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Work in RCARO
Shi Shuhui Project Officer Department of
International Cooperation Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences
23 Sep.2009
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Content
Background of Success Stories
Lessons Learned from RCARO
Recommendation of Success Stories
General Suggestion
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Background of Success Stories
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Objective of Success Stories (1)

• In order to increase the awareness of the
  outcomes from RCA projects, RCARO has published
  Success Stories in various areas. The specific
  objectives of Success Stories were
• To attract significant donor and other sources of
  funding to the RCA programme, to ensure its
  sustainability, on identifying, compiling and
  preparing its achievements in the form of
  interesting and well presented success stories

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Objective of Success Stories (2)

• To demonstrate that RCA has the resources,
  capability, knowledge and ability to address and
  contribute to the solution of problems in the
  region that are having a socio-economic impact
• To deliver the message about what the RCA has to
  offer
• To earn recognition as a regional resource
  community in Nuclear Science and Technology
  capable of providing high impact solutions to
  development problems in the region.

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1st batch of Success Stories

• The first batch of
• the 5 Success Stories was
• printed and published
• in 2007.

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2nd batch of Success Stories

• The second batch of
• the 4 Success Stories was
• printed and published
• in 2008.

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3rd batch of Success Stories

• proposed 4 drafts of success stories to be
  published in third batch
• four Success Stories will be wrote in the new
  format

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New Format

• A. TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION
• A suitable title of the booklet
  publication
• B. BACKGROUND OF THE PUBLICATION
• This part is introductory chapter of the
  proposed publication in booklet form. It should
  provide
• background information on the
  publication, including
• 1) Objectives of publication of RCA SSs
• 2) History of publication of RCA SSs
• 3) Summary of RCA projects completed and
  the successful results produced
• 4) Description of criteria of selection
  of these RCA SSs
• (To be boxed) Brief introduction to RCA
  Programme and RCA activities including procedures
  of
• implementation of RCA projects
• C. SUCCESS STORIES
• This part of the publication contains
  the selected 4 stories, each of which will
  comprise the following contents
• 1) A title of the story
• A suitable title of the story (not
  necessarily the title of the RCA project)
• 2) Summary of SS for public consumption
• This portion of the story gives a brief
  summary of success story on the relevant RCA
  project(s),
• equivalent to the past leaflet type
  publications, for those readers who would not
  need detailed
• information.

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New Format

• 3) Background of the project
• This portion of the story defines
  the problem and need linked to MDGs as addressed
  by the RCA
• project(s). It gives a technical
  background of contribution by nuclear science and
  technology applied to solve the problem.
• 4) Objective of the Project
• The objectives of the project(s) are
  given here in connection with the problem/need as
  defined in the background.
• 5) Contents of the Project
• This portion of the story covers the
  key information on the relevant project (s)
  including
• - Participating MSs, year of approval,
  period of implementation, implementation details
  with
• budget (allocation table for different
  heads)
• - Description of nuclear techniques used,
  research methodology adopted by RCA MSs
• - Advantage of nuclear technique used over
  conventional solutions to the problem (for
  example
• cost benefit, time-saving,
  environment-friendliness, sustainability, etc.)
  
• - Description of nuclear technology
  infrastructure available in RCA region with a
  brief
• description of technical details
• If necessary, some part of the
  information could be boxed in to attract
  attention of readers.
• 6) Results and Impacts
• This portion of the story
  highlights the major outputs and outcomes from
  the implementation of the relevant RCA
  project(s), such as
• - Utilization of project results
• - Contribution to scientific and technical
  development

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New Format

• - Personnel trained
• - International cooperation
• 7) Lessons Learned and Future
  Prospects
• This portion of the story provides
  the following aspects, among others
• - General assessment of the project
• - Lessons learned and issues to be resolved
  for better future development and sustainable
• implementation of the technology used
• - Potentials of the project and techniques
  that could bring further socio-economic impacts
  in the
• region
• 8) Further Information on the Project
• This portion provides practical information
  for those who desire to have further information
  on
• the relevant RCA projects, such as
• - PLCC and NPCs (contact points for more
  details)
• - Other useful links (website, etc)
• D. Supplementary Stuffs
• The publication is to be supplemented with
  suitable photographs, graphs, tables as necessary
  at
• suitable places to make the publication
  more attractive and attention-grabbing
• E. Annex Previously published SSs
• The past publication of 9 RCA success
  stories in leaflet form could be added as annex
  for

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Lessons Learned from CARO
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Activity in RCARO (1)

• 7 - 9 July 2009 Jeju
• As an rapporteur in RCA Workshop on the
  Partnership Promotion and Sustainable Development
• 29 July 2009 Wolsung
• Visit to Wolsung Nuclear Power Plants to get
  hands on experience related to Korean nuclear
  facilities
• 31 July 2009 Seoul
• City tour by RCARO and had fruitful
  conversation with MEST.

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Activity in RCARO (2)
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• 14 September 2009 Daejeon
• Write the success stories on the topic of
  soil erosion in the new format.
• 17 September 2009 Daejeon
• Visit to the Hanaro High Advance Neutron
  Application Reactor to know some information on
  the neutron science and its application.
• 24 September 2007 Daejeon
• Presentation on introduction of CAAS and
  RCARO success stories for RCARO staff members.

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Lessons learned
www.themegallery.com

• Understanding about the operation of RCARO for
  the enhancement of RCA.
• Acquired an experience how to organize the
  workshop or conference.
• Understood importance meetings and congresses
  related to the RCA actives.

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Recommendation of Success Stories
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Products of Success Stories

• More alternative publication and products of RCA
  Success
• Stories (which are more than the present format
  of brochure) to
• increase the RCAs awareness.
• Pamphlets
• CD-Roms
• Traveling Information Kit
• Giveaways

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The database of Success Stories

• Enhanced RCA information service
• It should be in a position of easy access,
  management and update.
• Special homepage of RCA Success Stories (based in
  RCARO website)
• All-in-one homepage includes
• Background
• Guidelines for the RCA Success Stories
• Objectives
• Stories of the 1st and 2nd batches
• etc.

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Background, Guidelines, Objectives, criteria
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The way to promoting of Success Stories

• Demonstrate the RCA Success Stories presentation
  to all partners.
• Disseminate RCA Success Stories various
  publications and products.

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General Suggestion
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Work plan for Temp staff

• Once the temp staff were selected they should be
  informed in well advance of the nature of
  assignment to be done by them at RCARO so that
  they can come with well prepatation.
• RCARO should have a annual plan on activities to
  be assigned to the temp staff.

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Funding

• Strategies for securing funds for RCA
  programmes
• Continue partnership with IAEA
• IAEA is the traditional funding source of the
  RCA programme
• Develop partnership with national institution or
  organizations
• To initiate collaboration center or
  laboratory for enhancing cooperation.
• Searching foundation and international financial
  institutions.
• RCARO would be to study and select a few
  foundations and approach them with specific
  proposals, meetings, their priorities as well as
  the region, such as ADB.
• Government funding sources

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Cooperation with CAAS

• CAAS priority areas
• Germplasm resources
• Food security
• Prevention and control of serious agricultural
  bio-disasters
• Efficient and recyclable utilization of
  agricultural resources
• Agricultural environmental control and ecological
  rehabilitation
• Agricultural engineering and intelligent
  equipment
• Agro-processing and modern logistics
• Biomass and industry raw material

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Cooperation with CAAS

• To initiate cooperative projects by combining
  CAAS priority areas and RCA future main areas.
• To establish joint lab or sub-centers.
• To co-organize important conferences, meetings or
  workshops on various topics.
• To initiate regional training programme(
  fellowship training, degree programme).
• Establishing platform for exchange natural
  resource, books and scientific periodicals.

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