Associates - Benefits and commitments

Benefits

Activities open to Associates:

• Attending meetings of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) (BIPM's plenary body) without voting rights
• Becoming an observer of the Consultative Committees of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) (BIPM's executive body)
• Accessing international comparisons organized by the BIPM and obtaining internationally recognized Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs) published in the BIPM Key Comparison Database (KCDB)
• Contributing to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
• Attending meetings of Directors of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs), Member State and Associate Representatives
• Accessing BIPM Capacity Building and e-learning activities

Commitments

Associates commit to:

• Supporting the mission of the BIPM to sustain, enhance and develop global comparability of measurements through:
  • Maintaining and disseminating the International System of Units (SI) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC);
  • Promoting metrological coordination and collaboration;
  • Adhering to the Resolutions of the General Conference.
• Supporting the BIPM financially by paying:
  • an annual subscription.

See Notification - BIPM.

Find the full list of Associates: https://www.bipm.org/en/associates.