Quality Infrastructure
What is quality infrastructure?
Mesopartner offers advisory and facilitation services for the establishment, development, and enhancement of quality infrastructure (QI) in developing and emerging countries.
Mesopartner QI Team
Knowledge
Mesopartner is active in the generation and dissemination of QI knowledge.
Talks, “Charlas con Ulrich” (Spanish),
Training
Mesopartner offers different on-site training formats around QI:
Quality Infrastructure for Development: Advanced Training in
Frankfurt from 20 - 22 October 2025
QI 101 – Introductory training of organisations and project teams getting to know the basics of QI and relate to broader developmental topics
Research
Mesopartner is actively involved in social and economic research on QI.
Partners
Prof. Dr. Knut Blind
Chair of Innovation Economics, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli
UNESCO Chair in ST&I Policies for Sustainable Development in Latin America at United Nations University UNU-MERIT, Maastricht and
UNI Roma3, Department of Economics
Ann-Sara-Ramkissoon, PhD candidate, Università di Firenze
Juan Sebastián Parada Portilla, Economic and Social Studies Coordinator at ONAC
Publications
Bhatnagar, A., Yadav, S., Achanta, V., Harmes-Liedtke, U. & Rab, S. 2024. Handbook of Quality System, Accreditation and Conformity Assessment, Singapore, Springer.
Harmes-Liedtke, U./ Flores, M., (2023) Systemic Approaches to Quality Infrastructure: A Comparative Study Between Germany and Mexico.
Harmes-Liedtke, U. Schoen, C. Bathmanathan, V. Ramkissoon, A. (2023). Assessment of Malaysia’s National Quality Infrastructure. Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry Department of Standards Malaysia: 275.
Harmes-Liedkte, U. and Schoen, C. (2022). Quality Infrastructure Rapid Diagnostic Tool - User Guide. Berlin and Braunschweig: PTB.
Harmes-Liedtke, U. (2010). The Relevance of Quality Infrastructure to Promote Innovation Systems in Developing Countries. Discussion Paper. PTB. Braunschweig, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt: 27.
Harmes-Liedtke, U. and Oteiza, J. J. (2011). Measurement of Quality Infrastructure. Discussion Paper. Braunschweig, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt: 39.
Ramkissoon, A.-S., Giovannetti, G. and Harmes-Liedtke, U. (2024) The Impact of Quality Infrastructure on Global Value Chain Participation. 4.
Schoen, C., Kristiningrum, E. (2023). Indonesia´s and Germany´s QI Systems at a Glance — A Comparative Analysis, GIZ, Global Project Quality Infrastructure.
Our Clients
We work closely with various international cooperation organisations engaged in QI and with national, regional and international QI institutions.
PEM Consult, Öffnet externen Link in neuem Fenster, Germany
SEPT, International Program at Leipzig University on Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Additional Resources
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Approaching Mesopartner themes in a complexity-sensitive way
Assessment of Malaysia's National Quality Infrastructure
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Calidena Toolbox
Can standards help developing countries phase into a green economy
GQII Global Quality Infrastructure Index 2020 Report
Gaining Systemic Insight when facing complexity
Indonesia's and Germany's QI Systems at a Glance: A Comparative Analysis
Micronarratives of change and progress. Improving the quality of essential and vegetable oils in South Africa
National Quality Policy for Trinidad & Tobago 2018-2030
PTB Info Calidena Toolbox
Quality Infrastructure Rapid Diagnostic Tool - User Guide
Quality Infrastructure enables the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved
Report on the first QI research workshop on 27 April 2023 at PTB in Berlin
Systemic Approaches to Quality Infrastructure - A comparative study between Germany and Mexico
The Great Sustainability Transformation and Mesopartner's role
The Impact of Quality Infrastructure on Global Value Chain participation
