The annual General Assembly of ISO members took place in Berlin this year. In order to promote dialog between the regional standardization organizations (RSOs), PTB’s Technical Cooperation Department organized an interactive workshop during the General Assembly. The one-day workshop was called »Regional Standardization Organizations in the International Context«. More and more regions and sub-regions all…
Traditionally, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development invites all citizens to an open house every year at the end of August. This was also the case in 2017. On that day, we again had the opportunity to provide an insight into PTB’s work. At our information stand, the focus was especially on the…
Ministerial Conference: 2017 is the Year of Quality Infrastructure in Africa During the 9th Conference of African Union Ministers of Trade, the year 2017 was declared to be the African Year of Quality Infrastructure. This sober-sounding resolution signifies a high level of recognition: quality infrastructure (QI) – which is otherwise almost invisible – is now…
Why is the »green economy« relevant to Latin America and the Caribbean? What is the role of renewable energies and energy efficiency? These questions were discussed at the first »Green Quality Dialog« session on 4 November 2016. The event took place within the framework of the Latin American QI Expert Week. Tilman Altenburg from the…
The Technical Cooperation of the PTB presented a panel discussion titled »Promoting renewable energies in Asia: The quality challenge« on the 49th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank. In 2016 it was the first time the event was hosted by Germany. For the event in Frankfurt we organised a seminar with a panel discussion. The…