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Claire Saundry, Ph.D.
Director, International and Academic Affairs
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Eighth Regular meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology
Washington DC. November 14-15, 2013
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Membership: National Metrology
Institutes (NMIs) located in the 34
member nations of the OAS
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Mission: To promote and support an
integrated measurement infrastructure
in the Americas that ensures equity in
the marketplace, improves the quality of
life and facilitates international trade.
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International Role: Regional Metrology
Organization (RMO) for the Western
Hemisphere, one of 5 RMOs currently
recognized within the framework of the
International Committee on Weights and
Measures Mutual Recognition
Arrangement (CIPM MRA).
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OAS/FEMCIDI - Metrology and National Measurement Standards to
support Environmental Sustainability and the Enhancement of Human
Health, Safety and Prosperity in the Americas (2010-2011)
US Mission to the OAS - Enhancing National Measurement Infrastructure in
the Americas (2011-2012)
NIST - Advanced Internships (2011-2012)
OAS/FEMCIDI - Strengthening National Metrology Institutes in the
Hemisphere: an essential element in the development of National Quality
Infrastructure (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2016)
US Mission to the OAS - Renewable Energy and Climate Science:
Metrology and Technology Challenges in the Americas (October 2013 September 2015)
NIST - SIM Metrology School (2013)
Workshop on
Renewable Energy and Climate Science for the Americas:
Metrology and Technology Challenges
CENAM, Queretaro, Mexico
October 8-9, 2013
SIMMetrology School 28 October – 1 November
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Planning underway for four workshops:
◦ Training - "Calibration of Oscillation Densimeters“
(Bogota, Colombia 16-18 December)
◦ Training - Biomedical equipment in CAMET (early
2014)
◦ Training - Statistics for Chemistry (early 2014)
◦ Training Workshop - Anti-Venom production - Sao
Paulo, Brazil, February 24-26, 2014.
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Internships/Advanced Metrology Training
Argentina - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología
Industrial
Ecuador - Instituto Ecuatoriano de
Normalizacion
Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards
El Salvador - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia
y Tecnología
Propiedad Intelectual
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
Bahamas Ministry of Lands and Local
Government
Grenada Bureau of Standards
St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards
St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Government of
Saint Vincent
Barbados National Standards Institution
Guatemala Centro Nacional de Metrología
Suriname Metrology Unit
Belize Bureau of Standards
Guyana Bureau of Standards
Trindidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
Bolivia - Instituto Boliviano de Metrología
Haiti - Ministry of Commerce and Industry
USA - National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Brazil - Instituto Nactional de Metrologia,
Qualidade e Tecnologia
Honduras - Centro Hondureño de Metrologia
Jamaica Bureau of Standards
Venezuela Servicio Autonomo de
Normalizacion Calidad y Metrologia #
Mexico - Centro Nacional de Metrologia
Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay
Canada – National Research Council
Chile - Instituto Nacional de Normalización
Nicaragua - Laboratorio Nacional de
Colombia - Instituto Nacional de Metrología de Metrologia
Colombia
El Centro Nacional de Metrología
Costa Rica Laboratorio Costarricense de
de Panamá
Metrología
Paraguay Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia y
Dominica Bureau of Standards
Normalizacion
Dominican Republic Dirección General de
Normas y Sistemas de Calidad
Peru Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la
Competencia y de la Proteccion de la
# Inactive