The participants to the course represented 5 of the GMS countries Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Two participants from the Philippines were also invited to the course. Participants represented the various government agencies involved in different aspects of metrology in their own countries. 
The course will run until May 22, 2009. The first week covers a series of classroom activities focusing on the relationship and competitiveness of an enterprise to benefit economic and social development in the GMS. In the following weeks learning activities including field visits to different establishments in Northeast Thailand will give participants an opportunity to observe actual metrology operations. The last week of the course will require participants to formulate a business proposal on improving the status of current metrology projects in their own countries.