Publications and Resources

CALIDENA is a participatory methodology developed and implemented by PTB to stimulate quality in value chains. It aims to systematically and sustainably support the improvement of the national Quality Infrastructure in developing countries and emerging economies. This handbook gives a structured overview of the approach and the key elements of the methodology. The target audience are project coordinators and members of steering committees of development projects, facilitators, as well as representatives of Quality Infrastructure organisations and private sector organisations, who plan to work in the intersection between value chains and Quality Infrastructure.

The guide presents different tools to facilitate the development of new services and the consolidation of existing services of National Metrology Institutes. The tools are a compilation of recommendations based on the experience of National Metrology Institutes that participated in both phases of the project “National Metrology Institute-Metrology Users Relations".

The "QI toolkit" was developed jointly by the World Bank Group and the PTB. The publication comprises practical case studies and examples on the application of the toolkit. Based on past projects and programs it presents the lessons learned and challenges faced in establishing Quality Infrastructure services and institutions in each context. The focus of the publication lies on established trade regions and covers countries such as Brazil, East Africa, Ethiopia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Pakistan, South Africa, and Turkey.

The document presents a summary of a joint research project of the PTB and the German Development Institute. The document outlines the key characteristics of the project such as the scope, methodology, duration, and target group. The objective of the project is to identify broad trends in green technologies in specific countries by exploring developments in green market technologies. The project focuses especially on areas that promise important environmental improvements and can make a positive impact on socio-economic development.

Jointly developed by the World Bank Group and PTB, the Rapid Diagnostic Tool (RDT) is aimed to help development partners and governments to analyse countries´ Quality Infrastructure (QI) ecosystems, provide recommendations to bridge gaps in the QI ecosystem, support reforms, and build the capacity of institutions. The RDT consists of several questions that are collated to provide an overall score from 0 to 4. These scores are then utilized to construct a QI radar diagram which is a graphical depiction of the current state of the Quality Infrastructure. This tool is understood as a first step before using the "Comprehensive Diagnostic Tool". It provides a benchmark of how well a country is performing compared to international good practices.