RCARO Roles Current Status and Future Directions

RCARO Roles Current Status and Future Direc-

tionsJuly 13, 2010

Mr. Maeng-Ho YANG, Ph.D.Head, Programme Division

RCA Regional Office(WWW.RCARO.org)

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ContentsI. RCARO Roles and Status

II. Past Achievements

III.Current Status and Issues

IV. Future Directions


Year Remarks

2001 RCA Member States welcomed Korea’s offer to host RCA Regional Office

2002 The office was established and inaugurated in Daejeon, Ko-rea

2003 RCA adopted the first Resolution to provide the RCARO with legal frameworks- the roles and status of the RCARO

2005 RCARO entered into full operation after three year interim one.

2007 RCA adopted 2nd Resolution under which RCARO Director has the authority to act on behalf of the RCA

2012 RCARO’s 10th Anniversary

Milestones of RCARO

I. RCARO Roles and Status(1)


Arab States in Asia(7)

ARASIAARCAL

AFRA RCAAfrica(29) Asia &

the Pacific(17)

Latin America(19)

RCARO Status : IAEA TC and RCA

RCA Regional Office

4 Regional Cooperative Agreement

2012 : The 40th anniversary of RCA 1972: The Regional Co-operative Agreement was put into force



the 32nd NRM (27-30 April 2010, Manila)

15 projects for 2009~2011 ( 2009 budget : about USD 3 mil.)



RCARO – Governing Bodies and Missions

VISIBILITY

VIABILITY to promote partnership for RCA

to enhance awareness of RCA

General Conference MeetingNational Representative MeetingStanding Advisory Committee (RCA)Steering Committee (in Korea, as a host country)

I. RCARO’s Roles and Status(4)

Mission 1

Mission 2

Governing Bodies


Roles and Responsibilities of RCAROTo seek out opportunities for the RCA to participate in projects

funded by major regional and international donors including in-ternational agencies

To promote the peaceful uses of nuclear technology to address regional and national needs

To enhance visibility of RCA at regional and national foraTo implement the directives from RCA Member States as agreed

at the Meetings of National RCA Representatives

I. RCARO’s Roles and Status(5)


Activities on the RCA’s Awareness

Publications of Promotional Materials on RCA ( brochures, Suc-cess Stories, Information Kit, a promotional video, etc)

Development of database to facilitate interactions with stake-holders/end-users (RCARO Homepage)

Incorporation of Members Only Homepage into RCARO website for the establishment of RCA knowledge base

Presentations and exhibitions in international meetingsAssistance to facilitate information flow amongst MSs

II. Past Achievements(1)


RCA Awareness Increasing Activities by RCARO



Publication of RCA Success Stories1st Batch (2007) 2nd Batch (2008) 3rd Batch (2010)

Drinking Water Air Pollution Tissue Banking Distance Assisted Train-

ing Advanced Materials

5 Stories Published 4 Stories Published Plant Breeding Marine Pollution Prevention Geothermal Exploration NDT

4 Stories Published Energy Analysis & Planning Livestock productivity Landuse Petrochemical Industry



Partnership Promotion ActivitiesUNDP: Post-Tsunami Environment Impact Assessment

Project using Nuclear or Isotope Based Techniques ADB/CAI: Joint Development of Air Quality Management

DBPEMSEA : Participation in the EAS Congress 2009 in

the area of Marine Environment ManagementESCAP : Application is to be done accordingly to a new

announcement by ESCAP



Successful Project : RCA-UNDP-RCARO Project on Post-Tsunami Environment Assessment

Purpose Contribution to mitigation of environmental impacts of coastal areas in Member States hit by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004

Topical Objectives Assess sedimentary pollution by tsunami Assess contamination of soil/water Assess impacts on coral reefs

Participating Member States

14 (AUL, BGD, CPR, IND, INS, MAL, MYA, NZE, ROK, PAK, PHI, SRL,THA, VIE)

Budget USD 100,000 per annum funded for 2006-2009 by ROK Government and UNDP(K)

Result Success Story for the fourth Batch

Project Summary



Nuclear Knowledge Preservation Programmes

PROGRAMME REMARK

1 Post-doctoral Fellowship Training Programme

45 Fellows completed the pro-gramme since 2002

2 RCA/KAIST Master’s De-gree Course

20 students have received degree since 2002

3 RCARO Temp Staff Fel-lowship Programme

16 temp staff have been assigned since 2004

4 Joint Training Program with ARCCNM

25 trainees awarded in 2009



III. Current Status and Issues(1)

RCA Regional Profile – January 2010 - More Assistance requested in the awareness and promotion of the technologies to aware of nuclear technologies and their advantages to stakeholders

RCARO has been doing successfully its activities for promoting RCA’s Awareness and would continue current activities such as publication of success story, promotion video, presentation in interna-tional meetings and exhibition events.

Activities on the RCA’s Awareness

Nuclear Knowledge Preservation ProgrammesRCARO could take actions properly in response to increasing demand from Member States in step by step manner.


III. Current Status and Issues(2)Partnership Promotion Activities

Results of RCARO workshop in July 2009. - It is difficult to develop partnership projects with novel application of nuclear techniques other than the RCA projects. - RCARO continue to investigate potential funding source for partnership development and could consider outsourcing of promotional experts for partnership development. - RCARO will focus on the feasibilities of expanding the application of RCA project results and further development of the RCA projects.

Major Issues(examples) - Lack of information and experiences, no mechanism and promotional experts to develop partnership projects in strategic manner. - Difficulty in meeting RCA criteria and those of potential partners, utilization of nuclear techniques and no overlapping with RCA projects


III. Current Status and Issues(3)

New Demand for supporting RCA Programme Activities

RCA Projects are core and important activities in RCA programme. But RCARO has not participated in RCA projects and may have to ex-plore the ways to support RCA-FP and to participate in RCA projects.

During the 32nd NRM in April 2010, Member States suggested RCARO’s roles ; - In effective transmission of information of RCA programme to MSs

- Improving awareness of NPCs on RCA policy matters during progress and review meeting of RCA projects - Participation in RCA project meeting


IV. Future Directions(1)Situation of RCA System to be considered- Year by year change of RCA Chair - Change of National Representative and experts involved in member States- RCA –FP‘s heavy workload with less available supporting staffs in IAEA-TCAP, recruitment of new RCA –FP this year - Long time planning and implementation of RCA projects

Collaboration and cooperation with RCA-FP and MSs in the role to be considered- Transmission of information of RCA programme and projects to MSs

- Improving awareness of NPCs on RCA policy matters during progress and review meeting of RCA projects - Participation in project meeting(such as MTS, program formulation, project planning, designing, implementation, assessment) - Post management of finished RCA projects


Step by step extending of RCARO ‘s role and activities with recommended prioritization - but keeping given RCARO’s mandates and activities - considering manpower capacity and resources available

IV. Future Directions(2)Approaching Strategies

In short term, supporting RCA-FP in facilitation of RCA projects meeting and depository function of project and meeting documents by RCA homepage

In long term, establish the share of roles and responsibilities in supporting RCA-FP as the regional office for RCA programme.


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