PTBs technical cooperation projects in Africa Potential for cooperation in the field of standardisat

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PTBs technical cooperation projects in Africa
Potential for cooperation in the field of
standardisation / technical regulations?

• Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB
• Technical Cooperation with Africa
• Stefan Wallerath
• ARSO strategy workshop, 05.11.2007, Khartoum,
  Sudan

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Presentation of PTB

• is a global player in the world of metrology and
  one of the leading NMIs world-wide
• is the most important national provider of
  metrological services
• is a national authority under the auspices of
  the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi)
• has a staff of approx. 1500 members
• has an annual budget of 125 mill.
• has two sites - Braunschweig and Berlin
• was founded in 1887 as Physikalisch-Technische
  Reichsanstalt (PTR)
• is an implementing agency for technical
  cooperation projects on behalf of the Federal
  Ministry of Economical Cooperation and
  Development (BMZ)

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INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COOPERATION Technical
Cooperation with Developing Countries

• PTB International Technical Cooperation has been
  active worldwide in developing countries since 40
  years.
• The Technical Cooperation orients itself on the
  requirements of the
• partner countries within the framework of a
  globalized world These must
• adapt their national quality infrastructure
  system to international agreements in order to be
  able to participate in international trade,
• safeguard consumer, environmental and health
  protection,
• enable a fair exchange of goods.
• This advances the economic, social and ecological
  development in the partner countries.

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Components of a National Quality Infrastructure
International SQMT - System
National Value Chains
National SQMT - System
Customer
Applicable to all products and processes
Product with Certificate
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PTBs technical cooperation projects in Africa
Quality Infrastructure regional Cooperation in
Maghreb countries (since 2006)
Support of MSTQ in African and Arab
countries (1998 - 2006)
Ethiopia bilateral (since 2006)
Promotion of the Metrology and Testing System in
West African Countries (UEMOA) (since 2001)
Ghana bilateral (since 2005)
Establishment of a regional SQMT architecture in
the EAC (since 2004)

Program Strenghtening Quality Infrastructure in
Africa (since 2007)
Standardisation components
Support to SADC in implementing the SQAM program
(since 2004)
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