A two-day training seminar was held on 24-25 April 2018 within the scope of the "BIPM - TÜBİTAK UME Project Placements" program 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 Assistant, discussed the international metrology system and the CIPM Mutual Recognition Agreement (CIPM MRA), which provides an institutional framework for metrology institutes internationally to recognize the equivalence of each other's national reference standards and calibration certificates.
The seminar highlighted the role of metrology in the 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 the participating institutes.
activities within the CIPM MRA framework, such as benchmarking, declaration and review of calibration and measurement capabilities, and audits 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.
The application process started on 18 September 2017 and 58 applications from 23 countries were received for the training program.
Among the evaluated applications, the requests of Azerbaijan in Time Frequency, UAE in Impedance, Herzegovina in Fluid, Ethiopia in Mass, Ghana in Temperature, Iran in Voltage, Kazakhstan in Pressure, Kenya in RF Microwave, Saudi Arabia and Zambia in Dimensional were accepted.
The training program, the first period of which started on April 1, 2018, is tailored specifically to the needs of each applicant to support their own research area. The training and accommodation of the personnel accepted to the program, where successful candidates also benefit from the lectures given by BIPM and TÜBİTAK UME experts, are provided free of charge by TÜBİTAK UME. After the completion of the first semester, the application process will be announced and the second semester of the program will be held in 2019.
The program, which focuses on helping young scientific and technical staff to achieve project objectives, also aims to provide a broader benefit by allowing participants to develop 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.
