The MEDEA (PTB Germany) Training Course on Production and Characterization of Reference Materials according to the ISO 34 Series of Standards was virtually held from 25th to 29th January 2021.

A total of 18 representatives from 6 economies including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Philippines and Cambodia participated in the 5-day event. Malaysia was represented by Mrs. Noor Hidaya Abdul Nasir, a Metrologist from the Organic Laboratory of NMIM Chemical Group. Trainers for the course were Dr. Kittiya from National Institute of Metrology Thailand (NIMT) and Mr Paul Armishaw, former staff of National Metrology Institute of Australia (NMIA).

Malaysia, through the National Metrology Institute of Malaysia (NMIM) was appointed as the organizer to conduct the APLMF-MEDEA (PTB Germany) Training Course on Verification and Pattern Approval of Electricity Meters and EV Supply Equipment, virtually  from 18 to 21 January 2021 together with APLMF Course Coordinator, Marian Haire.

Trainers for the course were Dr. Huang Hongtao from National Institute of Metrology, China; Mr. Zheng Jianzhong from Zhejiang Province Institute of Metrology, China; Mr. Ji-Hyun UM and Mr. Min-Joo Ham from Korea Testing Certification. 13 representatives from 13 economies, namely from Australia, Bhutan, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Peru, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the 4-day training course. The representative for Malaysia was Mr. Syarizal Zainal Abidin, a Metrologist from Power and Energy Laboratory of NMIM Electrical Group.

14 Jan 2021: NMIM was invited to share on the roles and functions of NMIM in supporting investment and industrial development in Malaysia to 9 Productivity Nexus, organized by the Delivery Management Office unit, Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC).

The Sharing Session program held online through the Microsoft Teams platform was attended by 43 participants consisting of NMIM and MPC officers, namely from the Productivity Nexus unit, Productivity Growth Research (PGR) and Productivity Frontier Analysis (PFA). During the session, Mr. Hj. Suhaimi Hamad, Director of Productivity Growth Division (PGD) unit of MPC delivered the Opening Speech and was followed by the presentation by Dr. Osman Zakaria, Senior Director of NMIM.

During the question and answer session, both parties raised various questions and discussed further collaboration opportunities. Among those proposed include holding an awareness webinar session to disseminate information on the importance of accurate measurement, NMIM measurement capabilities and national measurement infrastructure to the industry.