IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency

The IAEA’s Technical Cooperation

Programme

Delivering Results for Peace and Development

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The birth of the IAEA and technical cooperation

The IAEA is the world´s centre of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

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TC strategic direction is driven by

• IAEA Statute (1956)

• TC Strategy (est. 1997, rev. 2002)

• Agency’s Medium Term Strategy (2006 - 2011)

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IAEA Statute, Article II

• “The Agency shall seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world. It shall ensure, so far as it is able, that assistance provided by it or at its request or under its supervision or control is not used in such a way as to further any military purpose.”

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“To increasingly promote tangible socioeconomic impact by

contributing directly in a cost-effective manner to the achievement of the major sustainable development

priorities of each country.”

TC Strategic Goal

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Department of Technical Cooperation

Deputy Director GeneralMr. Kwaku Aning

Division of ProgrammeSupport and Coordination

TCPCMs. Donatella Magliani

Finance and Information

ManagementMr. Frederick Claps

Strategy and Partnerships

Mr. Johannes Seybold

Quality Assurance Mr. Javier Guarnizo

Division for Latin AmericaTCLA

Mr. Juan Antonio Casas-Zamora

Division for EuropeTCEU

Mr. Manase Peter Salema

Division for Asiaand the Pacific

TCAPMr. Dazhu Yang

Division for AfricaTCAF

Mr. Ali Boussaha

Africa Section 1

TCAF 1Mr. Mulugeta Amha

Africa Section 1

TCAF 1Mr. Jing Zhang

Asia and the Pacific Section 1

TCAP 1Mr. Mokdad Maksoudi

Asia and the PacificSection 2

TCAP 2Mr. Ansar Shamsi

Europe Section 1

TCEU 1Mr. Manuel Recio

Europe Section 1

TCEU 2Mr. Andrejs Salmins

Latin America Section 1

TCLA 1Mr. Royal Kastens

Latin America Section 1

TCLA 1Mr. Alain Cardoso

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The technical cooperation programme: a shared responsibility

Technical CooperationProgramme

All Member States

Technical DepartmentsScientific and technological support

Member States with TC projects Full range of responsibilities including

priority setting

IAEA Secretariat

Department of Technical CooperationOverall management and coordination

Capacity building

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TC project stakeholders

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International Expert (Non-staff Members)• Expert provides advice, on-the-job training or analysis and

makes recommendations towards achieving the TC project objective

Meeting Participant• Exchanges experience or discusses technical/managerial

aspects of a TC project/programmes

Staff Member• Provides technical expertise

TC services: Experts and Meetings

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TC services: Fellows/Scientific Visitors

Fellowships:• TC project-related practical / on-the-job training of

candidates (usually from 1 to12 months at a single institute)

• for long-term academic training leading towards a degree (Masters or Ph.D.) – “Sandwich” Programme

Scientific Visits:• TC project-related training of candidates who hold an

appropriate advisory or management position (up to 2 weeks in a maximum of 2 countries)

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• Training event provided by the Agency, in cooperation with Member States, where lecturers teach participants, providing additional knowledge or skills in a particular field.

• Provided at national, regional, interregional levels

TC services: Training Courses

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• Approximately 40% of the annual TC budget is devoted to procurement

• Equipment, supplies, and contracted services are procured, if these are included as part of a TC project

• Field Procurement is largely managed by the Office of Procurement Services (Department of Management), in cooperation with TC staff, the technical officers and the counterparts.

TC services: Field procurement

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TC Programme Cycle Managementon the basis of the TC STRATEGY: CPF and Strategic Partnership

PROGRAMME PLANNING & APPROVAL

1. Upstream work2. Concepts &

Prioritization3. Project design4. Resourcing & budgeting5. Internal Approval6. Approval by

TACC/Board PROGRAMME

IMPLEMENTATION

1. Operational execution2. Monitor progress 3. Make adjustments4. Report performance / Self Assessment5. Project closure

PROGRAMME REVIEW1. Independent

Evaluation2. Self Assessment3. Impact Assessment4. Follow-up

adjustments and implementation of recommendations

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Nuclear technology: a strategic approach

• What’s the nuclear technology involved?

• Is it cost-effective?

• Is there a better non-nuclear alternative?

Nuclear technology should either be unique, a better alternative, or

complementary.

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• Supporting Agriculture and Rural Development

• Advancing Water Resource Management

• Improving Human Health

• Addressing Environmental Challenges

• Promoting Sustainable Energy Development

Technical Cooperation: areas of contribution

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Improving human health

• Control of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS and detection of drug-resistant strains of Malaria and Tuberculosis

• Advance cancer therapy

• Expand technical capabilities in nuclear medicine diagnosis

• Improve nutritional status of children and women

• Assess nutrition intervention programmes related to HIV/AIDS

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Supporting agriculture and rural development

• Establish tsetse-free zones

• Improve crop productivity

• Combat agricultural pests

• Improve animal health

• Promote livestock production

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Advancing water resource management

• Map groundwater resources

• Develop integrated management schemes for water resources

• Study vulnerability to pollution

• Investigate sea water intrusion

• Strengthen capabilities for hydro geochemical mapping

• Investigate dam and reservoir leakages and safety

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Promoting sustainable energy development

• Build capacities to manage the development of the energy sector

• Transfer IAEA tools for energy demand forecasting, integrated energy planning, and least-cost electricity system expansion planning

• Train national energy system specialists to independently conduct country studies

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Addressing environmental challenges

• Improve soil conservation and efficient land and water management

• Combat desertification

• Analyse status of land and water degradation

• Detect and study groundwater and air pollution

• Manage and remediate contaminated zones

• Improve coastal zone management

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Supporting safety

• Upgrade nuclear infrastructure

• Prepare for and respond to emergencies

• Strengthen nuclear safety and radiation regulation

• Capacity-building in:• Legislative frameworks, regulatory infrastructure,

operational safety, safety assessment, infrastructure preparation, human resource development, management systems, plant life management, radiation protection, waste management, emergency preparedness and response.

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TC programme - Quick Facts

• Recipients: all IAEA Member States are eligible for TC assistance

• National, regional and interregional projects

• 80% of recipients are non-nuclear power countries

• 26 recipient countries are Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

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The birth of the IAEA and technical cooperation

The IAEA is the world´s centre of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

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Disbursements by Agency Programme 2010

Human health 17.9%

Food & agriculture 14%

Nuclear safety 18.4%

Radioisotope production and radiation technology 11.5%

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Technical Cooperation 2010

• $114.3 million disbursed

• Support provided to 129 countries and territories

• Expert and lecturer assignments

• meeting participants

• training course participants

• fellows and scientific visitors

• procurement

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Trends in TC programming

• Projects increasingly seen in a larger, results-oriented context, rather in than in isolation from each other.

• Increasing regional emphasis - “fewer but better”

• Focus on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC)

• Growing emphasis on Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

• Partnerships increasingly important

• Linked to the Millennium Development Goals.

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Information about the TC programme

• Official documents• TACC/BoG documents

• Agency’s Proposed TC Programme

• Project Listings

• Publications• Annual TC Report, TC chapter in IAEA Annual Report

• Project profiles

• Fact sheets, brochures, other TC publications

• Online resources• TC Web: http://tc.iaea.org/

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...no sustainable human development is possible without security, and no lasting

security is achievable without development…

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