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

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