RCARO Roles Current Status and Future Directions July 13, 2010 Mr. Maeng-Ho YANG, Ph.D. Head, Programme Division RCA Regional Office (

RCA Regional Office 2 2 Contents I.RCARO Roles and Status II.Past Achievements III.Current Status and Issues IV. Future Directions

RCA Regional Office 3 3 Year Remarks 2001RCA Member States welcomed Korea’s offer to host RCA Regional Office 2002The office was established and inaugurated in Daejeon, Korea 2003RCA adopted the first Resolution to provide the RCARO with legal frameworks- the roles and status of the RCARO 2005RCARO entered into full operation after three year interim one. 2007RCA adopted 2nd Resolution under which RCARO Director has the authority to act on behalf of the RCA 2012RCARO’s 10 th Anniversary Milestones of RCARO I.RCARO Roles and Status(1)

RCA Regional Office 4 Arab States in Asia(7) ARASIA ARCAL AFRA RCA Africa(29) Asia & the Pacific(17) Latin America(19) RCARO Status : IAEA TC and RCA RCA Regional Office 4 Regional Cooperative Agreement 2012 : The 40 th anniversary of RCA 1972: The Regional Co-operative Agreement was put into force I.RCARO Roles and Status(2)

RCA Regional Office 5 the 32 nd NRM (27-30 April 2010, Manila) 15 projects for 2009~2011 ( 2009 budget : about USD 3 mil.) I.RCARO Roles and Status(3)

RCA Regional Office 6 RCARO – Governing Bodies and Missions VISIBILITY VIABILITY to promote partnership for RCA to enhance awareness of RCA  General Conference Meeting  National Representative Meeting  Standing Advisory Committee (RCA)  Steering Committee (in Korea, as a host country) I.RCARO’s Roles and Status(4) Mission 1 Mission 2 Governing Bodies

RCA Regional Office 7 Roles and Responsibilities of RCARO To seek out opportunities for the RCA to participate in projects funded by major regional and international donors including international agencies To promote the peaceful uses of nuclear technology to address regional and national needs To enhance visibility of RCA at regional and national fora To implement the directives from RCA Member States as agreed at the Meetings of National RCA Representatives I.RCARO’s Roles and Status(5)

RCA Regional Office 8 Activities on the RCA’s Awareness Publications of Promotional Materials on RCA ( brochures, Success Stories, Information Kit, a promotional video, etc) Development of database to facilitate interactions with stakeholders/end-users (RCARO Homepage) Incorporation of Members Only Homepage into RCARO website for the establishment of RCA knowledge base Presentations and exhibitions in international meetings Assistance to facilitate information flow amongst MSs II. Past Achievements(1)

RCA Regional Office 9 RCA Awareness Increasing Activities by RCARO II. Past Achievements(2)

RCA Regional Office 10 Publication of RCA Success Stories 1 st Batch (2007)2 nd Batch (2008)3 rd Batch (2010) Drinking Water Air Pollution Tissue Banking Distance Assisted Training Advanced Materials 5 Stories Published4 Stories Published Plant Breeding Marine Pollution Prevention Geothermal Exploration NDT 4 Stories Published Energy Analysis & Planning Livestock productivity Landuse Petrochemical Industry II. Past Achievements(3)

RCA Regional Office 11 Partnership Promotion Activities UNDP: Post-Tsunami Environment Impact Assessment Project using Nuclear or Isotope Based Techniques ADB/CAI: Joint Development of Air Quality Management DB PEMSEA : Participation in the EAS Congress 2009 in the area of Marine Environment Management ESCAP : Application is to be done accordingly to a new announcement by ESCAP II. Past Achievements(4)

RCA Regional Office 12 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 by ROK Government and UNDP(K) Result Success Story for the fourth Batch Project Summary II. Past Achievements(5)

RCA Regional Office 13 Nuclear Knowledge Preservation Programmes PROGRAMMEREMARK 1Post-doctoral Fellowship Training Programme 45 Fellows completed the programme since RCA/KAIST Master’s Degree Course 20 students have received degree since RCARO Temp Staff Fellowship Programme 16 temp staff have been assigned since Joint Training Program with ARCCNM 25 trainees awarded in 2009 II. Past Achievements(6)

RCA Regional Office 14 III. Current Status and Issues(1) RCA Regional Profile – January 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 international meetings and exhibition events. Activities on the RCA’s Awareness Nuclear Knowledge Preservation Programmes RCARO could take actions properly in response to increasing demand from Member States in step by step manner.

RCA Regional Office 15 III. Current Status and Issues(2) Partnership Promotion Activities Results of RCARO workshop in July 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

RCA Regional Office 16 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 explore the ways to support RCA-FP and to participate in RCA projects. During the 32 nd 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

RCA Regional Office 17 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

RCA Regional Office 18 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.

RCA Regional Office 19 Thank you for your attention. Questions?