AFRIMETSThe Intra-Africa Metrology System

Système Intra-Africain de Metrologie

CIML Orlando. USACIML Orlando. USA

September 2010

Stuart CarstensAFRIMETSHead of Secretariat

Outline of TalkOutline of Talk

Inception The structure The members The Technical committees and Working

Groups The current situation

Meetings

1st General Assembly meeting 1-2 July 2007 in Midrand, South Africa;

the MoU was finalized, the first Chair, Vice-chairs and Executive committee members were elected A draft Working Programme was adopted

Second meeting in Tunis, Tunisia Third meeting in Magaliesburg, South Africa To Date, 6 sub regions and 3 Associate

members and 3 Observer organisations 42 Countries in Africa represented through AFRIMETS

HistoryHistory

Meetings historyMeetings history

23/24-03-23/24-03-20062006

Kick-off workshop, Midrand, South AfricaKick-off workshop, Midrand, South Africa

July 2007July 2007 1st AFRIMETS General Assembly, 1st AFRIMETS General Assembly, MidrandMidrand

October October 20072007

1st Executive Committee Meeting, 1st Executive Committee Meeting, PretoriaPretoria

March 2008March 2008 2nd Executive Committee Meeting, 2nd Executive Committee Meeting, CasablancaCasablanca

July 2008July 2008 3rd Executive Committee Meeting, Tunis3rd Executive Committee Meeting, Tunis

July 2008July 2008 2nd AFRIMETS General Assembly2nd AFRIMETS General Assembly

Executive Committee meeting -Executive Committee meeting -

July 2009July 2009 Executive Committee meeting, Executive Committee meeting, Magalieburg, Pretoria Magalieburg, Pretoria

July 2009July 2009 3 rd AFRIMETS General Assembly3 rd AFRIMETS General Assembly

February February 20102010

Executive Committee meeting, AccraExecutive Committee meeting, Accra

GENERAL ASSEMBLYGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Principal MemberSub-regional African Metrology Organisation

Principal MemberSub-regional African Metrology Organisation

Ordinary MemberAfrican NMIs and LMOs not full member of a Sub-regional African Metrology Org.

Ordinary MemberAfrican NMIs and LMOs not full member of a Sub-regional African Metrology Org.

Associate MemberNational Metrology Institutes and Legal Metrology Organisations outside Africa

Associate MemberNational Metrology Institutes and Legal Metrology Organisations outside Africa

Observer

Other Organisations interested in metrology

Observer

Other Organisations interested in metrology

Voting: 2x Member States

Voting: 1x Member Voting: none

Voting: none

CHAIRPERSONCHAIRPERSON

• Vice Chairperson representing Industrial Metrology• Vice Chairperson representing Legal Metrology• NEPAD Secretariat• AFRIMETS Secretariat• Up to 3 elected delegates

AFRIMETS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEESECRETARIATSECRETARIAT

SUB-COMMITTEES

SUB-COMMITTEES

Sc & Ind Metrology

Legal Metrology

The Structure of AFRIMETSThe Structure of AFRIMETS

Pan African organisations; AU, NEPAD

Regional economic groupings; COMESA, ECOWAS, SADC, EAC, UEMOA, CEMAC, MAGHREB

OIML, BIPM, IAEA

APMP, SIM, EURAMET, COOMET

African sub-regional metrology organisations: EAMET, MAGMET, SADCMET/MEL, CEMACMET, SOAMET, NEWMET

Individual NMIs

Legal Metrology organisations

Other organisations; regional accreditation, standards, calibration and testing bodies, the dti, the African Committee for Metrology, the NLA, the AFM

Pan African organisations; ARSO, AFRAC

the Stakeholders, peers and othersthe Stakeholders, peers and others

CEMACMET Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo

EAMET Kenya, Uganda, (Tanzania), Rwanda, Burundi

MAGMET Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania

SADCMEL/MET

Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Seychelles

SOAMET Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cote d‘Ivoire

NEWMET Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan

the membersthe members

Associate Member (3) LNE, France PTB, Germany NIRPS (National Institute of

Radiation Protection and Research, Nigeria)

Observer (3) EURAMET CAFMET (Comité Africain de Métrologie) TEAC, SSDL, MADA Arab Federation for Metrology

the membersthe members

• For the past 12 months, AFRIMETS focused on the consolidation of its TC’s and WG’s.

AFRIMETS as RMOAFRIMETS as RMO

1999-2008 (SADCMEL)

2008-

(AFRIMETS)

AFRIMETS as RLMOAFRIMETS as RLMO

Current SituationCurrent Situation

AFRIMETS Structures are in place Report on period under review work programme

Road Map document completed and submitted

Mobilization of member states to join OIML (SOAMET)

Develop procedure on running TC’s & giving input to OIML work

Investigate use of OIML Recommendations in National Legislation

Environmental scan on capabilities of AFRIMETS members (Questionnaire)

TC 1ATC 1A CIPM, BIPM, JCRB IssuesCIPM, BIPM, JCRB Issues J. Kioko, S. Kajane, W. J. Kioko, S. Kajane, W. LouwLouw

TC 1B TC 1B OIML IssuesOIML Issues S. Carstens, S. Issoufou S. Carstens, S. Issoufou

TC 2A TC 2A Scientific Metrology EducationScientific Metrology Education M. Berrada, M. M. Berrada, M. Rabolinyane, M. MasukuRabolinyane, M. Masuku

TC 2B TC 2B Legal Metrology EducationLegal Metrology Education B Hassine, K TembaB Hassine, K Temba

TC 3 TC 3 Metrology InfrastructureMetrology Infrastructure B Hassine, V. Kanama, B Hassine, V. Kanama, W.LouwW.Louw

TC 4ATC 4A Metrology Legislation Metrology Legislation HarmonizationHarmonization

N.Malaga, E. Mvula. N.Malaga, E. Mvula. D.MasukuD.Masuku

TC 4BTC 4B Metrology Legislation Metrology Legislation HarmonizationHarmonization

B. Hassine, K. TembaB. Hassine, K. Temba

TC 5TC 5 Metrology Awareness Metrology Awareness G. Albasini, V. Kanama G. Albasini, V. Kanama and the Secretariatand the Secretariat

Technical Committee StructuresTechnical Committee Structures

latest developmentslatest developments

2010 AFRIMETS General Assembly coincides with CIML meeting

Summer School planned for February 2011 Welmec Annual meeting in Bled, Slovenia attended by

regional coordinator Exco meeting held in Accra, Ghana in February 2010 NewMet inaugural meeting held in Accra, Ghana Afrimets presented a report at SADCMEL meeting in

Mbabane, Swaziland

Summer school topics Summer school topics

National Quality Infrastructures Legal Metrology and the OIML MAA Legal metrology overview Measurement Uncertainty Introduction to Mass Metrology The African Structures: AFRIMETS, ARSO,

s-RLMOs UNIDO - Technical Capacity Building in

Africa

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