Short IMEKO News December 2021

• IMBiH, the Metrology Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a new member organisation, join IMEKO. The Presidential Board warmly welcomed them and approved their Observer status until the next GC session.
• The new, faster way of approving Technical Committee members, scheduled quarterly and events (immediately when initiated) had its trial and works well.
  Event organisers are advised to check the „How to Organise Document” to ensure all the requirements are fulfilled. This document can be found in the download section of the IMEKO Webpage.
• The cooperation between IMEKO and EUROLAB has been renewed and extended. Both presidents signed a new Memorandum of Understanding; of IMEKO, Professor Frank Härtig, and EUROLAB Dr Paolo Moscatti.
  EUROLAB will join and support several IMEKO events in 2022.
  A series of “45 Minutes Seminars” are planned by the Technical Committees TC11 Measurement in Testing, Inspection and Certification, and TC24 Chemical Measurements. EUROLAB also support the conferences of TC23 Metrology in Foods and Nutrition and the TC6 Digitalisation in September 2022.
  The two organisations will explore further opportunities.
• The Ludwig Finkelstein Medal: The IMEKO President, Prof Frank Härtig, received the Finkelstein Medal from the UK member organisation for his notable contribution to measurement internationally.

There will be more to read on these topics in the upcoming newsletter.