A two-day training seminar was held on 27-28 March 2019 within the scope of the 2019 period of the "BIPM - TÜBİTAK UME Project Placements" program, which was implemented in cooperation with TÜBİTAK UME and BIPM (International Bureau of Weights and Measures).
The seminar, which was attended by Andy Henson, Head of International Relations and Communications at BIPM, and Chingis Kuanbayev, International Relations Officer, discussed the international metrology system and the CIPM Mutual Recognition Agreement (CIPM MRA), which provides an institutional framework for metrology institutes to recognize the equivalence of each other's national reference standards and calibration certificates.
The seminar highlighted the role of global quality infrastructure and metrology, as well as the importance of the Meters Convention, the functioning of the CIPM MRA, its impact on the quality infrastructure and the obligations of participating institutes, as well as activities within the framework of the CIPM MRA, such as benchmarks, declaration and review of calibration and measurement capabilities, and audit of quality management systems.
In the seminar where presentations were made by the expert staff of TÜBİTAK UME on Turkey's quality infrastructure, the role of EURAMET and CIPM MRA in the functioning of EURAMET and CIPM MRA, EURAMET's mechanism for auditing the quality management systems of institutes, effective participation in international comparisons and the creation of uncertainty budgets, short presentations were made by the participants of the training program about their work at TÜBİTAK UME.
Esma Music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nesredin Nezir Hassen from Ethiopia, Khadije Norouzzadeh from Iran, George Maswai from Kenya, and Fareef Bin Sait from Malaysia were among the 44 applicants for the 2019 program, Khaltarmaa Battur from Mongolia, Ahmed AlJawan and Najyy AlYami from Saudi Arabia, Alfred Emil Nkhama from Tanzania, and Jovakhirjon Nosirov from Uzbekistan were accepted to the program after evaluation.
The training program, the second period of which started on March 1, 2019, is tailored specifically to the needs of each applicant to support their own research area. Successful candidates also benefit from lectures given by BIPM and TÜBİTAK UME experts. The training and accommodation of the personnel accepted to the program are provided free of charge by TÜBİTAK UME. The program, which focuses on helping young scientific and technical staff achieve their project goals, also aims to provide a wider benefit by allowing participants to improve their technical skills.
The training program, which aims to contribute to the integration of institutes into the international system by providing training in the field of metrology to the personnel of developing country institutes and will be carried out jointly with BIPM for 2 years, has an important prestige value in terms of TÜBİTAK UME's place in the metrology world.
