The regional seminar “Implementation of Quality Management Systems at NMIs according to ISO/IEC 17025”

The workshop “Implementation of Quality Management Systems at NMIs according to ISO/IEC 17025” within SC 4.5 was held on 14–15 October 2009 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Procedures and documents of the quality management system in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 were presented for the quality managers of the NMIs from Central Asian and Caucasian states tems.

The following points were discussed at the workshop:

• Relationship between QMS at NMIs and CIPM MRA
• Role of Quality Managers/Vice-Directors for quality in the process of implementing QMS in NMIs
• Main steps towards implementation of QMS in NMIs and towards peer-reviews of COOMET
• Management and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.