RCARO Temp Staff Programme 2010 (1 st Sept th Nov., 2010 RCARO Temp Staff Programme 2010 (1 st Sept th Nov., 2010) Zhou Hang Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS) P.R. China www. gxaas. net

Contents Introduction to RCARO 1 Assignments at RCARO 2 Lessons Learned from RCARO 3

1.Introduction to RCARO 1.1 What is Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA)? The RCA is an inter-governmental agreement for East Asia & Pacific region, under the auspices of the IAEA, in which the Government Parties undertake, in co-operation with each other and with the IAEA to promote and co-ordinate co-operative research, development (R&D) and training projects in nuclear science and technology through their appropriate national institutes. The RCA was started in 1972 and with the participation of 17 Member States.

1.2 Established of RCARO To provide enhanced visibility for the RCA and developing partnerships with other international organizations, RCA Regional Office (RCARO) was established on 27 th March, 2002 in Daejeon, Korea. 1.3 Major Functions of RCARO To increase RCA visibility To promote RCA viability

2.Assignments at RCARO  To review the RCARO website, learning the mission, history, Member States, and cooperation projects of RCARO September  Search the homepage addresses of 17 Member States, copy the address and first screen of homepage of NR of Member states. 1-4 October  Help to do the preparation of RCARO Panels, 7-11 October  Attending the international training course on radiation techniques application during October  Help to combine the 39th RCAGCM - Meeting Report, October  Check the relevant documents of RCA, 1-5 November  Search the information of International Conferences and Symposium on Radiation and Isotope in 2011 from IAEA website, November

2.1 Search the homepage addresses of 17 Member States by using search the internet, for example Yahoo, Google and so on, get the address and first screen of homepages of NR of Member states. CountryOrganizationhomepage addressRemark Australian Australian Nuclear Science and Technology organization (ANSTO) BangladeshBangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) ChinaChina Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) India Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India IndonesianBATAN (Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional ) Japan Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, MOFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Korea Atomic Energy Cooperation Division, MEST (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) MalaysianMalaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia) Mongolia NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency of the Government of Mongolia) Myanmar DAE (Department of Atomic Energy), MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology) n=com_content&task=view&id=85

CountryOrganizationhomepage addressRemark New Zealand GNS (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences) oratories-Facilities/National-Isotope- Centre2 PakistanPAEC (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission) PhilippinePNRI (Philippine Nuclear Research Institute) SingaporeNEA (National Environment Agency) Sri LankaAEA (Atomic Energy Authority) Thailand Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) VietnamVAEC (Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission)

2.2 Help to do the preparation of RCARO Panels  RCA-UNDP Joint Project on a Post -Tsunami Environmental Impact Assessment  RCA Project on Combating Soil Erosion-Caused Land Degradation in the Asia and Pacific Region--RAS5043  RCA Project on Distance-assisted Training for Nuclear Medicine Technicians - RAS6029

2.3 Attending the international training workshop on Research Reactor Utilization and Radiation Techniques Application From 12 to14 Oct., attended the 2010 RCARO/KAERI REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP: Research Reactor Utilization and Radiation Application Technology in Advanced radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Jeongeup, Jeollabuk.

2.4 Help to combine the 39th RCAGCM - Meeting Report Total 11 files of the 39th RCAGCM: Meeting Report, RCARO SAC Meeting Report, Meeting Agenda, Follow up Actions, RCA Programme of , Appointment of RCA Chair,RCA GOR (Operational), RCARO Director report and List of Participants had been combined a Final Meeting Report by Dr. Maeng-Ho Yang’s guidance.

2.5 Check the relevant documents of RCA RAC Projects: Completed Projects and Ongoing Projects RCA Policy Documents  Annual Reports of  32 nd -38 th RCA GCMS  25 th -31 st RCA NRMS  RCA Regional Profile  Working Group Meeting on TCDC  RCA Medium Term Strategy for  RCA Strategic Priorities for  Report of the first RCA NRM(WGM) Result Found two unavailable documents

2.6 Search the information of International Conferences and Symposiums on Radiation and Isotope in 2011 From the IAEA website, the information of 44 International Conferences and Symposiums on Radiation and Isotope in were been collected, include the date, name, venue, contact unit or person, , website and so on.

3.Lessons Learned from RCARO Understanding about the operation of RCARO for the enhancement of RCA. Understood importance meetings and conferences related to the RCA actives. Once the temp staff were selected they should be informed in well advance of the nature of assignment to be done by them at RCARO so that they can come with well preparation. RCARO should have a annual plan on activities to be assigned to its Temp Staff.

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