Training and education activities of IAEA

1
Training and education activities of IAEA

• Geetha Sadagopan
• Policy Programme Support Section
• Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste
  Safety
• Department of Nuclear Safety Security

2
CONTENTS

• BACKGROUND
• EDUCATION TRAINING
• Responsibilities
• Strategy
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• FUTURE

3

• BACKGROUND

4
IAEA

• Specialised agency within UN system
• Created in 1957 by international treaty
• 140 Member States
• HQ in Vienna, Austria regional offices/labs

5
IAEA Governance

• Policymaking organs
• General Conference
• Representatives of 140 Member States meet
  annually
• Elects Board, approves Members, approves Director
  General and approves budget
• Board of Governors
• 35 Member States
• 13 designated by Board
• 22 elected by General Conference

Secretariat DG Mohamed ElBaradei 2200 staff
6
IAEA Main Pillars

• Safety and Security
• Science and Technology
• Safeguards and Verification

7
The IAEA is the only organ within the UN system
with specific statutory responsibilities on
radiation protection and safety
8
International Safety Regime

• Binding Conventions
• International Safety Standards
• Provisions for their applications

9
SAFETY FUNCTIONS
IAEA FUNCTIONS IN RADIATION SAFETY
10
Hierarchy of International Standards

• Fundamentals
• Requirements
• Guides

11
Provisions for Applicationsof Standards
12
EDUCATION TRAINING
13
RESPONSIBILITIES
LEGAL PERSONS
MEMBER STATES
IAEA
14
RESPONSIBILITIES

• I- Legal Persons
• Legal persons have the primary responsibility
  for applying the Standards.

15
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• II- Member States
• Governments enforce the standards through, inter
  alia
• A regulatory framework, requiring appropriate
  education training for all concerned personnel
  assigning responsibilities for its provision.

16
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• III- The Agency
• Establishing standards supporting documents

17
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• III- The Agency (contd)
• Establishing standards supporting documents

18
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• III- The Agency (contd)
• Establishing standards supporting documents

19
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• III- The Agency (contd)
• Support for educational training courses,
  workshops, seminars, OJT, scientific visits and
  distance learning.

20
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• III- The Agency (contd)
• Support to MSs for establishing sustainable
  national and/or regional Centers and education
  training programmes.

21
RESPONSIBILITIES (contd)

• POLICY
• Post-graduate educational course
• Specialized training courses
• Workshops
• Fellowships
• Scientific Visits
• Seminars

22
EVALUATION

• Need for more integrated approach.
• Need for more corporate image.
• Reactive rather than proactive.
• Creates a culture of dependency. rather than a
  culture of sustainability.

23
TRAINING STRATEGY

• VISION
•  
• A sustainable education and training system is
  in place in Member States compatible with the
  requirements of the BSS and other relevant
  radiation safety standards.

24
TRAINING STRATEGY

• OBJECTIVES
• To put in place an appropriate education and
  training programme as a mechanism for the
  implementation of the BSS and other relevant
  safety standards
• To encourage appropriate knowledge and
  understanding to promote and sustain safe working
  practices and
• To promote the continuous exchange of information
  between Member States as an essential mechanism
  for establishing and maintaining safety
  NETWORKING

25
ACTIONS Strategic Plan

• Setup a Steering Committee
• Continue developing the network of National,
  Regional and Collaborating Training Centres
• Continue to offer and run seminars, conferences,
  short duration specialist courses and all
  appropriate means to promote the continued
  exchange of information

26
ACTIONS Strategic Plan

• IAEA (contd)
• Set up a robust mechanism for the development and
  updating of appropriate training aids and
  materials (Modular) and optimize the direct
  involvement of specialist Agency personnel in
  training activities

27
ACTIONS Strategic Plan

• IAEA (contd)
• Put in place a procedure which facilitates the
  development of trainers in radiation protection
  and safety and
• Encourage all Member States to develop and
  implement strategies for building competence.

28
Key milestones
Portfolio of training activities
Regional training centers established
Annual summary of training activities from centers
Policy on implementation of the trainers
Completion of initial modules
Initial actions (Action Plan)
Self sustainable training in MSs
2001
2002
2003
2005
2006
2008
2010
29
REVIEWED KEY MILESTONES
Sustainability
30
Strategic Plan - Implementation

• Steering committee established
• Inter Centre Network established
• Standardised training materials developed
• Train the Trainers workshop conducted
• Annual Reports from Training Centres received
• Training needs analysed

31

• ACHIEVEMENTS

32
Implementation of the strategy

• Steering Committee
• Inter Centre Network
• Development of standardised training material
• Train the Trainers
• Appraisal of training centres

33
Implementation of Strategy

• Steering Committee
• Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Cuba,
  Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, France,
  Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Syria, UK,
  USA, EC and IRPA.

34
Implementation of Strategy- (contd)

• Develop, standardize and disseminate training
  material
• PGEC 11 parts completed
• Specialized training gt 30 training packages
  completed
• Distance Learning gt 23 lessons completed
• E-learning gt 2 interactive modules completed

35
Implementation of Strategy- (contd)

• Train the Trainers workshop
• Radiation Protection in Medicine - Regional
  (Czech Republic)
• Radiation Protection in Industry- Regional (NRPB-
  U.K.)
• Radiation Protection in Medicine Inter regional
  (Turkey)
• Radiation Protection in Medicine- Regional in
  Spanish(Argentina)
• Radiation Protection in Medicine- Regional
  (Thailand)

36
Train the Trainers workshop

• National workshops - Radiation Protection -
  (Lithuania. China, Nigeria, Jordan and Vietnam)
• Participants to PGEC in RTCs- Module XI
• More than 600 have benefited from this module
• In addition Training offered by Emergency
  preparedness and response unit
• More than 200 have participated in these
  workshops.

37
Education and Training Appraisal (EduTA)

• Identification of national education training
  needs
• Detailed appraisal of the provision for
• E T in radiation protection
• Results
• developing a national strategy
• in better planning of E T events

38
Training of Qualified Experts

• Develop, standardize and disseminate training
  material
• PGEC 11 parts completed
• Specialized training gt 30 training packages
  completed
• This includes training materials for regulators,
  radiation protectionist, radiographers..

39
Training requirements of RPO

• RPO Syllabus developed
• Core Syllabus
• Supplementary syllabus
• RPO Training Material
• Core material developed - IAEA
• Supplementary material Nuclear Medicine,
  Industrial radiography, Radiotherapy, Unsealed
  sources, Nuclear power plants developed -- RTCs

40
Training requirements of radiation workers

• Illustrative materials developed in thematic
  safety areas to avoid accidents and misses at
  workplace
• Educational material for labour reps. / labour
  instructors being developed- in the form of
  compilation of frequently asked questions

41
Other training requirements- contd..

• Distance Learning
• E learning-
• Web interface developed using DNL Reader
• CD with the training material and DNL reader
  completed
• Pre training to PGEC attendees
• Feed back received positive
• Translation
• Arabic completed
• Russian completed
• Spanish in progress

42

• FUTURE

43
Future Activities

• To implement and maintain the strategy for
  education and training, for radiation, transport
  and waste safety.

44
Future Activities contd

• To establish, implement and maintain a global
  network for fostering information exchange in
  radiation, transport and waste safety as an
  element of the strategic plan

45
Future Activities contd

• To complete the development of training
  materials- Radiation Protection Officers (R.P.O.)
  and less informed target audiences.
• To translate validated training packages into
  official Agency languages

46
Future Activities contd

• To ensure the availability of suitable trainers,
  both national and international, organise Train
  the Trainers workshops- on themes, in accordance
  with the packages developed and introduce them to
  potential lecturers.
• Data Base for Train the Trainers-established
• Data Base updated with participants (national,
  regional and inter regional)
• Separate Data Base created for PGEC participants

47
Future Activities contd..

• To assess the effectiveness of a training centre
  and to systematically assess the training needs
  through Education and Training Appraisals
  (EduTA), using
• the protocol document developed and accepted by
  steering committee
• 3 appraisals completed, 4th planned

48
Thank you!
E-mail G.Sadagopan_at_iaea.org