Associate: Costa Rica
The Republic of Costa Rica became an Associate of the CGPM on 29 January 2004.
CIPM MRA
Signatory/NMI
Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrología
Designated institute(s)
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Laboratorio Metrológico de Variables Eléctricas
Laboratorio Nacional de Metrología, Grandes Masas y Volumen
For mass measurements from 50 kg to 1000 kg, and volume measurements from 20 dm3 to 5000 dm3 (from 24 March 2010)
San José
Laboratorio de Fuerza del Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales
Laboratorio de Metrología, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
For photometry and radiometry, fibre optics, wavelength and length (from 04 November 2016)
San José
International recognition
CBKT
Nationals having participated in / benefited from the BIPM CBKT programme
BIPM-SIM Training course: KCDB 2.0 (2022)
Dr Luis Chaves (LACOMET) - Delegates
Dr Jorge Delgado (RECOPE) - Delegates
Mr Oscar Fallas (ICE-LMVE) - Delegates
Dr Carolina Herrera - Delegates
Dr Róger Irías (LACOMET) - Delegates
Dr Johnny Jiménez (LAMETRO-ICE) - Delegates
Dr Olman Ramos (LACOMET) - Delegates
Dr Patricia Soto (RECOPE) - Delegates
Dr Roger Adrian Villalobos Perez (LAMETRO-ICE) - Delegates
KCDB 2.0 - TC Chairs in Chemistry and Biology (2021)
Dr Marcela Prendas (LACOMET) - Delegates
Dr Sandra Rodríguez (LACOMET) - Delegates
KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers in Chemistry and Biology (2020)
Dr Brian Calderon (LACOMET) - Attendee
Dr Bryan Calderón-Jiménez (LACOMET) - Attendee
Dr Jimmy Venegas Padilla (LACOMET) - Attendee
‘Train the trainer’: Transitioning to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the CIPM MRA (2018)
Dr Christopher Cortés (LACOMET) - Participant
2016 - Leaders of Tomorrow (2016)
Mr Luis Fernando Chaves Santacruz (LACOMET) - Participant
National institute having sponsored a BIPM CBKT initiative (in full or in part)
No sponsorship yet.