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EURAMET – the European Association of National Metrology Institutes

Brussels, ITRE Committee meeting, 25 September 2013

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European Metrology Programme

for Innovation and Research (EMPIR)

Kamal Hossain

EURAMET Chairperson



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Metrology: Science and application of measurement

secure measurements and reference data

do/underpin basic science

drive innvovation

do you get what you

pay for?

safely below radiation limits?

do constants of nature drift with time?

efficiency? quality control in production?

data quality for policy making

sufficient?

precise enough to be

competitive?

Variance in climate modelsVariance in climate models

The growing demand for better measurements

Energy

Science Communications

Environment

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Health & safety

Transport

2% of GDP dependent on a robust measurement system

Role of Metrology in Technology Diffusion &

Innovation

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Metrology enables coping with the increasingly high operational speeds of modern electronic equipment in the European electronics industry.

Drive innovation and increase competitiveness of European industries

Metrology allows embedding nano-objects to improve products such as high strength concrete. For this, mechanical properties of nano-objects are

measured such as nanoparticles, nanowires, nanoscale structures and composite materials.

Metrology supports exploitation of advanced high-pressure technologies in industry, e.g. the application of high pressures in the manufacturing of direct injection fuel systems, which have improved petrol and diesel engine performance.



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Policy support

Metrological infrastructure



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RMOs coordinate the collaboration

between National Metrology Institutes (NMI) within a region

Regional Metrology Organisations (RMO)



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Members:

37 European NMIs

(23 of them actively participating in the EMRP)

Associates:

> 70 Designated Institutes holding national standards

- JRC (IRMM)

EURAMET e.V.

bilateral co-operations since ≈ 1900 EUROMET since 1990 EURAMET e.V. since 2007

European Association of National Metrology Institutes

Cyprus

Secondary calibration lab

National Metrology institute

Check standards

Working standards

Uncertainty



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EMRP

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Hungary

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

UK

EC

Integration

Calls 2009-2013

iMERA-Plus

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

UK

EC

Collaboration

Call 2007

iMERA

Czech

Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

UK

EC

Coordination

MERA

Czech

Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Sweden

Switzerland

UK

Cooperation

EMPIR

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

UK

EC

Reach Out

From 2014

2002 ... ... 2024 ...

Expanding Membership in European Research



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Joint Metrology Research – Some data

imera-Plus 21 projects ended € 63 Mio. funding

EMRP 96 projects running

~ 30 projects to be contracted in 2014 > € 380 Mio. funding

imera-Plus 300 presentations, 90 posters at conferences

350 papers in peer-reviewed journals

Contributions to 14 documentary standards

EMRP: Beyond funded NMIs and DIs: Collaborators and unfunded partners

EMRP Collaborators by type #

Large enterprises 125

Thereof SMEs 62

NMI/DI from Europe 11

NMI/DI from outside Europe 22

Other Organisations (Int. Orgs. SDOs, hospitals ...) 38

Research Organisations 39

University 69



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EMPIR in brief

The European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research is proposed as the successor initiative to the European Metrology Research Programme ("EMRP") and shall:

• be realised as an Article 185 initiative,

• have an overall financial volume of 600 Mio. €, equally contributed by EURAMET members and the European Commission

• have a duration of 10 years with calls launched between 2014 and 2020

• extend the range of activities beyond research by including innovation related, standardisation and capacity building activities

• about double the involvement of external (i.e. non-NMI/DI) project partners.



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Modules of the proposed

European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR)

Module 1: Science

Fundamental scientific metrology

Grand challenges Energy, Environment, Health

Module 2: Innovation Industry-driven joint research

Technology-transfer projects

Module 3: Pre-normative research

Pre- and co-normative metrology R&D

Module 4: Capacity building R&D for measurement capabilities

Capacity building projects

Programme Implementation and Management



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EMPIR

An exciting challenge and a huge opportunity for Europe



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Thank you

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