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Legal and International Metrology

Division 9

Division 9 deals with the general tasks in legal and industrial metrology. This comprises especially the cooperation with the German verification authorities and the accredited calibration laboratories. Furthermore the division coordinates the international cooperation in the area of quality infrastructure for the German government.

Tasks

The portfolio of Division 9 comprises tasks in the areas of legal metrology and technology transfer as well as international cooperation. Within the scope of the development cooperation of the Federal Government, PTB supports the setting up of a quality infrastructure (QI) in developing and newly industrialized countries with the goal of promoting economic development and strengthening environmental, health and consumer protection.

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Meet And Greet

Today we would like to report on an event that is offered by the International Office about 4 - 6 times a year. It is aimed at all guest researchers, but also at PTB employees from abroad, no matter whether they have just arrived or have already been working at PTB for a while.

The event is an informal get-together, which is used on the one hand to provide the newcomers with some basic information about their stay in Germany and the PTB (for example, information about registration formalities, insurance, medical care, etc.).

On the other hand - and this is an essential aspect - the meeting...

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Noé Vidal Medina from CENAM in Mexico currently works as a guest scientist in PTB’s working group for spectroradiometry. His stay is coming to an end now, and we wanted to take the opportunity to talk with him about his experiences at PTB and in Germany. Dr Nevas (Head of Working Group 4.11) and Dr Sperfeld (also 4.11) with whom Noé Vidal works at PTB were kind enough to participate in the interview.

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Fatima Mašić comes from Bosnia-Herzegovina where she works at the Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBiH) in Sarajevo. As guest scientist and within the framework of the EURAMET project Metrology for emerging PV applications she currently forms part of PTB’s Department 4.5.

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