IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme: Accelerating Atomic Energy for Global Well-being

1. TC Programme Overview8 February 2007 William Holaday Head, TCPMS Department of Technical Cooperation

2. Mandate Statute Article II “The Agency shall seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy for peace, health and prosperity throughout the world.”

4. Programme • Providing: • Expert Services • Meetings/Workshops • Fellowships & Scientific Visits • Training Courses • Field Procurement (Equipment, Supplies and Services) • Levels: • National • Regional • Interregional

5. TC Programme - Quick Facts • New Obligations: ~US $ 105 million in 2006, increased from ~US $ 80 million in 2005 • Recipients: all IAEA Member States are eligible for TC assistance • ~116 Recipient countries – national, regional and interregional projects • 80% of recipients are non-nuclear power countries • 22 recipient countries are Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

6. PLACEMENTS OF PROJECT PERSONNEL(Year 2005) • Approx. 10,000 assignments placed • 2,778 Experts & Lecturers • 3,166 Meeting Participants • 589 National Consultants • 151 Training Courses • 1,556 Training Course Participants • 1,269 Fellows & Scientific Visitors

7. Major Thematic Areas Disbursements by Agency Programme 2005 Total number of operational projects: 1205

8. TC Programme Funding Sources • TCF (Technical Co-operation Fund) Funded by voluntary contributions from all Member States and Assessed Programme Costs. Funds are used to cover approved TC Programme activities in all Member States. • Extrabudgetary Donors are Member States, other international organizations, NGOs and the recipient governments themselves (Government Cost Sharing). This is often targeted funding as specified by the donor. • UNDP Only available to projects designed and approved by UNDP. IAEA is designated the “executing Agency”. • In-Kind Money does not pass through the Agency’s accounts. Member States and international organizations provide assistance by paying directly for such things as travel, training fees, equipment etc.

9. TC Strategy • First presented to the IAEA Board in 1997 to set a new direction for TC activities • Shift in emphasis of TC Programme: • To ensure a demand driven approach to TC • To ensure the relevance of TC projects to development priorities • To improve project quality

10. TC Strategic Goal: “To increasingly promote tangible socio-economic impact by contributing directly in a cost-effective manner to the achievement of the major sustainable development priorities of each country.”

11. TC Strategy • Revised in 2002 to define new objectives: • Government commitment – “Central Criterion” • Strategic partnerships • Increased funding • Sustainability and self-reliance

12. Sustainability • Contributing to the sustainable delivery of services to target beneficiaries by end-users after completion of Agency TC Projects. • Regional cooperation through TCDC: • Sharing of resources and skills; • Use of accredited Regional Centres (RRU, RRC, DRC)

13. Self-Reliance • This is the ultimate goal of all TC activities • Agency assists countries and institutions that are ready to move towards self-reliance • TCP strengthens capacity of institutions to make them and the contribution of peaceful uses of nuclear technologies much more relevant for development.

14. Role of Nuclear Technology • What’s the nuclear technology involved? • Is it cost-effective? • Is there a better non-nuclear alternative? • Nuclear Technology should either be a better alternative or be complementary.

15. Trends in TC Programming • Projects increasingly seen in larger, results-oriented contexts, rather in than in isolation from each other. • Linked to the Millennium Development Goals. • Links with other partners increasingly important. • Increasing emphasis on Less Developed Countries (LDCs). • Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC).

16. TC Project Stakeholders

17. Department of Technical Cooperation

18. Does Technical Cooperation make a Difference? Science Serving People

19. Focusing Science on the Health Problems of the Poor • Infectious diseases-such as malaria, hepatitis, AIDS, and tuberculosis. • Cancer deaths are also accelerating at an alarming rate. Controlling these killers must be a key priority for international assistance.

20. Malaria: New Tools for Fighting a Leading Killer • Joint Programmes with WHO and other organizations. • Nuclear Techniques used to monitor drug resistant strains.

21. Promoting Food Security for the Poor • Mutant crop varieties: • Higher productivity and income; • Elimination of under-nourishment; • Increased Exports. • Food Fortification Programmes: • Using isotopic techniques to maximize benefit of added nutrients.

22. Guarding the Guarani: Improving Management ofSouth America’s Precious Groundwater Isotopic tools are helping Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay get a handle on sustainable management of the giant Guarani aquifer.

23. New Tools for Environmental Management Efforts to clean up the Black Sea have brought together six countries under the the Black Sea Environment Programme, sponsored by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the IAEA. The Marine Sciences Institute is tracking the history of algal bloom incidences in Manila Bay to better forecast and prevent new occurrences.

24. Promoting the Safety and Security ofResearch Reactors Because of the proliferation risks with the HEU (highly enriched uranium) fuel at these research reactors, the Nuclear Threat Initiative is contributing financial support to the IAEA for integrated plan to remove HEU from more than 30 Soviet-supplied reactors.

25. Documentation on the TC Programme • TC Annual Report • IAEA Annual Report: chapter on TC • TACC documents: • Agency’s Proposed TC Programme • Project Listings • Science Serving People, being updated • Factsheets and other TC publications