Final Coordination Meeting on Promoting Self Assessment of

Final Coordination Meeting on Promoting Self Assessment of Regulatory Infrastructures for Safety and Networking of Regulatory Bodies in Africa (AFRA) Review of Achievements and Lessons Learnt 2 -5 December 2013 Arusha IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

Project Objective • To enhance and continuously improve the performance of regulatory systems and conform to the requirements of international standards through self-assessment and enhanced regional cooperation IAEA 2

Planned Activities • Conduct preparatory and capacity building activities for selfassessment • Perform two lifecycles of self-assessement (initial and followup) • Development of regional action plans as a result of selfassessment • Create and operationalize forum of NRBs • Design and launch forum website • Selection of experts, collection of data and upload on website IAEA 3

Achievements Self-assessment • Ten countries have completed a self-assessment lifecycle (all phases including the action plan using SAT/SARIS) • Twenty four countries are at different stages of implementation (from not started or preparation phase up to completion of the response/analysis phase) • No sufficient information on status of implementation for some countries IAEA 4

Achievements (cont…) • FNRBA established and operational • Web site of FNRBA launched IAEA 5

Major Inputs • Three project coordination meetings (including plenary meeting for FNRBA) • Three regional trainings (Francophone, Anglophone, combined) in IAEA self-assessment methodology and tool • Regional experience exchange meeting (included a two day practical session on analysis phase) • Regional workshop on lessons learned (included a three day practical session on self-assessment using SARIS) IAEA 6

Major Inputs (cont…) • Expert support/advise to one country on the implementation of self-assessment of national regulatory infrastructure for safety • High level sensitization seminar on building comprehensive national radiation safety infrastructure • Provision of software and technical support IAEA 7

Major Outputs • Core regulatory staff got trained (train-the-trainers) in the IAEA self-assessment methodology and tool (SAT and SARIS) • Capacity to conduct self-assessment of the national regulatory infrastructure for safety established in the majority of the participating states • Awareness and identification of gaps and overlaps in the legislative and regulatory framework • Action plan for improvement in place (in those countries that have completed a full cycle) IAEA 8

Outputs and benefits (cont…) • Improvement of organizational structure and processes (planned and implemented) • Harmonization of approaches to regulatory control • Better understanding of the IAEA safety standards • Enhanced cooperation among regulatory bodies in the regions (through FNRBA) IAEA 9

Not achieved • Peer review missions (IRRS) following the self-assessment of the national regulatory infrastructure for safety (ten countries) • 24 countries did not complete all phases IAEA 10

Challenges • • Human resources Time management Management commitment Technology (few cases) IAEA 11

Overview of Lessons Learnt • • • FNRBA Established Only 10 (out of 34) MS Completed Phase No IRRS Missions Capacity Transferred to all regulatory bodies Increased understanding of SARIS Methodology • Lack of HR, Time and Commitment IAEA

Critical Assessment • FNRBA – What next ? How does it function? • Why only 10 MS in 5 years ? Were original goals unrealistic/over-ambitious ? • Should we focus on intermediate to advanced MS only (value for money)? • How do we overcome challenges with priorities ? IAEA

Rethinking Delivery • Encourage sub-regional events • Promote national focus • More targeted approach (experts to national as opposed to hosting regional events) • Smaller Steps – narrower focus • Outlining FNRBA role vis-à-vis networking and sharing of expertise IAEA

Thank you! IAEA