The national institute for the prevention of occupational risks (Institut national de la prévention des risques professionnels (INPRP)) in Algiers, which has functioned as the CIS National Centre since 2005, has newly created a laboratory of metrology which aim at promoting and improving conditions of work, including safety and health.

The laboratory is to contribute to the prevention of occupational risks and work-related accidents and diseases. Its specificity and means allow it to intervene on a whole range of activities including measuring occupational exposure to noise, vibrations, chemicals, ionizing radiation, etc., elaborating technical guidelines inherent to these risks and providing guidance to reduce or eliminate them.

Accessible to public and private enterprises, this laboratory offers its services to occupational safety and health specialists, occupational health physicians, universities and laboratories.

At the last annual Meeting of CIS Centres that took place in Dusseldorf (Germany) on 20 September, Dr Farida Iles, Director General of INPRP, asked the representatives of CIS Centres to initiate a partnership with the INPRP, and invited specialists from other countries to visit the laboratory in order to share their expertise.