Publications and Resources

This study presents a comprehensive benchmarking of Tunisia's quality infrastructure (QI) system. Using the PTB’s analytical tool tailored for national QI systems, the study evaluates the institutional and operational performance of key QI components including metrology, standardization, accreditation, conformity assessment, and market surveillance. The assessment draws on both quantitative indicators and qualitative analysis through stakeholder interviews and document reviews. The findings highlight strengths in Tunisia’s standardization and accreditation frameworks, while also identifying critical gaps in legal metrology and inter-institutional coordination. The report provides strategic recommendations aimed at aligning Tunisia’s QI system with international best practices to support sustainable economic development and facilitate trade.

A Quality Infrastructure Roadmap for green hydrogen. This report, supported by the National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), presents a Roadmap for developing a quality infrastructure system for green hydrogen.

In an increasingly digital world, the PTB has developed a digitalization strategy for its international cooperation activities. This strategy aims to enhance both the internal digital capabilities of PTB's project implementation and support partner institutions—especially in developing and emerging countries—in navigating their own digital transformation. The strategy focuses on four key areas: integrating digital tools in project execution, strengthening digital infrastructure and skills among partner institutions, promoting digitally transformed quality infrastructures (QI), and leveraging QI to facilitate digital change in critical sectors like renewable energy, agriculture, and manufacturing. By fostering reliable data, standards, and digital services, PTB's approach ensures that digital transformation contributes to sustainable development goals (SDGs) and improves the efficiency, accessibility, and resilience of quality systems globally.

This publication, jointly developed by PTB and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), explores the critical role of legal frameworks in supporting and advancing national Quality Infrastructure (QI) systems. QI—including metrology, standardization, accreditation, and conformity assessment—is foundational for enabling safe, reliable products and services, facilitating trade, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report presents guiding principles for the legal structuring of QI systems, aligning them with international practices and ensuring their adaptability in the face of global challenges such as climate change, digitalization, and social equity. Through sector-specific examples and legal guidance, it emphasizes the need for coordinated, transparent, and inclusive legal mechanisms to empower QI as a tool for sustainable economic development, innovation, and social well-being.

A detailed description of the evaluation system used by PTB's Evaluation Unit.