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About NCSL International

NCSL International was formed in 1961 (as NCSL*) to promote cooperative efforts for solving the common problems faced by measurement laboratories. Today, NCSL International has over 1500 Member Organizations from academic, scientific, industrial, commercial and government facilities around the world. This wide representation of experience provides Members a rich opportunity to exchange ideas, techniques, and innovations with others engaged in measurement science.

NCSL International is a nonprofit organization, whose membership is open to any organization with an interest in the science of measurement and its application in research, development, education, or commerce.

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Our Vision

Promote competitiveness and success of NCSL International Members by improving the quality of products and services through excellence in calibration, testing, and metrology education and training.

Our Mission

The mission of NCSL International is to advance technical and managerial excellence in the field of Metrology, Measurement Standards, Conformity Assessment, Instrument Calibration, as well as Test and Measurement, through voluntary activities aimed at improving product and service quality, productivity, and the competitiveness of Member Organizations in the international marketplace.

NCSL International accomplishes its mission through activities whose purposes are to:

		Promote voluntary and cooperative efforts to solve common problems faced by its Member Organizations.
		Promote and disseminate relevant information that is important to its Member Organizations.
		Formulate consensus positions of the Membership when requested by outside organizations and government bodies that will serve all or segments of the Member Organizations.
		Advance the state-of-the-art in metrology and related activities in both the technical and the management area.
		Provide liaison with technical societies, trade associations, educational institutions, and other organizations or activities that have common interests.
		Assess metrology requirements and develop uniform, recommended practices related to the activities of the Membership.
		Provide a forum to accomplish the objectives of NCSL through conferences, Regional and Sectional meetings, Committee activities, and publications.
		Serve as an effective channel to assist various national laboratories disseminate information to metrological communities, and to collect and present information to strengthen and improve national measurement systems and the horizontal linkages between these systems.

*NCSL= National Conference of Standards Laboratories

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