A regional training course on regulatory enforcement took place from 12-16 October 2014 in Doha, Qatar. Altogether, 24 participants from 14 Member States in the Asia and the Pacific region attended the training course. The participants were from the following Member States: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The training course, supported by funds provided by the European Union (EU), was held within the framework of the IAEA's regional technical cooperation (TC) project RAS/9/062, 'Promoting and Maintaining Regulatory Infrastructures for the Control of Radiation Sources'.
The main purpose of this training course was to provide guidance for taking the necessary regulatory enforcement measures to ensure the safety of workers, public and the environment, and for developing enforcement policy and procedures as well as assisting regulators in implementing a graded approach on enforcement decisions commensurate with the severity of non-conformances and the conformance history of the authorized party.
Through presentations, practical exercises and discussion sessions, the participants attained increased knowledge in developing a suitable enforcement policy and procedures for its implementation. They also acquired skills on the investigations to be carried to identify the root causes of the non-compliances and on the appropriate enforcement actions to be taken to minimize recurrences.
RAS/9/062 is one of the five safety-related TC projects among other IAEA technical cooperation activities supported by the EU through the Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument (NSCI) as part of a larger EU initiative to enhance nuclear safety around the world.
| Project RAS/9/062 is carried out with funding by the European Union and the IAEA. |
