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CARIMET REPORT 2001

CARIMET REPORT 2001. Presented by: Hermon Edmondson Coordinator SIM AGA 2001. BACKGROUND. Changes in Leadership of CARIMET Mr Roosevelt DaCosta Dr. Omer Thomas Mr. Hermon Edmondson. Major Successes. CARIMET was host of the SIM AGA in 2000: Seminar on “Metrology: Key to Global Trade;

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CARIMET REPORT 2001

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  1. CARIMET REPORT 2001 Presented by: Hermon Edmondson Coordinator SIM AGA 2001

  2. BACKGROUND • Changes in Leadership of CARIMET • Mr Roosevelt DaCosta • Dr. Omer Thomas • Mr. Hermon Edmondson

  3. Major Successes • CARIMET was host of the SIM AGA in 2000: • Seminar on “Metrology: Key to Global Trade; • CAMET/CARIMET Workshop on pesticide residue • Metrology Act and Regulations passed in St. Lucia, other countries very active with promulgation. • All members (except Suriname/Haiti) now have a National Bureau of Standards (NMI)

  4. Coordination • Two meetings of CARIMET were held; • Key persons in attendance were Heads of Standard Bureaux, CariCoM • ·     Draft MOU to secure a formal agreement among CARIMET members • · A proposed CARIMET budget and possible source of funding • ·  Proposed policy framework and strategy for future business in CARIMET – (3 –5 years) • ·  The relationship of CARIMET with the soon to be established Caribbean Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ);

  5. TRAINING • CARIMET participated in the following SIM courses: • Legal Metrology, Brazil: Jamaica, • Thermometry, Argentina: Jamaica • Mass and Related Quantities, Costa Rica: Trinidad and Tobago • Electricity and Magnetism, Mexico: Jamaica • Labelling and Packaging, Miami: Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica & St. Kitts • Genetically Modified Foods, Miami: Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica & St. Kitts.

  6. Training (Cont’d) • Other Courses: Legal Metrology, UK: St Lucia •  Presentations: Two papers at SIM Week 2001. • Jamaica & Barbados assisted the following countries with training: • St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts & Nevis: By way of attachment • Guyana: In early August 2001, Mr. T. Mitchell (Jamaica) went to Guyana to provide training in Legal Metrology through a CDB funded project, • The regional courses for mass and uncertainty were not held

  7. PROMOTION OF METROLOGY • Presentations were made to: • Caribbean Common Market Standards Council - CCMSC (held in Grenada and Jamaica) the Coordinator of Carimet (Mr. Roosevelt DaCosta). X 2 • Government Ministers • Seminars: St. Lucia (1) • Haiti/Jamaica agreement

  8. FACILITIES UPGRADE • Initiated discussions with the PTB as well as SIM on the need to determine the existing measurement and testing capability in CARIMET. • ANDIMET/ CAMET model for PD being proposed for CARIMET. • Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) procured basic equipment for Weights and Measures through a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) project; • St Lucia and Trinidad procured additional eqpt.

  9. INTERCOMPARISONS • Very Limited participation in SIM intercomparisons • PTB Sponsored Volume Intercomparison was called off; • Future Comparisons in Dimensional and Temperature

  10. WORKING GROUP MEETINGS • Mass and Related Quantities, Costa Rica: Trinidad & Tobago • Static Volume & Flow Metrology, Mexico: Jamaica • Electricity and Magnetism, Mexico: Jamaica • Legal Metrology, Miami: Jamaica

  11. WORK PLAN 2001/2002

  12. COORDINATION • Will hold two meetings of CARIMET: •    Will hold one meeting of CARIMET Professional Development sub-committee: •   Will hold one (1) meeting of CARIMET Technical Sub-committee; •   Will hold one meeting of the CARIMET Executive Committee;

  13. Coordination • Will improve communications between NMI’s in CARIMET by: • Complete compilation of an up to date data base with contact and e-mail addresses; • Develop a CARIMET sub site of the SIM Website for posting all documenting notices, instructions, actions and required responses; •  Create a CARIMET forum on the SIM Website; • Cooperation with UWI to host video-conferencing.

  14. Training • Participate in at least 3 SIM Courses: Quality Systems for Metrology; General Metrology for Beginners, IDB Training/ • Inter-regional and intra-regional practical attachments and technical assistance • To develop a CARIMET audio-visual training and promotional aid

  15. Promotion of Metrology • Promote Metrology to the Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED); • Promote Metrology to Government and Private Sector in at least three members states; • Each territory to organize at least one Metrology seminar with support from SIM/CARIMET; • Jamaica & Trinidad to seek membership in CIPM

  16. FACILITIES UPGRADE      To initiate the following projects: • Assessment of measurement and testing capability in CARIMET for the purpose of rationalization; • A regional time & frequency project; • Seek funding for basic metrology equipment

  17. INTER-COMPARISIONS                SIM Intercomparisons: i)  Participate in at least three intercomparisons              CARIMET Intercomparisons i)       Mass intercomparison - • ii)     Volume intercomparison iii) Pressure Intercomparison

  18. OTHER • Utilize existing country-country arrangements to improve Metrology activities • Special outreach to Haiti and Dominican Republic.

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