Member States - Benefits and commitments

Benefits

Activities open to Member States:

• Attending and voting at meetings of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) (BIPM's plenary body)
• Eligibility for a candidate to be elected to the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) (BIPM's executive body)
• Becoming a member or observer of the CIPM Consultative Committees
• Accessing calibration services, through the BIPM laboratories
• 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

Member States commit to:

• Furthering 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 Metre Convention and the Resolutions of the General Conference.
• Supporting the BIPM financially by paying:
  • an entrance fee upon accession
  • an annual contribution
  • ad hoc supplementary contributions, as required.

See Notification - BIPM.

Find the full list of Member States: https://www.bipm.org/en/member-states.