BIPM Liaison Report to the 35th ISO/CASCO Plenary to be held in January 2021 November 2020 th BIPM Liaison Report to the 35 ISO/CASCO Plenary to be held in January 2021 November 2020 THE VISION, MISSION AND SHORT SUMMARY OF BIPM ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OF THE BIPM DURING CONFINEMENT The BIPM is the intergovernmental organization The BIPM was able to adapt quickly to the established by the Metre Convention, through conditions associated with the COVID‐19 which Member States act together on matters outbreak in order to provide maximum support related to measurement science and to NMIs during the confinement: measurement standards. • The key activities, such as the monthly Its vision is to be universally recognised as the Circular T,1 commissioning of the KCDB 2.0, world focus for the international system of and the World Metrology Day initiative measurement. have been running without interruption – Its mission is to work with the NMIs of its by tele-working. Member States, the RMOs and strategic • The CIPM President has asked NMIs to partners world-wide and to use its international share examples of how their work is and impartial status to promote and advance supporting the fight against the COVID-19 the global comparability of measurements for: pandemic. The responses received are listed − Scientific discovery and innovation, in a dedicated 'Metrology in the fight against Covid-19' repository, − Industrial manufacturing and international https://www.bipm.org/en/worldwide- trade, metrology/covid-19-metrology.html − Improving the quality of life and 2 • The CCQM developed comparison sustaining the global environment. protocols for organizing scientific comparisons to underpin testing and THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BIPM organized webinars/workshops for the expert community. A recording of the − To represent the world-wide webinar can be viewed at measurement community, aiming to https://youtube/0Jh65cEPIrI maximize its uptake and impact. • A special edition of the JCTLM3 Newsletter − To be a centre for scientific and technical focusing on reliability of measurements in collaboration between Member States, providing capabilities for international 1 measurement comparisons on a shared- BIPM Circular T is the monthly publication of the Time cost basis. Department that provides traceability to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for the local realizations UTC(k) − To be the coordinator of the world-wide maintained by national institutes. Circular T provides the measurement system, ensuring it gives values of the differences [UTC – UTC(k)] every five days, comparable and internationally accepted for about 80 institutes regularly contributing clock and measurement results. clock comparison data to the BIPM. It includes also other information relevant to the computation of these values. 2 The Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Fulfilling our mission and objectives is Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM) is underpinned by our work in: responsible for developing, improving and documenting - capacity building, which aims to achieve the equivalence of national standards (certified reference materials and reference methods) for a global balance between the chemical and biological measurements. It advises the metrology capabilities in Member CIPM on matters related to chemical and biological States; measurements including advice on the BIPM scientific programme activities. - knowledge transfer, which ensures that 3 The BIPM together with ILAC (International Laboratory our work has the greatest impact. Accreditation Cooperation), the IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine) created JCTLM and recently the ICSH (International Council for Standardization in Haematology) joined this committee. One of its principle 2 th BIPM Liaison Report to the 35 ISO/CASCO Plenary to be held in January 2021 November 2020 COVID-19 diagnostics has been published, of the General Conference on Weights and and summarizes submitted articles from Measures (CGPM). JCTLM Members and Stakeholders. The Republic of Belarus became a Member https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/JC State as from 13 January 2020, after having TLM/JCTLM-Newsletter-2020-COVID-19.pdf been an Associate State of the CGPM for more • The BIPM Capacity Building and Knowledge than fifteen years. Transfer programme launched its "Remote The list of Member States and Associate States learning support" initiative in May 2020 with of the CGPM is annexed to this report. the delivery of its first on-line short course for COOMET and its first on-line technical Liaison with international organizations exchange for CMC writers (Q/A sessions). The BIPM has a series of ongoing institutional and technical interaction with over 30 THE CIPM international organizations and international The CIPM appointed two new Consultative bodies. Committee (CC) Presidents at Session II of its Links between the BIPM and the ISO: 108th meeting in October 2019. • Dr Héctor Laiz, Director of Metrology, Quality ISO interacts with the BIPM at senior and Environment at INTI (Argentina) was level through an annual multipartite appointed as the President of the Consultative meeting at the BIPM (with ILAC and Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and OIML); • Vibration (CCAUV). Dr Laiz succeeds Dr Takashi The BIPM collaborates with ISO among Usuda, who had been CCAUV President since with a number of international 2014. organizations to support developing countries through the International Dr Martyn Sené, Deputy CEO of the NPL (UK), Network on Quality Infrastructure was appointed as President of the Consultative (INetQI) (previously known as DCMAS Committee for Ionizing Radiation (CCRI). Dr Network); Sené succeeds Dr Wynand Louw, who has • ISO is a member of the Joint stepped down from the role that he had held Committee for Guides in Metrology since 2014. (JCGM) which promotes and maintains Both Dr Laiz and Dr Sené have been members GUM and VIM; of the CIPM since 2016. • ISO/TC 12: Quantities and units participates in the CCU; The 109th meeting of the CIPM was held on • ISO/TC 43/SC 3: Underwater acoustics 12-14 October 2020. and ISO/TC 108/WG 34: Calibration of vibration and shock transducers All CIPM Decisions are available on the BIPM participate in the CCAUV; webpages. • ISO/TC 212 participates in the CCL; • The BIPM has Liaison A status INSTITUTIONAL NEWS (Organizations that make an effective contribution to the work of the technical Liaison with Member States and committee or subcommittee for questions Associate States of the CGPM dealt with by this technical committee or subcommittee) with the ISO Committees: As of January 2020 the BIPM had 62 Member ISO/CASCO; ISO/REMCO; ISO/TC 12; States, and 40 Associate States and Economies ISO/TC 43/SC 3; ISO/TC 85/ SC 2; ISO/TC 146; ISO/TC 146/SC 3; ISO/TC activities is to maintain a database of reference services 212; and materials that manufacturers in the in-vitro • Provided liaison to ISO/TC 212 WG2 on diagnostics industry can use to meet regulatory requirements for testing in laboratory medicine. ISO 15193, 15194, 15195 and 17511; 3 th BIPM Liaison Report to the 35 ISO/CASCO Plenary to be held in January 2021 November 2020 • Andy Henson, BIPM ILC Department focal point of WG5 on coordination among IOs Director participated in ISO CASCO to better tailor the specific needs of IOs and Working Group 44 for the revision of address more in-depth IO coordination issues. ISO/IEC 17025. He remains part of the INETQI maintenance group for the standard. Independent International Organisation for World Metrology Day Certification (IIOC) and International Each year on 20 May, the world-wide metrology Certification Network (IQNet) joined INetQI community celebrates the day the Metre bringing the number of INetQI members to 14. Convention was signed in 1875. The project is Formalization of liaisons run jointly by the BIPM and the OIML. The The BIPM formalized its long-standing theme for 2020 was "Measurements for global cooperation with ITU and IFCC in June and trade". The theme raises awareness of the September 2020 respectively through the important role measurement plays in facilitating electronic signature of MoUs. fair global trade - ensuring products meet standards and regulations, and satisfying CIPM MRA and KCDB customer quality expectations. The 2020 poster was designed in collaboration The CIPM MRA is the 'Mutual Recognition with the AFRIMETS RMO and specifically with Arrangement of National Measurement AA&W Legal Metrology Egypt. The poster was standards and of calibration and measurement translated into more than 20 languages and certificates issued by National Metrology information on 23 national celebratory events is Institutes'. Participation in the CIPM MRA provided on the 2020 World Metrology Day continues to grow: it has been signed by Resource Website representatives of 102 institutes – from 62 http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/. Member States, 40 Associates of the CGPM The theme for World Metrology Day 2021 will (Morocco is the latest signatory), and four be ‘Measurement for health’ and the international organizations – and covers a collaboration will be with SASO, Saudi Arabia, further 152 institutes designated by the a member of GULFMET. signatory bodies. The OECD/BIPM joint study In respect of implementing the recommendations of the Working Group on the The OECD/BIPM joint study: The Case of the Implementation and Operation of the CIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures, MRA a new database – KCDB 2.0 has been study describing