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Looking to the Future of European Metrology

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Check standards

Working standards

Uncertainty

National Metrology institute

EURAMET new members 2011:

37th: Montenegrin Bureau of Metrology (MBM)

4 New DIs

Cooperation quality-assured measurement



Traceability => measurements can be compared

• Under both repeatability and reproducibility

• Even different measurement quantities

Uncertainty => declared measurement quality

• ’Fit-for-purpose’

• Quantified risks of decision errors

Metrology – quality-assured measurement

This gives processes and products which have:

• Interoperability

• Improved communication

• Can be traded, are safe and lie within

specifications

http://www.sp.se/metrology/pack/bilder/e-pack.htm



Critical factors for success

in innovation & trade

(New) measurement

competence

(etalons, methods,

uncertainty,…)

Testing &

Calibration

Society & Industry

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Policy-informed

Metrology

Capital

Services

Market



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- Advantages of regional cooperation

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- Metrology & Science Diplomacy

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Traditional areas of industry- becoming more complex

- requiring broader measurement ranges

and lower uncertainties

Growing demand

for Metrology

NMI budgets limited

Need for collaboration

• New areas of technologye.g. nano-technology or biotechnology

• Areas in which use of metrology is

increasingly recognised e.g. chemistry, clinical analysis, food safety, the

Grand Challenges,…• Setting priorities

• Balancing needs & resources

• ’Good’ arguments for decision-makers &

programme owners



100+ organisations (NMI, DI)

• employ about 5000 persons

• circa 2000 persons work on R&D activities

• spending about 200 M€ per year (50% of total budget) on R&D activities

Membership



RMO – a symphony orchestra?

European added value –

more than simple sum

Advantages of cooperation



National funding 200 1

Square root/ iMERA 14 1

FP71 1

Country researcher profile

Distribution of research volume/funds amongst countries

Model A - bad!

Model B – good!

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Coordinates cooperation of National Metrology in Europe:

A) Traceability of measurements to SI

B) International recognition:

• National measurement standards

• Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMC) of members

C) Knowledge exchange & infrastructual support

D) Policy support:

• to Regulation, standardisation, legal metrology

E) Research in metrology

• European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP)



Objectives & Strategies

Engagement

of key

stakeholders

Increase influence

with European policy

makers and National

Governments

Further

develop co-

operation

in R&D

Deliver high

value to

members and

associates

Supporting quality

infrastructure in

Europe and

internationally

0) Governance &

membershipX

1) Administration

& secretariatX

A) Traceability

of measurements

to SI

X

B) International

recognitionX

C) Knowledge

exchange &

infrastructual

support

X X X

D) Policy support X XE) Research in

metrologyX



Strategy for European national metrology 2020




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This document has been prepared by

EURAMET as a guide to the operation of

National Metrology Institutes (NMIs). It aims

to provide information for the top level

management of a NMI and those persons who

are responsible in the respective ministry for

the national metrological infrastructure.

Depending on the size of a country and the

specific metrological needs of industry, society

and the scientific community, the scope of a

NMI will vary, but key elements for the

structure and the operation can be identified.

The information contained in this guide reflects

the experience of larger and smaller European

NMIs obtained over recent years and reflects

the growing

need for European and international

cooperation.

Development of Guidance Documents



Development of Guidance Documents



Metrology – In Short

3rd edition published in July 2008

Translations available:

- Bosnian

- Bulgarian

- Croatian

- Japanese

- Serbian

- Spanish

- Thai

… and others

Permission for translation of EURAMET

documents is granted by the EURAMET

Secretariat

Development of

Guidance

Documents

Booklet on legal time

Published June 2011





Knowledge exchange & infrastructural support





EU Research & Innovation

Working together to deliver on Europe 2020Considerable commitment from majority of 36 national metrology

programmes

e.g. in EU projects FP6 MERA,

ERA-NET iMERA,

FP7 ERA-NETplus iMERA+,

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Working together to deliver on Europe 2020

Particular features of national metrology which work together in support of this

effective leveraging of funds are:

• All partners – NMIs and governmental programme owners – share

common, well-defined mission

• Most partners know each other and have cooperated

internationally for many decades

• Metrology relies on obtaining consensus amongst different

laboratories

• National metrology considered in all countries as public mission

rather than commercial concern: area of „Market failure‟



Integration – > 25% of national R&D

programmes now European

Research cooperation

Vasili Nesterenko. Café de Flore in Paris. 1992



Project Coordinator

CoordinatorCharacterization of energy gases NPL (UK)

Energy harvesting PTB (DE)

Liquefied Natural Gas VSL (NL)

Smart electrical grids VSL (NL)

Solid-state lighting VSL (NL)

Improved power plant efficiency PTB (DE)

High-voltage DC SP (SE)

New generation of nuclear power plants NPL (UK)

Biofuels LNE (FR)

Project runtime: mid 2010 to 2013

Information on projects on EURAMET website

http://www.euramet.org/index.php?id=emrp



R & D






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Strengthening Europe's science base and European Research Area

Work better with our international partners:

• Opening access to our R&D programmes

• While ensuring comparable conditions abroad.

• Common EU front where needed to protect our

interests.

METROLOGY & SCIENCE DIPLOMACY

AFRIMETS & EURAMET signing MoU in

Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt) September 2010



Each EMRP Call:

Stage 1

• Potential research topics

• Open to any interested party

Stage 2

• Joint research projects and associated researcher grants

• Subject to eligibility criteria

Stage 3

EMRP Researcher Grants:

• Researcher Excellence Grants (REG)

aim to enlarge the number of organisations with capacities “closely relating to metrology” within

EU Member States and FP7 associated countries.

• Researcher Mobility Grants (RMG)

aim to develop the capacity of individuals in Metrology.

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/who_en.html#countries




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Thank you for your attention

Leslie PENDRILL, EURAMET

Chairperson

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