1. 24 th APMP General Assembly: Report from Developing Economies’ Committee (DEC) Angela Samuel, Deputy Chair, APMP DEC 24 th APMP GA, Jakarta – 6-7 Nov 2008

2. Activities since 23 rd APMP GA  16 th DEC and associated activities, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 2008  DEC Strategic Planning  2 nd TCQS-DEC “CIPM MRA” Workshop  4 th TCQM-DEC “MiC” Workshop  Developing economies session at 2008 NCSLI meetings, Florida, USA, August 2008  C Sanetra, PTB, Germany: APMP MiC Workshops – The Organiser’s Perspective  K Deczky, INMS/NRC, Canada: International Mentoring in Metrology – The Canada/Costa Rican Partnership  C Santo, LATU, Uruguay: Mass Metrology Training Activities in SIM

3. Activities since 23 rd APMP GA (ctd)  17 th DEC and associated activities, Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct- Nov 2008  5 th TCQM-DEC “MiC” Workshop  TCQM-DEC PT Workshop  3 rd TCQS-DEC “CIPM MRA” Workshop – the peer review process  TCL : special DEC session on CMCs Other DEC-specific discussions / initiatives / activities within:  TCAUV : capability development  TCEM : comparison  TCFF : Seminar associated with APMP 2009  TCM : comparisons, training  TCT : comparisons  TCTF : Seminar associated with APMP 2009, new WG on remote calibrations

4. Key issues arising:  Response to DEN and TC proposals including scope of funding, funding criteria, procedures and access to funding sources  Need to monitor/evaluate results of previous activities  Difficulties for DEC economies to participate in APMP activities:  Development of website  increased use of other mechanisms such as teleconferencing  Proposals for re-structure of DEC meetings  New PTB “SRB Project”  Possible strengthening of linkages between DEC and APLMF  Next Meeting : Date, Location

5. Proposed re-structure of DEC Meetings  1 st session, Sunday:  Reports – submitted 1 month prior to meeting, questionnaire format, to focus on key DEC issues and provide input for TC meetings  In-depth discussion of 3-4 key issues identified from reports (DEC, DEC economy, TC Chair, EC/Secretariat, BIPM/CIPM, PTB, etc)  DEC participation in TC meetings, Monday:  Mechanisms to enhance input from DEC economies:  “DEC Champion”  DEC Directors to collect all technical issues before and after meetings and ensure submission to TCs. TC Chairs to ensure responses forwarded to DENs.  DEC agenda item/TCx-DEC Workshop – including scheduling between TCs to avoid overlap if possible (at least for key technical areas)  2 nd session, Tuesday:  Workshop – parallel sessions for 2 groups focused at each level of development within DEC membership  Either combined with TCx OR DEC-specific to look at issues at management level (strategic planning, resourcing of metrology activities, stakeholder and customer engagement, needs identification and analysis, EC or BIPM/CIPM- related, etc)  Reporting back by TC Chairs re: DEC-related TC discussions/proposals

6. Proposed re-structure of DEC Meetings  “Interim” DEC meeting  Associated with EC-TC Chairs AND  TC-DEC Workshop activity (where appropriate)  Additional activities:  Awareness-raising Symposium/event – DEC economies guidance re: how to best address needs  Visit to decision-makers  Industry / laboratory visits OR use opportunity to seek expert advice from TC Chairs on specific technical issues  Other suggestions?