sistema inter-americano de metrología (sim): opportunities for c ooperation
DESCRIPTION
Sistema Inter-Americano de Metrología (SIM): Opportunities for C ooperation. Claire Saundry, Ph.D. Director, International and Academic Affairs National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Eighth Regular meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sistema Inter-Americano de Metrología (SIM): Opportunities for Cooperation
Claire Saundry, Ph.D.Director, International and Academic Affairs
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Eighth Regular meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology
Washington DC. November 14-15, 2013
Information about SIM• Membership: National Metrology
Institutes (NMIs) located in the 34 member nations of the OAS
• Mission: To promote and support an integrated measurement infrastructure in the Americas that ensures equity in the marketplace, improves the quality of life and facilitates international trade.
• International Role: Regional Metrology Organization (RMO) for the Western Hemisphere, one of 5 RMOs currently recognized within the framework of the International Committee on Weights and Measures Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).
Recent Regional Efforts OAS/FEMCIDI - Metrology and National Measurement Standards to
support Environmental Sustainability and the Enhancement of Human Health, Safety and Prosperity in the Americas (2010-2011)
US Mission to the OAS - Enhancing National Measurement Infrastructure in the Americas (2011-2012)
NIST - Advanced Internships (2011-2012) OAS/FEMCIDI - Strengthening National Metrology Institutes in the
Hemisphere: an essential element in the development of National Quality Infrastructure (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2016)
US Mission to the OAS - Renewable Energy and Climate Science: Metrology and Technology Challenges in the Americas (October 2013 - September 2015)
NIST - SIM Metrology School (2013)
Workshop on
Renewable Energy and Climate Science for the Americas:Metrology and Technology Challenges
CENAM, Queretaro, MexicoOctober 8-9, 2013
SIM Metrology School 28 October – 1 November
Planning underway for four workshops:◦ Training - "Calibration of Oscillation
Densimeters“ (Bogota, Colombia 16-18 December)
◦ Training - Biomedical equipment in CAMET (early 2014)
◦ Training - Statistics for Chemistry (early 2014)◦ Training Workshop - Anti-Venom production - Sao
Paulo, Brazil, February 24-26, 2014. Internships/Advanced Metrology Training
Up-Coming Events
Argentina - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards Bahamas Ministry of Lands and Local Government Barbados National Standards Institution Belize Bureau of Standards Bolivia - Instituto Boliviano de Metrología
Brazil - Instituto Nactional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia
Canada – National Research Council Chile - Instituto Nacional de Normalización Colombia - Instituto Nacional de Metrología de Colombia Costa Rica Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrología
Dominica Bureau of Standards
Dominican Republic Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad Ecuador - Instituto Ecuatoriano de
Normalizacion
El Salvador - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Grenada Bureau of Standards
Guatemala Centro Nacional de Metrología
Guyana Bureau of Standards Haiti - Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Honduras - Centro Hondureño de Metrologia
Jamaica Bureau of Standards Mexico - Centro Nacional de Metrologia Nicaragua - Laboratorio Nacional de Metrologia El Centro Nacional de Metrología de Panamá
Paraguay Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia y Normalizacion Peru Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Proteccion de la Propiedad Intelectual
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Government of Saint Vincent Suriname Metrology Unit
Trindidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
USA - National Institute of Standards and Technology Venezuela Servicio Autonomo de Normalizacion Calidad y Metrologia # Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay
# Inactive
Partners