Liaison: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Formal relationship

CIPM-UNESCO Agreement

Links between the BIPM and UNESCO

• The BIPM participates at selected UNESCO events and vice versa.

Purpose

UNESCO seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015.

The BIPM and UNESCO cooperate to ensure effective dissemination of information on the importance of the quality infrastructure and particularly metrology in the scientific and wider context.