Within the Twinning project: “Strengthening Capacities of National Quality Infrastructure and Conformity Assessment Services in the Republic of Serbia” the Info session on “Raising awareness on Metrology in the Republic of Serbia” was held in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on May 24, 2017.

The participants were welcomed by: Mr. Ljubiša Dimitrijević, Secretary of Association of Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, Dr. Branka Radanov PhD, Advisor for Scientific and Legal Metrology of Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals (DMDM) and Karel Žáček, Standing Advisor for Twinning in the Republic of Serbia. Mr. Ljubiša Dimitrijević expressed his satisfaction that great number of measuring instruments manufacturer, notified bodies performing measuring instruments verification and other interested partied showed interest for this important topic.

The DMDM representatives: Dr. Branka Radanov PhD, Ms. Sonja Milojković and Mr. Dragan Pantić presented to the participants importance of Metrology, role of the DMDM in harmonization of metrological regulation with European regulation, improvement of DMDM capacities as well as notification process for notified bodies as new DMDM competence.

The colleagues from the Czech Metrology Institute (ČMI): Mr. Pavel Nováček, Mr. Peter Kiška and Ms. Kristýna Vančurová presented to the participants operations and marketing activities of ČMI, their national standards, Calibration and Measurement Capabilities as well as participation in international projects.
Info session topics made great interest which showed useful discussion.