1 Report on the BIPM/CIPM/CGPM Robert Kaarls Secretary CIPM October 2008

2 BIPM Membership  51 Member States  27 Associates representing 37 States and Economies  New Member States expected  Increasing number of Associates  Associates to become Member States

3 BIPM activities  Review of activities due to budget limitations as a consequence of decisions made by the 2007 CGPM Mass and Watt balance; mass calibrations Electricity (JE and QHE) and calculable capacitor zener, resistance, capacitance calibrations Time/frequency/gravimetry (TAI and UTC) and gravimetry comparisons (2009 ICAG series) Chemistry (ozone, green house gases, organic purity analysis and bio chemistry investigation); comparisons Ionizing radiation (dosimetry, SIR) calibrations, comparisons

4 BIPM activities  Meetings of Consultative Committees  CIPM MRA, KCDB and JCRB  JCGM (VIM, GUM, SI, physiological quantities)  JCTLM (secretariat and JCTLM meetings)  Outreach to developing economies (very limited program)  Many contacts with Member States, Associates and new Member States and Associates  JCDCMAS (secretariat)

5 CIPM MRA  New signatories: - F Y R O Macedonia - Moldova - Sri Lanka - Tunisia - Bolivia - Georgia  82 Member States and Associate States and Economies and 2 international organisations (IAEA, JRC IRMM)  ~200 NMIs and other Designated institutes

6 THE CIPM MRA Member of the BIPM Associate of the CGPM 82 Member States and Associates of the CGPM 2 international organizations (~200 NMIs + DIs) >96% of the 2006 World GDP 82 Member States and Associates of the CGPM 2 international organizations (~200 NMIs + DIs) >96% of the 2006 World GDP

7 CIPM MRA  KCDB: CMCs of which in general physics in ionizing radiation in chemistry KCs and 200 supplementary comparisons  Database 24 hours/day intensively visited  Common CMC definition for CIPM MRA and ILAC Arrangement

8 CIPM MRA  Joint BIPM-ILAC WG a.o. on: - implementation of new CMC definition - harmonization of CMCs - accreditation of NMIs (ILAC Guidance doc.)  AFRIMETS with 5 sub-regions (successor of SADCMET)  New RMO in development: Gulfmet (?)  New criteria for (new) RMOs  New criteria for “Economies” to be decided by the 2011 CGPM

9 The JCRB REGIONAL METROLOGY ORGANIZATIONS

10 CIPM MRA  New JCRB Guidance documents - Procedure for approval of the entry of a new RMO to the JCRB - Guide to the implementation of the CIPM MRA - Calibration and Measurement Capabilities in the context of the CIPM MRA - Rules of procedure for the JCRB - Guidelines on Traceability  As a consequence of CGPM Resolution in preparation “Criteria for an Associate to become Member State”

11 CIPM MRA Guidelines for Traceability  Traceability to the SI - through own primary methods - or obtained from the BIPM - or obtained from another CIPM MRA recognized NMI or DI with adequate CMCs published in the KCDB - or by applying commercial CRMs after own purity assessment on the basis of own CMCs recognized under the CIPM MRA - in all cases an own uncertainty evaluation has to be carried out

12 CIPM MRA Guidelines for Traceability  Traceability to the SI - may be obtained from an under the ILAC Arrangement accredited calibration laboratory or CRM producer, provided that the uncertainty contribution has only a minor influence on the total combined uncertainty of the claimed CMC  Never traceability to: - PTB through DKD, etc. - UKAS, NAMAS, DKD, etc. - GUM + Fluke Europe, etc. - CCPR K1 (a Key Comparison) or - NRC array KJ-90, etc.

13 Outreach to developing States and Economies  2008 BIPM Summer School  BIPM/JCRB workshop on preparing for the CIPM MRA, May 2007, Pretoria, South Africa  APMP/BIPM workshop, May 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Visits and contributions to workshops in several countries in Africa, Asia, eastern Europe and Euro-Asian area and Middle and South America (in cooperation with SIM) (with support of PTB/German development aid)  Forum on Metrology Programs for States and Economies in development, March 2009 at the BIPM  JCDCMAS and possible UNIDO support (Africa)

14 Events  2008 World Metrology Day on Measurement in Sport  2009 World Metrology Day on International Equivalence of Measurements, celebrating 10 years of CIPM MRA  Special session on CIPM MRA on 24 June 2009 during the 14th Internatl. Congres of Metrology, June 2009, Paris  Directors meeting, 7 October 2009 at the BIPM  10th Year CIPM MRA Anniversary Symposium at the BIPM on 8-9 October 2009  Spring 2010: BIPM – WMO symposium on Metrology and Climate Change at WMO in Geneva, Switserland

15 BIPM Staff  Elected BIPM Director Dr. Michael Kühne start in April 2009 as Deputy Director on secondment at the BIPM  Pedro Espina (USA), international liaison/outreach activities  Luis Mussio (Uruguay), Executive Secretary JCRB  Michael Streak (South Africa), Secretary JCDCMAS and Quality Manager BIPM  Scientists from Albania, China, Japan, Mexico, Poland in BIPM science sections ; others welcome!

16 CCQM Pharmacopoeia Workshop 4-5 december 2008 at the BIPM, organized in cooperation with the US Pharmacopoeia JCTLM Executive Committee and members meeting on December 2008 at the BIPM

17 CCQM and JCTLM JCTLM database on Reference Materials and Methods/ Procedures of Higher Order - list I: CRMs and reference measurement methods/procedures traceable to the SI - list II: non-SI traceable CRMs; traceability to internationally agreed upon protocol JCTLM database on approved Laboratory Reference Measurement Services (now listing available services in Canada, Europe (BE, DE, IT, NL, UK) and Japan) CCQM, NMIs and Designated Institutes encouraged to develop activities in support of JCTLM and WHO programmes Database accessible via BIPM and IFCC web site

18 Also on the 2007 – 2008 CIPM Agenda  BIPM organisation, finances and activities  Consequences of 2007 CGPM dotation decisions - increased inflation, near 4% instead of 2% - adaptation of BIPM workplan - countries in arrears  BIPM science strategy  Increasing demands for metrology in chemistry - new areas, like - bio fuels - bio chemistry - materials metrology - nano- and surface metrology  New Member States  New Associates

19 On the 2007 – 2008 CIPM Agenda  Cooperation and MoUs with other international organizations and bodies, like - OIML - ILAC - WMO - Codex Alimentarius Commission - IFCC, JCTLM, WHO/NIBSC - IAEA (MoU in preparation) - UNIDO - ISO, IEC - VAMAS (MoU signed) - WADA, Forensics, etc.