TÜBİTAK UME hosted the 12th Meeting of the Metrology Council of the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) held in Istanbul on April 26-27, 2023.
In addition to Turkey, 71 representatives from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Palestine, Gabon, Iraq, Iran, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uganda and Jordan, members of SMIIC Metrology Council (SMIIC MC) representing Gulf Countries Metrology Association (GULFMET) participated in the meeting physically and via teleconference.
At the council meeting, which has been chaired by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÇETİNTAŞ, Acting Director of TÜBİTAK UME Institute since 2014, Dr. İsmail Abdullah ALFALEH, representative of Saudi Arabia, was elected as vice-chairman.
In the meeting where the 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 possibilities of TÜBİTAK UME, which has a comprehensive infrastructure in this field, the projects it carries out, the joint studies that can be carried out with other member countries and the contributions that our country can make to Islamic countries.
Information was given about the revision of the SMIIC MC 2022-2024 Work Plan carried out under the leadership of TÜBİTAK UME and the activities carried out in 2022 within the scope of this plan, the R&D Program established by TÜBİTAK UME under the roof of SMIIC MC and other scientific studies.
In the meeting where 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, the contributions that the members of the Metrology Council, especially TÜBİTAK UME, could make were evaluated.
In addition, the gains that the Islamic Countries Metrology Center of Excellence (EMCIC), which is planned to be established under the leadership of TÜBİTAK UME and whose project preparations have been completed, will provide to the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the importance of realizing this project were once again emphasized at the meeting.
SMIIC, which aims to develop national quality infrastructures in cooperation in order to eliminate incompatibilities in technical issues that constitute an obstacle to trade among Islamic countries, was established in 2010 within the Organization for Cooperation of Islamic Countries.
