The International Atomic Energy (IAEA), in cooperation with the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), conducted last week a Regional Training Course on "Harmonization of Data and Source Components" under the framework of the regional project on Air Pollution in the Asian Region.
The activity gathered representatives from the fourteen Member States participating in the project, including the Philippines, for a week-long program aimed at providing participants with the tools and initial experience in the harmonization of air pollution data and source components. Lecturers came from the Clarkson University in the United States and from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences in New Zealand.
On the last day of the one-week event, a National Seminar was held to bring together end-users and other stakeholders in the effort to characterize and identify sources of particulate air pollution in the region. Guests from the Clean Air Initiative for Asia (CAI-Asia), the local governments of Makati and Quezon City, the University of the Philippines, National Power Corporation, and the Asian Development Bank attended the affair.
