1. Gulf Association for Metrology Da Nang Viet Nam, 16-18 November, 2016
GULFMET
Progress Report
32nd of APMP GA
Da Nang Viet Nam, November, 2016

2. In This Presentation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Introduction
The 35th JCRB Meeting Actions 2
GULFMET Membership status 3
BIPM Membership status 4
The outcomes of 11th GULFMET Meeting 5
The 2nd Gulf Metrology Forum 6
Building Technical Competency 7
e GULFMET and Website 8
GULFMET challenges 9

3. Introduction GULFMET commitment
GULFMET continues its efforts in fulfilling the requirements to join JCRB as a full member in accordance with procedures CIPM MRA P 01 procedure.
GULFMET focuses in its efforts on:
strengthen the technical capacity and raise the efficiency of its Technical Committees (TCs).
implementation of the Roadmap which has been prepared based on the requirements of CIPM MRA P 01 procedure,
GULFMET commitment

4. GULFMET Membership status
UME :- Turkey
KRISS :- Korea
NIS : - Egypt
SCL : - Hong Kong
IMBiH :- Bosnia and Herzegovina
GULFMET Members:
United Arab Emirates
Kingdom of Bahrain
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sultanate of Oman
State of Qatar
State of Kuwait
Republic of Yemen
GULFMET Associate Members:
* NIMIM of Malaysia and NIST of United state are invited to join GULFMET as an associate member

5. BIPM Membership status
United Arab Emirates ( Member)
Kingdom of Bahrain ( not yet)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( Member)
Sultanate of Oman (Associate member)
State of Qatar (Associate member)
State of Kuwait ( in process)
Republic of Yemen (Associate member)
  EMI ( UAE) has been APMP associate member 

6. GULFMET Accreditation Plan
EMI ( UAE) has achieved accreditation by UKAS
NMCC (Saudi Arabia) Documentation Stage
PAI Calibration Lab. ( Kuwait) Under process
Other Members - (initial stage)

7. The 35th JCRB Meeting Actions
GULFMET Actions
Action 35/01: GULFMET is encouraged to register their comparisons (except those used for training purposes) in the KCDB and is reminded of the guidance on comparisons given in CIPM MRA-D-05, particularly section 5.1, regarding linkage between CIPM and RMO key comparisons.
Action taken by GULFMET
ARAMET Application
GULFMET have communicated officially with  both SASO and YSMO about
their membership in ARAMET.
No response from YSMO due to  the war situation .
SASO has confirmed its full membership in ARAMET and confirmed its
participation in the activities related to the CIPM MRA through GULFMET.

8. The outcomes of 11th GULFMET Meeting
Hosted by :
The Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA)
24th – 28th April, 2016.
The 5 GULFMET technical committees (TCs) held their meetings during the GULFMET events
During :
GULFMET TCs
24 April 2016
GULFMET TC L
GULFMET TC T
25 April 2016
GULFMET TC EMFT
25-26 April 2016
GULFMET TC Mass
26 April 2016
GULFMET TC QS

9. The outcomes of 11th GULFMET Meeting
Select
Mr. Salah S. Al-Rumaihi as a new GULFMET President for 3 years ( Nov. 01, 2016 – Oct. 31,2019).
Agree on
Starting review of other RMOs CMCs
Recommend
To cover GULFMET TCs Chairs participation’s expenses to BIPM CCs meeting
Recommend
To start Joint research programs with GULFMET associate members (UME , KRISS, NIS, and SCL).
Approve
GULFMET TCs Action plans and ILCs programs

10. Review other RMO CMCs GULFMET involvement in reviewing other RMO CMCs
EURAMET.M , APMP.TF and SIM.L

11. The 2nd Gulf Metrology Forum
Patronage
Will be held under the patronage of H.E the Prime Minister of State of Qatar (probably)
4 - 6 December 2017
Doha : State of Qatar
Dates Venue
Metrology & Energy
Forum Theme
Organizers
Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting GOIC
Ministry of Environment, Qatar
Gulf Association for Metrology (GULFMET)
GCC Standardization Organization: GSO
The Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS)

12. Building Technical Competency
Planned Inter-Laboratory Comparisons
ILC Field
Pilot Lab
Scheduled on
Status
Gas pressure up to 7 MPa
UME
( Turkey)
2016
1 kg stainless steel
UMI (Turkey)
Force
June 2016
GULFMET TC Mass
ILC Field
Pilot Lab
Scheduled on
Status
Resistance (100 ohm)                                    
UME
(Turkey )
Q3 2016
Inductance (10 mH and/or 100 mH)        
UME (Turkey)
Capacitance (10 pF and/or 100pF)           
(Turkey)
Voltage (10 V and V)
SCL
(Hong Kong)
TBA
GULFMET TC EMTF

13. Technical Protocol (reviewed and approved )
Building Technical Competency
Planned Inter-Laboratory Comparisons
ILC Field
Pilot Lab
Scheduled on
Status
Inter-comparison for Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometers ( SPRT)
UME (Turkey)
Q3 2016
GULFMET TC T
ILC Field
Pilot Lab
Scheduled on
Status
Inter-comparison for Gauge block by comparison
EMI (UAE)
Q3 2016
Technical Protocol (reviewed and approved )
Gauge Blocks
(Purchased)
GULFMET TC L

14. Coming Training Course
Building Technical Competency
GULFMET Training Course
Mass and related quantities Measurement training course (Mass, Pressure and Force)
14-18 Aug. 2016
Hosted by Emirates Metrology Institute (EMI)
12 delegates
2016 Training Course
workshop on Inter ‎laboratory Comparison (ILCs)
21-23 Nov. 2016
Host by ESMA
25 delegates (expected)
Coming Training Course
Leaders of Tomorrow
Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer Programme
BIPM training course “

15. Building Technical Competency
BIPM training course (Coming )
Leaders of Tomorrow
Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer Programme
Venue and Date
BIPM / Paris Nov
GULFMET Delegates
1 delegate

16. e GULFMET and Website Issue : 2 Date : 15 June 2016, GULFMET website
Cover all GULFMET Activities since March 2016
GULFMET website
GULFMET website Under construction
Estimated completion date :
October 2016

17. GULFMET Challenges Falling oil prices:
Global oil prices have fallen sharply over the past seven months, leading to significant revenue shortfalls in GULFMET Member states.
GULFMET Recent challenges
Turmoil and instability in Turkey:
TÜBİTAK UME of Turkey has a significant contribution in GULFMET progress.