The legal basis of the System for assuring uniformity of measurements of the Republic of Belarus  (SOEI) was laid down in 1995 in the law "Assurance of uniformity of measurements" and in the Directive of the Government of the Republic of Belarus.

 

The Sate metrology service is headed by a national metrology body – State Committee for Standardization оf the Republic of Belarus (Gosstandart of Belarus).

 

Management:	Dr. Valery Koreshkov Chairman
Address:	93, Starovilensky  trakt, Minsk, 220053, Republic of Belarus
Telephone:	+ 375 17 233 52 13
Fax:	+ 375 17 233 25 88
E-mail:	belst@anitex.by

 

Major brunches of activities are the follows:

-         Maintenance of a common policy on the matters regarding assurance of uniformity of measurements as well as coordination of implementation and development of SOEI and Accreditation System of Republic of Belarus;

-         Development of legal and other Directives aiming at assurance of uniformity of measurements;  definition of priorities in improving the metrology;

-         Organization of development and approval of national standards and other normative documents regulating implementation of SOEI;

-         Organization of publication and dissemination of technical standards and scientific-technical information in the field of metrology including reference data;

-         Type approval of imported and domestically produced measuring instruments;

-         Organization and performance of metrological surveillance over measuring instruments and implementation of metrological directives pertaining to measurements of radioactive pollution  of environments and all kinds of raw materials and products;

-         Coordination of cooperation in the field of metrology and laboratory accreditation at the international level; representation of the Republic of Belarus in the international metrology organizations and collaboration with national metrology and accreditation organizations of other countries.

 

Gosstandart coordinates the work of the following:

-         Interindustry Commission of time and frequency and determination of the Earth rotation parameters,

-         Interindustry Commission of reference substances and materials of composition and properties;

-         Interindustry Commission of reference data of physical constants and properties of substances and materials.

 

Technical basis of SOEI is represented by 24 national and primary measurement standards of the Republic of Belarus and about 3500 reference measuring instruments.

 

The leading organization in the field of developing and maintenance of measurement standards is the national metrology institute - Belarussian State Institute of Metrology  (BelGIM).

 

Management:	Prof. Nikolai Zhagora Director
Address:	93, Starovilensky  trakt, Minsk, 220053, Republic of Belarus
Telephone:	+ 375 17 233 55 01
Fax:	+ 375 17 288 09 38
E-mail:	coomet@coomet.belpak.minsk.by coomet@belgim.by

 

The major activities of BelGIM are as follows:

-         development of scientific-methodological and procedural basis of SOEI;

-         coordination and performance of fundamental and practical researches with the purpose to assure uniformity of measurements;

-         development, maintenance and comparison of national measurement standards;

-         reproduction of units of measurements and their dissemination to the measurement standards at the level   of metrology services of enterprises and accredited laboratories;

-         carrying out of methodical administration in developing the programs of metrological assurance  and metrological surveillance and control over the use and implementation of measuring instruments;

-         development of a uniform scientific-technical policy in the field of metrology and assurance of the uniformity of measurements and laboratory accreditation;

-         development of normative and methodological documents in the field of metrology;

-         carrying out of state type approval tests, state verification, calibration and metrological evaluation of measuring instruments and other metrology related work;

-         maintenance of the state register of approved measuring instruments and reference materials  and the register of national and primary measurement standards.

-         carrying out of metrological evaluation of measurement procedures and test equipment; accreditation of verification and calibration and test laboratories;

-         participation in the cooperation projects in the field of metrology at regional and international levels as the National metrology institute (NMI);

-         participation in the training and improving of professional skill of personnel engaged in metrology and accreditation activities.

 

The state metrology service includes 15 district metrology bodies of Gosstandart.

 

Besides collaboration within COOMET there are good relations in the field of metrology with the following organizations:

-       International organization of legal metrology (OIML);

-       International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM);

-       International Labour Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC);

-       Intergovernmental Council on standardisation, metrology and certification.