Report of the APMP Developing Economies Committee DEC

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Report of the APMP Developing Economies
Committee (DEC)

• Angela Samuel, Deputy Chair, APMP DEC

23rd APMP General Assembly, 1-2 November 2007,
Sydney, Australia
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APMP Developing Economies Committee (DEC)

• Member Economy Representatives
• Chairman Dr Vikram Kumar, NPL, India
• Deputy Chair Dr Angela Samuel, NMI, Australia
• Dr Pian Totarong, NIMT, Thailand
• Dr Mushtaq Ahmad, NPSL, Pakistan
• Mr Edgardo Juan, ITDI, the Philippines
• Mr Atsushi Kirita, NMIJ, Japan
• Mr Sangwook Seo, KRISS Korea
• Observers APMP Executive Committee
• APMP Secretariat
• Website http//www.apmpweb.org/dec

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DEC Strategic Planning 05-06 (1)

• May 2005 1st DEC Strategic Planning Workshop,
• Bangkok, Thailand.
• Identified 10 key issues for DENs
• Awareness raising
• NMI strategic planning
• Fund raising
• Linkages with legal metrology
• Needs assessment of DEC NMIs
• Information sharing
• Training
• MSTQ infrastructure development and improvement
• CIPM MRA participation
• Comparisons

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DEC Strategic Planning 05-06 (2)

• July 2006 2nd DEC Strategic Planning Workshop,
• Tagaytay, the Philippines.
• Development of actions against subset of 5 issues
  
• Funding DEC Projects and Donor-related issues
• Information sharing/Comparisons Coordination
  between APMP Technical Committees and Developing
  Economy NMIs
• Training
• Awareness-raising
• Metrology in Chemistry (MiC)

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DEC Related Activities since 22nd APMP GA

• Dec 06, Kathmandu, Nepal Awareness raising
  seminar
• Feb 07, Chiang Mai, Thailand APLMF Workshop on
  Food and Agricultural Products presentation of
  APMP MiC Guide
• ? WG to consider development of legal metrology
  guide
• May 07, Johannesburg, South Africa - BIPM
  Workshop on CIPM MRA VMI, Vietnam
• Jul 07, Xian, China
• 14th DEC Meeting DEC Technical Assistance
  Workshop
• TCQM-DEC Symposium 2nd Workshop on Metrology in
  Chemistry
• DEN-level comparisons
• PTB-funded APMP DEC Mass (E2) Comparison
  (Coordinator VMI, Vietnam, Mentor NMI,
  Australia) Concluding Workshop, June 07
• APMP DEC DVM Comparison (Coordinator NPL, India)
  Ongoing
• APMP DEC Gauge Block Comparison (Coordinator
  KIM-LIPI, Indonesia) Ongoing

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DEC Expenses Oct 06 Sep 07

• 22nd APMP GA New Delhi, India Sri Lanka, Nepal
• 18th JCRB Meeting CIPM MRA Workshop, Pretoria,
  South Africa Vietnam
• APMP EC/TCCs/DEC Joint Meetings, Xian, China
  Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal
• APMP TCM-DEC Evaluation Workshop in Hanoi,
  Vietnam Sri Lanka
• TOTAL US14,272
• BUDGET US30,000

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DEC Strategic Planning - Outputs Outcomes, 05-07
APMP Strategic Plan
DEC Website
DEC-TCQS CIPM MRA Workshop
Needs Analysis
DEC Technical Assistance Workshop
DEC Strategic Planning
DE-level Comparisons (TCs)
MSTQ Linkages Infrastructure Develt
Training Workshops (TCs)
Linkages with Legal Metrology
TCQM-DEC Metrology inChemistry Workshops
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Upcoming/Proposed DEC Related Activities

• 3rd TCQM-DEC Workshop on Metrology in Chemistry,
  29th Oct 2007, Sydney
• 2nd day, APMP Time Frequency Workshop, 25th Oct
  2007, Sydney
• APEC APMP-SIM Uncertainty Workshop, 26th Oct
  2007, Sydney
• Joint APMP-ILAC/IAF Symposium, 31st Oct 2007,
  Sydney
• TCM-DEC Pressure Comparison Initiated,
  Preparatory Workshop, Nov 2007, Malaysia
• TCT-DEC IPRT Comparison Initiated, Preparatory
  Workshop, Nov 2007, Malaysia
• TCAUV Workshop, Indonesia, Nov 2007

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APMP 2007 DEC Updates

• Revised scheduling of DEC meetings
• DEC acknowledgement to TC Chairs for
  incorporating DE issues in agendas
• TC activities/proposals brought to DEC, under
  review
• APMP Document Website private/public
• 16th APMP DEC Meeting and related activities

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Challenges

• To deliver benefits to APMP DENs based on actions
• arising out of 05-07 activities, including
  initiating
• and encouraging opportunities for global and
• inter-regional cooperation, e.g.,
• JCDCMAS
• BIPM/CIPM
• PTB
• UNIDO
• APEC Specialist Regional Bodies APLAC, APLMF,
  PAC, PASC)