Speaker
Melina Belinco
(Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina)
Description
This poster aims at:
-Highlighting the relevance of the conformation of a NM Network;
-Shedding light on the influence of the IAEA TCP on the Network;
-Emphasizing on the role of women as decision-makers in NM.
CNEA together with the MINPLAN led the creation of the NM Network which now assembles 20 institutions. Its main purposes are: to strengthen ties among institutions; to federalize, spread and exchange knowledge in NM; to standardize protocols; to enhance interdisciplinary work and to harmonize the levels of capacity building nationally. These goals are reached through collaboration, teaching and research activities; already being attained through training in new Centers and the expansion of NM poles throughout the country within the framework of the National Programme of NM.
NM has been a strategic area of the nuclear sector in Argentina since its beginning. There are three essential milestones for this continuity and for the establishment of this Network: NM as a state policy; the institutional policy within CNEA and the permanent support and acknowledgment from the IAEA.
The geographic and demographic features of Argentina call for a federal working scheme such as the one carried out by CNEA; this has been replicated in a six-decade-networking among NM institutions and enhanced by including NM in the Public Health agenda.
The IAEA TCP plays a key role as a knowledge multiplier mechanism in NM by supporting the creation of networks and endorsing the CPF 2014-2021 which fosters this cooperation link. Since 1976, thanks to the TCP, 456 people were trained and over 40 projects were financed in this area.
Regarding female participation in NM, no gender barriers were observed, since the main decision-makers in this field are women, who handle issues sensitively, considering the direct impact NM has on people’s daily lives.
| Country or International Organization | Argentina |
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Primary author
Melina Belinco
(Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina)
Co-authors
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Delfina Di Lorenzo
(CNEA)
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Gladys De Rose
(CNEA)
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Guadalupe Boado Montero
(CNEA)
