The outcomes of Ukraine’s participation within the CIPM

Abstract

The article is devoted to the 108th meeting of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) and the meetings of the Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration (CCAUV), the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM), the Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry (CCPR), and the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU). The meetings were held in 2019 at the International Bureau of Weights and Weight (BIPM), in the city of Sevres, France. The specialists from NSC “Institute of Metrology”, SE “Ukrmetrteststandard” and DP NDI “Systema” took part in the meetings, which was made possible due to the accession of Ukraine to the Metre Convention on August 7, 2018.The purpose of the article is to analyse the results of Ukraine’s activities in the work of the CIPM and the results of the participation in the meetings of the Consultative Committees.The CIPM supervises all work in the field of metrology, the joint implementation of which was decided by Member States. In accordance with the Metric Convention, the CIPM is endowed with the authority of exclusive direction and supervision over the BIPM activities.For the time being, the CIPM consists of eighteen members. Each member represents a certain Member State and is appointed by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM). General Director of the National Scientific Centre “Institute of Metrology”, Prof. P. Neyezhmakov was elected as a member of the International Committee for Weights and Measures for the first time since the signing of the Metric Convention. It was a very important event from the point of view of the recognition of the Ukrainian metrological system at the international level (especially its scientific component).The CIPM has ten Consultative Committees (CCs). Each CC is presided by the CIPM Member. The operation of the CCs is an integral part of the mechanism to implement the most important decisions of the highest international metrology bodies. ССs perform the work related with the collaboration between the researchers from different NMIs, which ensures the best results of international comparisons as well as calibration and measurement capabilities of NMIs.The CIPM Subcommittees, Working Groups and Task Groups play an important role in the development and preparation of the CIPM Resolutions and draft working documents on various metrological activities, which are carried out world-wide.