What is it about?
COOMET is a Regional Metrology Organization (RMO) that establishes cooperation between the national metrology institutions of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It was founded in June 1991 and renamed Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrology Institutions in May 2000. COOMET is open to any metrology institution from other regions: they can join as Associate Members. The current 15 members of COOMET are the metrology institutions from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazahstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. In addition, there are 3 Associate Members: Germany, DPR of Korea, and Cuba.
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Why is it important?
These objectives are accomplished by cooperation between interested COOMET Member Countries with regards to supporting activities related to the accreditation of national metrology institutes (NMIs), as well as calibration and measurement laboratories.
Perspectives
During these years COOMET has been improving the efficiency of cooperation and gaining more authority at both international level. The objectives of COOMET are the following: - Provide assistance in effectively addressing any problems relating to the uniformity of measures, uniformity of measurements and the required accuracy of their results; - Provide assistance in promoting cooperation between national economies and eliminating technical barriers for international trade; - Harmonize activities of metrology servicees of the Euro-Asian couttries with similar activities in other regions.
Prof. Pavel Neyezhmakov
National Scientific Centre Institute of Metrology
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This page is a summary of: A Conversation with COOMET, NCSLI Measure, September 2011, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/19315775.2011.11721563.
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