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Results of DEC Needs Assessment Survey 2005
NB Syria and Indonesias responses were
received at the 11th DEC meeting and incorporated
after the meeting.
11th DEC Meeting, Jeju, Korea, September 2005
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• 1. Sent to all APMP developing economy NMIs
  (including Associate Members) on 19 June 2005,
  with several follow-up reminders
• 2. Responses received from No response from
• Fiji 1. Bangladesh
• India 2. China
• Indonesia 3. Egypt
• Malaysia 4. DPR Korea
• Nepal 5. Mongolia
• Pakistan 6. Russia
• Philippines 7. South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Thailand
• Vietnam

DEC Needs Assessment Survey
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• 1. (a) State of laboratory facilities
• 1. (b) List of standards maintained
• 1. (c) Staff numbers
• 2. Staff general
• 3. Global CIPM MRA participation
• 4. National measurement system status
• 5. Other peak measurement agencies
• 6. Legislation
• 7. RD activities
• 8. Bi/multi-lateral projects
• 9. Training provided by NMI

Questions
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• 10. Comparison participation
• 11. Five major concerns
• 12. Calibration needs
• 13. Training needs
• 14. Available professional training
• 15. Income/Expenditure
• 16. Strategic Plan short/medium/long term

Questions (ctd)
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1. (a) State of laboratory
facilities Environmental control poor (Nepal,
Sri Lanka), moderate (Indonesia, Pakistan,
Philippines, Vietnam) or good
(remainder) Internet access poor (Fiji,
Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Thailand), moderate (Pakistan), good (India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam) QS documentation
poor (Fiji, Nepal, Sri Lanka) or good
(remainder) CC/TC representation poor (Fiji,
Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Vietnam)
or good (remainder) Customer needs
identified mostly adequate (b) List of
standards maintained Coverage limited (Fiji,
Nepal) or good (remainder) Clear need for more
comparisons for DE NMIs (c) Staff
numbers Need for more trained scientific staff
in Fiji, Nepal Sri Lanka
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2. Staff - general Reasonable amount of
training being provided Need for
succession-planning guidance 3. Global CIPM
MRA participation Fiji, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Syria yet to participate Mechanisms to
reduce costs and assist participation
needed 4. National measurement system (NMS)
status NMS agencies established in most DE NMIs
except Fiji Sri Lanka (limited in Syria)
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5. Other peak national measurement
agencies Need for networking with other peak
agencies 6. Legislation All except Pakistan
have national measurement legislation 7. RD
activities Only significant RD undertaken by
India 8. Bi/multi-lateral projects Projects
being undertaken by India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Pakistan, Philippines, Syria Vietnam
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9. Training provided by the NMI No training
provided by Nepal or Sri Lanka. Remainder provide
some level of training to private/public
customers overseas NMIs 10. Comparison
participation All except Nepal are
participating, mostly in APMP comparisons
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• 11. Five major concerns
• Maintenance, upgrade, purchase of standards
  equipment
• Staff training upgrade re-skilling
• Traceability calibration services, development
  of capabilities
• Laboratory facilities upgrade
• MRA participation, CMCs, laboratory
  accreditation, Quality Systems, comparisons
• Awareness raising and coordination of National
  Measurement System
• Legal metrology
• Interaction with government industry
• Metrology in Chemistry
• Participation internationally
• RD

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12. Calibration needs Broad range of areas
identified 13. Training needs Broad range of
areas identified 14. Available professional
training Mostly provided by the NMI itself.
Little external metrology training
available. 15. Income/Expenditure (NB Not all
DEs responded) Fiji, Nepal, Philippines,
Thailand totally government funded Indonesia
93.3, Sri Lanka 50 Vietnam 10-15 govt
funded Very small age of GNP spent on
metrology
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• 16. Strategic planning
• Short term
• Equipment procurement
• Training HR development
• MRA CMCs, QS documentation, peer
  review/accreditation, more comparison
  participation
• Improve existing develop new calibration
  services
• Develop infrastructure of calibration
  laboratories
• Survey of calibration, HR and infrastructure
  needs
• Medium term
• Equipment/laboratory/standards upgrade
• Training HR development
• MRA CMCs, peer review/accreditation, more
  comparison participation
• Enhance capabilities, transfer low accuracy work
• Increase international participation
• Realise base units
• Develop metrology legislation

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• 16. Strategic planning
• Long term
• Accreditation
• Self-sufficiency in traceability, realise base
  units
• Chemical (incl. CRMs), ionising radiation
  standards development
• Laboratory upgrade
• Develop new calibration services
• RD
• Networking/coordination of metrology nationally

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Survey responses in detail
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• Continuous temperature/humidity control
• Low age of labs Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Moderate age of labs Indonesia, Pakistan,
  Philippines, Vietnam
• High age of labs Fiji, India, Malaysia, Syria,
  Thailand
• Continuous internet access
• Low age of labs Fiji, Nepal, Philippines, Sri
  Lanka, Syria, Thailand
• Moderate age of labs Pakistan
• High age of labs India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
  Vietnam
• Work procedures written into QS docs
• None/limited Fiji, Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Most/all areas India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
  Pakistan, Philippines,
• Syria, Thailand, Vietnam

1 (a) State of Laboratory Facilities
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• Identified CC/TC representatives
• None/limited Fiji, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
  Syria, Vietnam
• Most/all areas India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
  Philippines, Thailand
• Customer survey of needs undertaken
• No response Malaysia
• None/limited Sri Lanka, Syria
• Moderate India, Nepal
• Comprehensive Fiji (priorities identified),
  Indonesia (2004-2006), Pakistan (2004
  priorities identified), Philippines
• (2000 2004-05 calibration laboratories
  needs),
• Thailand (April 2005 being processed),
• Vietnam (2005)

1 (a) State of Laboratory Facilities (ctd)
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• Fiji Temperature (P NMIA)
• Electrical (P NMIA), TF (P NMIA)
• Mass (P/S NMIA), Force (S NMIA), Humidity
  (S NMIA), High
• flow meter (P NMIA)
• No relevant recent comparisons identified
• India Temperature
• Acoustics (P), Vibration (P)
• Electrical (mostly P), TF (P BIPM)
• Dimensional (P NMIJ)
• Force (P), Humidity
• Recent comparisons in dimensional and most
  electrical quantities and TF

1 (b) Standards maintained
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• Indonesia Temperature (P)
• Acoustics (S NMIA), Vibration (S - NMIA)
• Electrical (mostly S NMIA), TF (P BIPM)
• Dimensional (S)
• Mass (S NMIA), Force (S NMIA), Pressure (P
  PTB)
• Photometry Radiometry (P PTB, NMIA)
• Chemistry (P KRISS)
• Recent comparisons in temperature, voltage,
  resistance, TF, mass, pressure, force,
  photometry radiometry

1 (b) Standards maintained (ctd)
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• Malaysia Acoustics (P NPL, DFM), Vibration
  (P)
• Electrical (mostly S NMIA, JEMIC, BIPM,
  KRISS, NIST), TF (P
• UTC)
• Dimensional (P NPL)
• Mass (P BIPM), Force (P NIST, S NMIA),
  Pressure (P NIST,
• BNM-LNE), Volume Gas Flow (P)
• Photometry Radiometry (S NPL)
• Chemistry (P KRISS)
• Recent comparisons in acoustics, LF electrical,
  TF, dimensional, mass pressure
• Nepal Temperature (S NPLI)
• Mass (P NPLI)
• Force/Pressure (S NPLI)

1 (b) Standards maintained (ctd)
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• Pakistan Temperature (P, S NPL, Guildline,
  NIM, KRISS)
• Electrical (P, S SIRIM), TF (P, S USNO)
• Dimensional (P, S SIRIM, NIM)
• Mass/Force (P, S DKD, PTB), Pressure (P
  SIRIM), Volume (S)
• Spectrophotometry (P NIST), pH (S NIM),
  Conductivity (P),
• Viscosity (S KRISS)
• Limited recent comparisons, in electrical
  spectrophotometry
• Philippines Temperature (P, S - SPRING)
• Electrical (S NMIA, Fluke), TF (P NMIA)
• Dimensional (S NMIA)
• Mass (S NIM, NIMT), Pressure (P, S),
  Viscosity (S)

1 (b) Standards maintained (ctd)
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Sri Lanka Temperature (P) Electrical
(P, S), TF (S USNO) Dimensional (P, S
NPL, NIST, Switzerland) Mass (P BIPM, NPL),
Pressure (P SIRIM), Volume (S) Spectrophotome
try (P NIST), pH (S NIM), Conductivity
(P), Viscosity (S KRISS) Limited recent
comparisons, in temperature and
mass Syria Temperature (S -
JEMIC) Electrical (S - JEMIC), TF (S
JEMIC) Dimensional (S JQA-NMIJ) Mass (S
NMIJ), Force/Pressure (S NMIJ) Limited recent
comparisons, in gauge blocks, mass and
pressure
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• Thailand Temperature (P, S PTB, NMIA, NIMT,
  NPL, NMIJ), Humidity (P, S - NIST, PTB)
• Acoustics (P), Vibration (P)
• Electrical (P, S NMIA, PTB, BIPM, NPL), TF
  (P BIPM)
• Dimensional (P, S SI units, PTB, NMIJ, NMIA,
  NIMT)
• Mass (S PTB, NMIJ), Force (S PTB, NMIJ),
  Hardness (P SI units), Torque (P SI), Flow
  (S SI, NIST), Pressure vacuum
• (National standards PTB)
• pH (P, S NIST)
• Recent comparisons in most areas

1 (b) Standards maintained (ctd)
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• Vietnam Temperature (P NIST)
• Electrical (S, first order NMIA, PTB,
  KRISS), TF (P BIPM)
• Dimensional (P NIST)
• Mass (S BNM-LNE), Force (Ref std KRISS),
  Pressure (P, S
• KRISS, NIST), Hardness (Ref std KRISS),
  Volume flow (P),
• Humidity (Ref std KRISS), Density (Ref std
  NIST)
• Viscosity (Ref std KRISS)
• Spectrophotometry (Ref std KRISS)
• pH (Ref std KRISS), moisture (Ref std
  KRISS)
• Limited recent comparisons, in TF, pressure, pH

1 (b) Standards maintained (ctd)
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• Bachelors/Masters PhD Technical
• Fiji 7 0 12
• India 36 26 39
• Indonesia 34 3 5
• Malaysia 49 4 8
• Nepal 4 1 10
• Pakistan 25 3 29
• Philippines 14 1 7
• Sri Lanka 9 0 2
• Syria 14 3 18
• Thailand 56 12 7
• Vietnam 51 2 15

1 (c) Staff numbers
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2 Staff - general
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3 Global MRA Participation
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4 National Measurement System
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5 Other peak measurement agencies
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6 Legislation
7 RD Activities
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8 Bi/multi-lateral projects
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9 Training provided by NMI
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10 Comparison participation
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11 Five major concerns
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12 Calibration needs
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13 Training needs
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14 Available professional training
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15 Income/expenditure
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16 Strategic plan short term
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16 Strategic plan medium term
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16 Strategic plan long term
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