Who are we?
The CITAC Initiative aims to foster collaboration between existing organisations to improve the international comparability of chemical measurements.
Where are we?
CITAC is an international organization, having members from all continents. Since the CITAC Chair and Secretary are elected every three years, their offices are ‘moving’ around the world.
What do we do?
CITAC develops new guidelines in the field of metrology in chemistry in cooperation with international sister organizations such as Eurachem and IUPAC, organizes conferences and workshops in this field.
NEWS
NOTICE BOARD
In accordance with established CITAC procedures, there have been changes to the member list of the CITAC Executive Committee.
Dr. Zoltan Mester, who was CITAC Chair for the 2023–2026 term, has handed over his duties to the new Chair, Prof Dr Ricardo J. N. B. da Silva, and has now assumed the role of Past-Chair of CITAC.
As of November 1, 2026, the new list of the Executive Committee is as follows:
1. Chair – Prof. Dr. Ricardo J. N. B. da Silva
2. Past Chair – Dr. Zoltan Mester
3. Vice-Chair and Secratary – Prof. Dr. Felipe R. Lourenço
4. CITAC News Editor – Dr. Tang Lin Teo
6. Web Editor – Dr. Narine Oganyan
Sincerely,
CITAC Executive Committee
LATEST MEETINGS
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
2026 The Eurachem/CITAC Workshop on Quality in Analytical Measurements
The Workshop will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, (10)*–12 May 2026 *Traning course on uncertanty evaluation The first circular
2025 The Workshop on metrology in chemistry: Presentation and discussion of the CITAC best papers 2024
The Workshop on metrology in chemistry: Presentation and discussion of the CITAC best papers 2024 was organized on 17 June 2025
2023 The IUPAC/CITAC Workshop on Metrology, Quality and Conformity Assessment
The IUPAC/CITAC Workshop on Metrology, Quality and Conformity Assessment The event was held in Tel Aviv, Israel, 17-18 Jan 2023, in conjunction with Isranalytica 2023
CITAC NEWS
Being created in 1993, CITAC informs communities of analytical chemists and metrologists about its activity every year in the CITAC News issue. Typically CITAC News starts with the Foreword of the Chair, Address of the Vice Chair, Message from the CITAC Secretary and Editorial by the CITAC News Editor. The table of contents contains annual liaison reports of the international sister organizations, most interesting/important papers on metrology in chemistry won the annual CITAC award, messages of the new members, meeting reports and announcements about coming events in the field of metrology in chemistry, updated CITAC members list, etc.
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