person in Bangkok this year. A strategic planning workshop, which was organized by PTB within the scope of the project…
The National Institute for Metrology in Thailand, NIMT, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding this summer. As PTB and as the International Cooperation group, we wish to congratulate NIMT and send our best wishes on this special occasion. There was also a change of office in the NIMT board this year. Dr. Pornchai…
The International Forum on Quality in the Indian Photovoltaic Sector was held in New Delhi from 28 February to 2 March 2023. The forum brought together policy makers, regulators, quality infrastructure representatives and national as well as international photovoltaic experts to discuss challenges and solutions in the field of quality infrastructure (metrology, standardization, accreditation and…
From 2-5 November 2022, a delegation from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the German Bundestag visited Nepal. Parliamentary State Secretary Dr Bärbel Kofler was among the group that travelled to the Himalayas to discuss the continuation of bilateral cooperation between Germany and Nepal with government representatives. During their short stay, the…
Conceptualized and organized for the first time in 2012, India Water Week is a regular forum at which the Ministry of Jal Shakti — formerly the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation — invites prominent stakeholders to attend awareness-raising seminars, exhibitions and strategic planning sessions on the conservation, preservation and optimum use…
The Department of Accreditation (DA), Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation of The Kingdom of Cambodia became a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) in the field of the accreditation of testing laboratories to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025 on 5 July 2022. In consequence, DA…
End of a twelve-year collaboration with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Closing workshop in Kathmandu, 11-12 October 2022 “Support to SAARC in strengthening regional integration and cooperation in the field of quality infrastructure” – it was under this title that PTB, representing the BMZ, has collaborated with the South Asian Association for Regional…
Interdisciplinary collaboration between different sectors and nations The significant reduction of carbon dioxide emissions on our planet by 2050 is an important climate goal of countries worldwide. At the same time, a significant increase in fuel consumption is expected in emerging countries such as India in the coming years. In order to do justice to…
Today, 22 March, World Water Day is celebrated around the globe. Every year, a different aspect of the vital role of water in our daily lives is highlighted. In 2022, groundwater is the centre of attention. World Water Day will thus aim to make the invisible visible. But not only groundwater is invisible. There is…
Training-of-trainers seminar on analytical method validation for pharmaceutical analysis What can be done to strengthen local pharmaceutical production in Nepal and enhance added value? Finding answers to this question is the aim of an ongoing project called Support to Nepal in the field of quality infrastructure. Since 2013, PTB has been working with the Association…