Ghana to mark International Metrology Day slated for May 20, which also commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875, a treaty that provides coherent measurement system worldwide.
A statement signed by Mr George Crentsil, Executive Director of Ghana Standards Authority and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the theme for the anniversary is: “Measurement and Light.”
The event is organised jointly by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the International Organisation of Legal Metrology, which develops international recommendations aim at aligning and harmonising requirements for instruments worldwide.
The Day recognized and celebrates the contributions of the people that work in inter-governmental and national organisations throughout the year.
The statement said the Day is aligned with the international year of light and light-based technologies proclaimed by the General Assembly of the UN and organized by UNESCO.
It said the event would celebrate the central role of light to life whether as a source of energy, as the basis for photonic technologies or as a source of wonder and excitement.
The statement explained that metrology, the science and application of measurement plays a central role in enabling the application and advancement of light-based technologies whether for more efficient energy production, a better understanding of climate change or optimal lighting of cities.
It noted that light is at the heart of many of most important new element of leading-edge measurement technologies.
The statement added that across the world, national metrology institutes continually advance measurement science by developing and validating new measurement techniques at whatever level of sophistication is needed.
“They also participate in comparisons coordinated by the Bureau International des Poids et Measure to ensure the reliability of measurement results worldwide”, it added.
It said many measuring instruments are controlled by law and subject to regulatory control, including the scales used to weigh goods in a shop, instruments to measure environmental pollution or meters used to bill energy.
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