Not only does the International Cooperation group at PTB coordinate quality-improving projects all around the globe, it is also proud to host training courses and workshops intended to introduce young trade professionals to the importance of quality infrastructure. Today, we would like to draw your attention to a very special and unique course. QuISP is…
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…
In 2020 correspondence took place between Dr. Marion Stoldt, Head of the PTB’s International Cooperation Department, and Dr. Annalisa Primi, Director of the OECD Development Centre’s Structural Politics and Innovation Department. Per this correspondence, closer cooperation between the PTB and the OECD Initiative for Political Dialogue on Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and Development was…
Today, we would like to draw your attention to a section of our covid-19 website devoted to working digitally. Because we can no longer have meetings in person, including those on site in our partner countries, we have to rely on the digital world to take up the slack. However, we can’t just do this…
What does the spread of COVID-19 mean for PTB’s International Cooperation Department and what challenges do we have to face? Effective immediately, the International Cooperation Department will be providing answers to these questions on a specially designed website: www.covid19.ptb.de. The ongoing spread of Sars-CoV-2 has left its mark throughout the world. The social and economic…
The focus of World Metrology Day (20 May) is the fundamental change in the International System of Units. As of today, no one can say how much the small platinum cylinder in a safe in Sèvres near Paris is worth – yet, for over a century, this object has told the world what a kilogram…
Dear readers, PTB is very large and there’s always something new to discover – sometimes you’ll even meet a long-lost family member. That’s exactly what happened when we ran into the brilliant and friendly Clara Candela at our Press Office. We were quick to invite Clara to make an appearance in our blog, which bears…