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In 2015, EURAMET established the Board of Directors’ Working Group for Capacity Building (WGCB) to strengthen and reorganise the role and position of the previous Focus Group on Facilitating National Metrology Infrastructure Development. Ahmet Ömer Altan (TÜBITAK UME, Turkey) is the first Convenor of the WGCB and took over the position in January 2016 for a two-year term.

After his studies in Geography at the University of Minnesota (USA), Ömer started his career in the financial sector. In 2005, he joined the National Metrology Institute of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK UME) as Specialist responsible for International Relations and Coordinator of the Project Implementation Unit for the World Bank Industrial Technology Project. In 2010, Ömer started a two-year secondment at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in Paris (France) as Executive Secretary of the Joint Committee of Regional Metrology Organizations and the BIPM. Since 2014, he has held the position of Head of the International Relations Department at TÜBITAK UME.

“As Convenor of the WGCB, my objective is to ensure the most effective utilization of all resources available for capacity building, from EMPIR as well as other sources, to reduce developmental disparities within the European metrology landscape. Additionally, I will focus on broadening the participation in capacity building activities to all EURAMET members.”

Ömer has a lot of experience working within the EURAMET community. As Contact Person, he contributed to the Focus Group for Facilitating National Metrology Infrastructure Development between 2007 and 2010 and again in 2015. He was member of different core and working groups, and acted as a trainer and organiser of training and workshop programmes.