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Summary of the final coordination meeting in Arusha, Tanzania focusing on national self-assessment implementation and its outcomes for regulatory framework improvements. Challenges, project outputs, improvements, benefits, lessons learned, and future steps discussed.
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RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Arusha, Tanzania (Namibia) Joseph Eiman 2 – 5 December 2013
RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Status of progress with implementing the national self-assessment of the regulatory infrastructure for safety: • Status of the first life cycle • Response completed (4 weeks/ 1 November 2013) • Analysis completed (1 week / 27 November 2013) • Action plan completed (28 November 2013) • Scope of Self-Assessment: • Various modules were selected, answered and analysed with SAT. • Core Questions were selected for first cycle with SARIS
RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Challenges: • Technical (software installation) • Personnel • Time
RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Project outputs and outcomes: • Findings • Value of the analysis process. • Huge amount of subsidiary questions that unfold. • Difficulty in planning processes due to hidden questions. • Benefits • Team work and cooperation within organisation. • Learning provided for new staff during answering and analysis.
Examples of added-value to the organisation • Greater cooperation and understanding among staff. • Improved planning for implementation. • Notable outcomes • Increased awareness of requirements of the Authority. • Improved coordination for improvement. • Lessons learned • Adequate resources and time to be allocated. • Timely implementation of programme. • Others
RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Improvements to regulatory infrastructure: • Implementation of improvements to the regulatory framework • The areas identified in the analysis to date and with SAT were used as planning objectives • The SAT answering and analysis cycles identified areas that have been addressed. • Changes made in activities / organisation / functioning of the Regulatory Body • Revision of the staff structure. • Development of guidance documents.
Results of actions implemented to date • Better systematic and coordinated approach to correct shortcomings. • Overall improvement of performance of the Authority. • Improvements planned • Further implement other modules. • Implement the findings of SARIS. • Others • Peer Review missions undertaken
RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Other project benefits: • Training courses • Arrange for further exposure of all staff to training events and visits to other Authorities. • Meetings • Arrange for meting with other Regulators to learn from their experiences.
RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Relevant observations: • Notable good practices to be shared with all participating States • Stick to the agreed work plan. • Areas of common concern to be addressed in other similar projects • More regular reporting. • Next steps • To further to implement other questionaire sets as agreed apon by staff.
Express appreciation to IAEA for the continued support throughout the live of the project. • Thank you