Promoting innovation in the Green Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean by including Quality Infrastructure
Context:
• Reducing the environmental and social costs of economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean requires innovative approaches for sustainable businesses.
• The potential of quality infrastructure to promote sustainable business/Green Economy is not currently exploited in the region.
• The needs of the Green Economy for QI services and the potential of QI services to foster Green Economy are not fully analyzed and identified.
• Actors of the Green Economy and Institutions of Quality Infrastructure do not yet maintain continuous communication and cooperation relations.
Project objective:
The conditions for the development of the Green Economy are improved by the inclusion of new and improved services of quality infrastructure.
Approach:
• Needs assessment of Green Economy for QI services and promotion of communication and cooperation between actors of the Green Economy and Quality Infrastructure Institutions,
• Development of quality assuring services for the Green Economy, and
• Testing/trial of quality infrastructure services for the Green Economy
Possible thematic scopes:
• Private standard setters
• Waste management/Recycling
• Smart cities & smart mobility (sustainable transport)
• Clean production
• Global value chains
• Green buildings
Promoting innovation in the Green Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean by including Quality Infrastructure
Source of finance
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Commission value
800.000 EUR
Implementing agency
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB),
National Metrology Institute, Germany
Duration
2015 - 2018
Contact
Sistema Interamericano de Metrología (SIM)
Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas (COPANT)
InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC)
PTB Project Coordinator
Anna Kruip
Phone: + 49 531 592-8265
Anna.Kruip(at)ptb.de
Project Roadmap
Project Presentation
Declarations of interest
Summaries of Thematic Areas - English
Resúmenes temáticos - español
Title | Date | Place | Organizers |
---|---|---|---|
Advisory Committee Meeting | 07.06.2019 | San José, Costa Rica | PTB |
Planning Workshop Green Economy | 24.–25.08.2016 | Bogotá, Colombia | PTB |
Taller Nacional Colombia | 22.08.2016 | Bogotá, Colombia | PTB, SICAL |
Taller Nacional Costa Rica | 22.06.2016 | Costa Rica | PTB, LACOMET |
Taller Nacional México | 26.04.2016 | Ciudad de México, México | PTB, ema |
Taller Nacional Argentina | 31.03.2016 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | PTB, INTI |
Taller Nacional Bolivia | 18.03.2016 | La Paz, Bolivia | PTB, IBMETRO |
- 1. Hazardous Waste Management in Labs
- 2. Quality in the E-Waste Value Chain
- 3. Life Cycle Assessment
- 4. Water Footprint
- 5. Air Quality Measurement Device
- 6. Air Quality Intercomparison
Title | Date | Place | Organizers |
---|---|---|---|
Promoting Innovation in the Green Economy by including Quality Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean | 07.–16.05.2018 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | PTB |
Hazardous Waste Management in Laboratories | 14.–17.08.2017 | Jamaica | CROSQ, PTB, BSJ |
Pilot Project Description
Manual Chemical Waste Mangement in Laboratories
Title | Date | Place | Organizers |
---|---|---|---|
Taller de Capacitación: Huella de Agua e Infraestructura de la Calidad | 20.–23.11.2017 | will be announced | PTB |
Title | Date | Place | Organizers |
---|---|---|---|
Taller de Capacitación: Huella de Agua e Infraestructura de la Calidad | 15.–17.11.2017 | Bogotá, Colombia | PTB |