TÜBİTAK UME Acting Director Dr. Mustafa ÇETİNTAŞ was elected as SMIIC MC Chairman once again at the 10th Annual Meeting of The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) Metrology Council held in Istanbul on May 16, 2022.
TÜBİTAK UME hosted the 10th Annual Meeting of the SMIIC Metrology Council held in Istanbul on May 16, 2022.
In addition to Turkey, A total of 45 representatives from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Gulf Association for Metrology (GULFMET) and SMIIC Metrology Council (SMIIC MC) members Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda and Jordan attended. In addition, the representative of Saudi Arabia participated by teleconference.
At the meeting where SMIIC MC Chairman and Vice Chairman election was held, TÜBİTAK UME Institute Acting Director Dr. Mustafa ÇETİNTAŞ was unanimously elected as Chairman of SMIIC Metrology Council once again. ÇETİNTAŞ, who will serve for the 2022-2024 period, will be the Chairman of the Metrology Council for the third time.
At the meeting, issues related to halal product testing and certification, production of related reference materials and scientific studies and developments in other metrology fields in SMIIC Metrology Council member countries were discussed. Information was given on the joint works that can be done and the contributions that our country can make to Islamic countries.
Information was given about the revision of the SMIIC MC 2021-2023 Work Plan carried out under the leadership of TÜBİTAK UME and the activities carried out in 2021 within the scope of this plan, the R&D projects carried out by TÜBİTAK UME under the umbrella of GULFMET, and other scientific studies.
In the meeting, information about the road map prepared by TÜBİTAK UME for the development of SMIIC MC member countries in the field of scientific metrology was also given, and the contributions of the members of the Metrology Council, especially TÜBİTAK UME, were evaluated.
In addition, the benefits of The Excellence Metrology Center for Islamic Countries, which is planned to be established under the leadership of TÜBİTAK UME and whose project preparations have been completed, to the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the importance of the realization of this project were emphasized once again at the meeting.
SMIIC, which aims to develop national quality infrastructures in cooperation with the aim of eliminating incompatibilities in technical issues that hinder trade between Islamic countries, was established in 2010 within the scope of the OIC.