REPORTS FROM THE BOARD

摘要

I provided some background information about EUROMET in my report for the April Board meeting. The membership of EUROMET includes all the EU and EFTA NMIs as well as the EU Accession States and the European Commission. Other European states may apply for membership based on certain published criteria. The organisation currently has 27 full participating members and a number of corresponding applicants and other corresponding NMIs. Our current Chairman of EUROMET is Paul Hetherington, Director of Ireland's National Metrology Laboratory, and I shall succeed Dr. Hetherington as Chairman following the next General Assembly in June 2004. All the members contribute financially to the associated costs of operating the secretariat and managing the website . The objective of EUROMET is to promote the coordination of metrological activities and services, with the purpose of achieving higher efficiency. Its work is coordinated by eleven Technical Committees, including an Interdisciplinary Metrology committee, which considers cross-cutting issues and oversees the review of NMI quality systems. In the course of last year, EUROMET adopted a revised strategy in response to the changing national, European and world metrology scenes. The new strategy envisages increased collaboration, covering a range of activities from more open planning of future work and investments, through integrated and complementary research activities, to increased mutual dependence in terms of service provision.