1. IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency RCA Project on Sustainability of Regional Radiation Protection Infrastructure Project Concepts and the Programme PRINATH DIAS RCA Focal Person Division for Asia and the Pacific Department of Technical Cooperation IAEA/RCA Meeting for Establishment of a Regional Forum for Regulators in the Framework of RASaReN Vienna, Austria 15-19 October 2007

2. IAEA MAIN TOPICS RCA Programme Vision Infrastructure Statistics Information Sources RCA Project on Sustainability of Regional Radiation Protection Infrastructure (RAS/9/042) Rationale Objectives Outputs Objectives of the Meeting

3. IAEA RCA Programme RCA is an inter-governmental agreement among 17 IAEA Member States in the Asia and Pacific Region established for promotion of regional cooperation in utilization of nuclear technology for socio-economic development

4. IAEA RCA Programme RCA Vision To be recognized as an effective partner in providing nuclear technologies that address socio-economic needs and contribute to sustainable development in the region

5. IAEA RCA Programme RCA has a well established infrastructure National RCA Representatives Thematic Sector Lead Country Coordinators Project Lead Country Coordinators National Project Coordinators Project Teams RCA Regional Office

6. IAEA RCA Programme Number of projects – 20 Number of regional events per year – 45 (approx.) Annual Budget – 3.4 million $

7. IAEA RCA Programme Information sources RCA Public web-site – www.racro.orgwww.racro.org RCA Members Only web-site : www.rca.iaea.orgwww.rca.iaea.org IAEA TC Web-site - www-tc.iaea.org TC-PRIDE - wwwtc.iaea.org/tcpride PCMF - http://pcmf.iaea.org/

8. IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency RCA Project on Sustainability of Regional Radiation Protection Infrastructure (RAS/9/042)

9. IAEA Rationale for the Project Past RCA and non-RCA Regional Projects have significantly contributed to establishment / improvement of radiation protection infrastructures in the RCA Member States. The focus of the current RCA Project is on assisting the Member States to sustain the developed infrastructure mainly through development of networks to ensure continuation of regional cooperation

10. IAEA Project Objective To assist RCA Member States to: to sustain their radiation protection infrastructures, to maintain standards of radiological measurements, to maintain a skilled manpower base in the region to refine methods and mechanisms of regional co-operation in radiation protection, to promote regional self-reliance, networking, and mutual support, to pursue and develop subject matter with a common approach to waste management strategies and environmental discharge criteria; to create a regional network of regulatory authorities

11. IAEA Project Objective (continued) to create a regional network of regulatory authorities to establish a regional ALARA network to create an RCA regional focus group or network of medical practitioners to create a regional network of decision makers on radiological emergency preparedness and response

12. IAEA Outputs 1. Overall strategy for sustainable Radiation Protection Infrastructures in the participating RCA Member States 2. An action plan for regional sustainability in regulatory infrastructure by the participating RCA Member States. 3. An action plan for regional sustainability in occupational exposure by the participating RCA Member States. 4. An action plan for regional sustainability in medical exposure control by the participating RCA Member State. 5. An action plan for regional sustainability in public exposure control by the participating RCA Member State. 6. An action plan for regional sustainability in radiological emergency planning and preparedness.

13. IAEA Planned and Implemented Events in 2007 NoEventHost CountryDates 1Meeting of the Network of Cardiologists Trained by the IAEA in Radiation Protection Malaysia17-18 Mar 2Project Planning MeetingSri Lanka7-11 May 3Regional Field Exercise in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for Extended Response by Radiological Assessors Ukraine14 – 18 May 4Meeting for Establishment of a Regional Forum for Regulators in the Framework of RASaReN Vienna15-19 October 5 Regional Meeting on ALARA and Establishing a Regional ALARA Network Republic of Korea 3 – 5 December

14. IAEA Events Planned for 2008 NoEventDates 1Meeting for Establishing a Network of Medical Practioners for Patient Exposure Control 14-16 Jun 2RTC on Current trends in Environmental Discharges and Networking 14-18 Jul 3 Regional Meeting for Emergency Management Decision-makers 21-25 Jul 4Meeting to Initiate Regional External Dosimetry Intercomaprison 18-22 Aug 5Meeting for the Establishment of an Asian ALARA Network 27-31 Oct

15. IAEA Objectives of the Meeting To establish a new Regional Forum for the Radiation Protection Regulators in the region Develop and action plan for regional networking and information exchange using RaSaeN as a tool for sustainability of radiation protection infrastructures in the region To review and plan future activities

16. IAEA Expected outputs Agreement on the time frame and the basis for the development of an action plan for establishment of a regional network Agreement on the scope of the regional events to be implemented

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