Division 2 Description of the projects

All States have responsibilities to establish appropriate systems to prevent, detect and respond to malicious acts involving nuclear or other radioactive material. Not doing so may create a weak link in global nuclear security.

An effective nuclear security infrastructure requires a multidisciplinary approach with:

• legal and regulatory infrastructures with clearly defined responsibilities among different organisations and operators,

• human resource development,

• the establishment of procedures and coordination functions, and

• technical support for national infrastructures, recognising that nuclear security arrangements within nuclear facilities/locations are different from those to be applied outside such facilities/locations to protect civil society from nuclear security events involving radioactive substances.

A sustainable nuclear security culture is needed in the management of activities involving nuclear or other radioactive material. As a result, nuclear security would be an enabling factor in the broader use of nuclear energy recognising the synergies between safety, security and safeguards recognising especially the principles of sustainability and efficiency.

This Decision will be implemented in the following five areas:

1. 1..

   Sustainability and Effectiveness of Support provided through earlier Joint Actions^f1

2. 2..

   Strengthening of States’ nuclear security support infrastructure: establishing National nuclear security support centres

3. 3..

   Strengthening States’ legislative and regulatory infrastructure

4. 4..

   Strengthening nuclear security measures for nuclear and other radioactive materials

5. 5..

   Strengthening of States’ capabilities for deal with nuclear and radioactive materials out of regulatory control.

The selection of States and projects to be implemented will be made on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of needs, based on results of evaluation missions and other available information.

Support for these efforts continues to be in high demand in IAEA Member States as well as in States that are not members of the IAEA. Countries eligible to receive support are:

• in South-Eastern Europe:

  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey,

• in the Central Asia region:

  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan,

• in the Caucasus region:

  Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia,

• in the Mediterranean region in the Middle East:

  Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Syrian Arab Republic,

• in Africa:

  Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe,

• in the South East Asia region:

  Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam,

• in the Gulf region:

  Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen,

• in the South America region:

  Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela,

• in the Caribbean and Middle America region:

  Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.