1. How to encourage the involvement of different stakeholders in implementing ALARA?
WG 1

2. Some questions we discussed
who are the SH in the different fields ?
how to stimulate involvement ?
which kind of tools, platforms,
carrots to attract SH
when SH involvement is required ?
who is responsible for the process ?
needs for mediation, facilitation ?
relation between discussion and decision ?

3. Diagnosis Experience in involvement of stakeholders
is mostly on environmental issues e.g. contaminated area
almost non existing in other areas
In some countries :
meeting between inspectors and workers during inspections e.g. not required by regulation but part of internal procedure in Czeck republik
permanent commitee advising the board of regulatory body in Ireland

4. Diagnosis There is a high diversity of stakeholders
depending of the field
the relevance of them depend also on the phase of the project
To be motivated, SH need some freedom and independence :
possibility to examine options
influence the decision

5. Conclusion
Involvement of stakeholders should be part of the decision making process in radiation protection optimisation because experience show that it improves the quality and sustainability of the decisions made.

6. Recommendation to all national radiation protection and nuclear regulatory bodies
To create effective platforms for dialog and communication facilitating stakeholder involvement. These platforms are case specific :
comittees at national or local levels
public meetings
networks
direct dialogue with affected people
....
To make sure that there are systematic processes by decision makers to address stakeholders’ interests/involvement

7. Recommendations to EAN
To initiate WG on involvement of workers as stakeholders in occupational exposure management
To take part in international efforts towards increasing stakeholder involvement in radiation protection, e.g.
to contribute to discussion on a code of conduct currently being prepared by British, French, Spanish RP societies
to collect examples of stakeholder involvement in our network and disseminate them

8. Recommendation for WG2
Inclusion of ALARA in education of various health professionals to a larger extent than has previously been the case is a prerequisite to improve optimisation in a wide and increasing variety of diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ionizing radiation in medicine