Dr. Alumanda M. dela Rosa, PNRI Director, represented the Philippines in the 26th Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) National Representatives Meeting (NRM), held at the Holiday Inn, Islamabad, Pakistan, 12-15 April 2004. The meeting agenda included the RCA issues and challenges, main achievements in 2003, potential for partnerships with development agencies, 32nd RCA General Conference Report, RCA Annual Report for 2003, and the RCARO Initiated Programmes. (RCARO is the RCA Regional Office located in Korea.). The participants of this meeting included National RCA Representatives of the 17 Member States.
Prior to the NRM, the 5th RCARO Advisory Committee (AC) met on April 11, 2004 at the Holiday Inn in Islamabad, Pakistan. The participants included representatives of Australia, China, Philippines, Korea, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the IAEA/RCA Coordinator.
The AC meeting came up with a recommendation formally endorsing the RCARO-initiated new programmes, i.e. the Post-Doctoral Fellowship programme, the KAIST Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Course and the KOICA Nuclear Medicine Internship Training Programme. The AC commended RCARO for increasing RCA awareness and promoting RCA partnerships in the region. The meeting elected Dr. John F. Easey, Senior Principal Researcher from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) as the new Chair of RCARO AC.
A Scientific Forum, aimed to create awareness of the contributions that RCA programs make to address development issues in the region, was held on 13 April 2004.
