Mr. Čedomir Belić, Acting Director of Directorate of measures and precious metals attended 12th EURAMET General Assembly, regional European organization coordinating cooperation of national metrology institutes of Europe in the field of metrology. EURAMET’s General Assembly took place from 28th of May to 1st of June 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. Host of the meeting was Romanian national metrology institute (Institul National de Metrologie – INM).
During the meeting Annual work report of EURAMET and Board of Directors was presented. Strategic questions were considered with emphasis on coordination strategy in European metrology, European metrology program for innovations and research – EMPIR and related activities and EURAMET priorities. As in previous meeting, status of existing membership and admission of new institutes as EURAMET members were considered. Chairpersons presented work report of each technical committee for previous year. Results of existing projects of European metrology program for innovation and research (EMPIR) as well as announcement of new projects were presented.
Participation in EURAMET activities is of great significance for metrology and economy of our country, it creates preconditions for engagement of our economy in European flows. The sense of membership in the Meter Convention is achieved, providing worldwide recognition of our national standards and validity of calibration and measurement certificate issued from Directorate of measures and precious metals. That provides technical basis for agreements related to trade, exchange and legislation. Participation in EURAMET activities is particularly significant from the perspective of upcoming redefinition of fundamental measuring units of the international system of units, whose official adoption is expected in November this year.