Working and Liaison Groups

  Education & Training WG
  Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability WG
  Metrology in Chemistry WG (MetChem)
  Permanent Liaison Group (PLG)
  Proficiency Testing (EEE-PT) WG
Proficiency Testing WG
  Qualitative Analysis WG
  Reference Materials WG


Proficiency Testing Working Group

The EURACHEM Proficiency Testing Working Group (PTWG) provides a forum within the European chemical measurement community for pursuing excellence in the development and implementation of proficiency testing.
 

Terms of Reference

   The EURACHEM Proficiency Testing Working Group has been established and will operate in accordance with the Constitution agreed in the EURACHEM Memorandum of Understanding.

   To improve the organisation of proficiency testing in Europe.

   To promote best practice in proficiency testing using appropriate mechanisms such as publications, workshops etc.

   To provide a forum for organisers and users of proficiency testing schemes on issues affecting the practice of proficiency testing.

   To organise, on a periodic basis, an International workshop on proficiency testing in analytical chemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine.

   To provide input and comments from the chemical measurement community to the EA/EUROLAB/EURACHEM Working Group on Proficiency Testing in Accreditation Procedures (EEE-PT WG).

   To provide input and disseminate output between EURACHEM and the EEE-PT WG.

   To collaborate and provide input on proficiency testing into other EURACHEM working groups.

   To provide input into international activities related to proficiency testing. 

 

Membership

Brian Brookman, LGC Standards Proficiency Testing, UK (Chair)
Tracey Noblett, LGC Standards Proficiency Testing, UK (Secretariat)
Owen Butler, Health & safety Laboratory, UK
Andreja Drolc, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Ildi Ipolyi, Qualityconsult, Italy
Michael Koch, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Minna Loikkanen, Lab Quality, Finland
Miklos Naray, Hungarian Institute of Occupational Health, Hungary
Ender Okandan, Petroleum Research Laboratory, Turkey
Ulf Örnemark, LGC Standards, Sweden
Halina Polkowska-Motrenko, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Poland
Marina Patriarca / Antonio Menditto, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Piotr Robouch, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, EC
Kees van Putten, DUCARES B.V., The Netherlands

                             

WG members: Left to right:
Marina Patriarca; Ender Okandan; Kees van Putten; Miklos Naray; Irma Mäkinen (past member); Halina Polkowska-Motrenko; Brian Brookman; Tracey Noblett; Barry Tylee;
Antonio Menditto; Michael Koch; Piotr Robouch

                                                                                                                               

Current Activities

A key role of the PTWG is to discuss both input and outcomes of issues addressed at the EA/EUROLAB/EURACHEM Working Group on Proficiency Testing in Accreditation Procedures (EEE-PTWG). The EEE-PTWG discusses issues that go much wider than analytical chemistry, and it is the responsibility of the EURACHEM representatives to ensure that any decisions and outputs of the WG take into account the needs of analytical chemistry. Current representatives of the PTWG who represent EURACHEM on the EEE-PTWG are Brian Brookman, Marina Patriarca and Piotr Robouch. In addition Frank Baumeister (ISWA, Germany) also a EURACHEM representative.

  

Previous Outputs

Past Members

Ellen van Berkel, KIWA NV, Netherlands
Paul De Bièvre (Past Convenor), Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, EC
Nick Boley (Past Convenor), LGC, UK
Steve Evans (Past Secretariat), LGC, UK
Mauri Keinanen, LabQuality, Finland
Nineta Majcen, Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (MIRS)
Irma Makinen, Finish Environment Institute, Finland
Herbert Muntau, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, EC
Ioannis Papadakis, Consultant, Greece
Rainer Schmidt, Bayer AG, Germany
Philip Taylor, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, EC
Barry Tylee, Health & Safety Laboratory, UK
Adam Uldall, DEKS, Denmark
Christoph Von Holst, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, EC

* Contact the PTWG Secretariat