The International Bureau of Weights and Measures has the mandate to provide the basis for a single, coherent system of measurements throughout the world, traceable to the International System of Units (SI). This task takes many forms, from direct dissemination of units (as in the case of mass and time) to coordination through international comparisons of national measurement standards (as in electricity and ionizing radiation).

Following consultation, a draft version of the BIPM work programme is presented at each meeting of the General Conference for consideration with the BIPM dotation. The final programme of work is determined by the CIPM in accordance with the dotation agreed by the CGPM:
Work Programme 2016-2019 Dotation 2016-2019 (voted Nov. 2014)	Work Programme 2013-2015 Dotation 2013-2015 (voted Oct. 2011)

See also:

• The BIPM Capacity Building & Knowledge Transfer Programme