Terms of Reference

1. The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group has been established and will operate in accordance with the Constitution agreed in the Eurachem Memorandum of Understanding.
2. The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group will attempt to have representatives from each of the member states of Europe either as Full Members or as Corresponding Members*.
3. The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group will elect a Chairperson who will serve for a period of 2 years with a possibility of serving for a further 2 years after which time a new Chairperson will normally be elected. A Vice-chairperson will be appointed by the Working Group to serve for a period of 2 years with possible extension for one further period. To preserve continuity the Chairperson and Vice-chairperson should not complete their term of office at the same time.
4. The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group will collate and evaluate information on the state of education and training in analytical science in different countries. The Working Group members will promote the concepts and importance of training, in particular, with respect to the development of teaching materials and courses on quality management which emphasise metrology. Members will report on these activities at the annual meeting.
5. The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group will disseminate information on training courses for professional analysts in the workplace which cover quality management with an emphasis on metrology.
6. The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group will collaborate with other organisations having similar or complementary aims.
7. The Eurachem Education and Training Working group will meet annually at the General Assembly and review progress of projects against the Work programme.

* Full members agree to attend meetings and carry out tasks agreed at the annual Working Group meeting

Corresponding members agree to comment on draft papers sent out to the Working Group

Members

*Corresponding member

Activities

Current

1. Collate and evaluate information on the state of education and training in analytical science in different member states in particular with respect to the development of teaching aids and training materials on quality management which emphasise metrology.

2. Contribute to the development and delivery of education and training in chemical metrology and quality assurance for both analytical scientists and the broader community by producing freely available materials. Current activities are:

• Development and maintenance of a reading list to support teaching and training of metrology in chemistry and quality assurance. Click here to access the reading list.
• Revision of the Eurachem/CITAC 'Guide to Quality in Analytical Chemistry: An aid to accreditation'

 3. Organise workshops in metrology in chemistry which bring together academic staff, industrial scientists, instrument manufacturers and students.

4. Collaborate with other interested organisations such as EuCheMS, Eurolab, IRMM for TrainMiC and AcadeMiC, UK Chemical and Biological Metrology programme.

Specific projects in each area will be agreed at the Working Group meetings. Each work package will have a group of members identified in the Minutes to carry the project forward.

Past

• Publication of the 2nd edition of the Guide: Terminology in Analytical Measurement: Introduction to VIM 3
• Publication of an information leaflet on terminology
• Publication of an information leaflet on the revision of ISO/IEC 17025
• Training event on ISO 15189:2022 – The New Standard for the Competence of Medical Laboratories (Nicosia, March 2023)
• Training event on Accreditation of Analytical, Microbiological and Medical laboratories – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 & ISO 15189:2012 (Nicosia, February 2020)
• Workshop on Data – Quality, Analysis and Integrity (Dublin, May 2018) 
• Training course and workshop on Key Challenges in Internal Quality Control (Berlin, October 2012)
• Workshop on Key Quality Assurance Challenges for Analytical Measurements (Moscow, May 2011)
• Development of a questionnaire to seek information about activities in teaching and training in metrology in chemistry

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Last Updated: Friday, 05 May 2023 12:09

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