Nuclear Energy Agency

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18 May 2021

NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY (NEA)

Regulators’ Forum (RF)

WORKSHOP ON COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT OF REGULATORS

(COMAREG)

AGENDA

18-20 May 2021

Web-Conference via Zoom

Public webpage of the event:

https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_58480/nea-workshop-on-

competency-management-of-regulators-comareg

Password-protected webpage for registered participants only:

https://www.oecd-nea.org/download/rf/comareg/index.html

For further information regarding this document, please contact:

- Vladimir LEBEDEV (vladimir.lebedev@oecd-nea.org)

- Yuko MAEHASHI (yuko.maehashi@oecd-nea.org)

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NEA WORKSHOP

COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT OF REGULATORS

(COMAREG)

AGENDA

18 – 20 May 2021

Nuclear Energy Agency

Web-Conference

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The Workshop on Competency Management of Regulators (COMAREG) will take place

on 18-20 May 2021 virtually via Zoom.

The Workshop will start on 18 May 2021 at 13:00 (Paris Time) and will end

on 20 May 2021 at 16:10 (Paris Time).

Venue of the Meeting

COMAREG will be a Web-Conference based event.

ZOOM will be the videoconferencing software used for this event. The connection

details and instructions are available on the Event’s webpage.

Supporting Documents

All supporting documents and presentations will be available for download

on the password-protected webpage, which is only available to RF Members and

Registered Participants:

https://www.oecd-nea.org/download/rf/comareg/index.html

Access to the webpage requires an individual username and password. Please use the

Reminder function to obtain your access data.

For further assistance on this matter, please contact:

Lisa Smadja (Lisa.SMADJA@oecd-nea.org)

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DAY I

TUESDAY 18 MAY 2021

Time Main Discussion Points & Decisions Material

OPENING REMARKS

13:00 Welcome from the NEA and Workshop Chair Group Photo Questions for Break-Out Session Rebecca TADESSE (Head of Division of RWMD, NEA) Felix ALTORFER (Chair)

1. CHALLENGES, CONCEPTS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATORY COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT

Session Chair: Mario DIONISI

13:15

1.1. Introduction by the Session Chair Mario DIONISI (ISIN, Italy)

13:25 1.2. Global Context Walter BLOMMAERT (Former RF Chair)

Presentation

13:55 1.3. Relevant NEA Activities NEA Secretariat (Division of RWMD)

Presentation

14:15 1.4. UK’s National Programme of Regulators’ Competency Management Juliet LONG (Environment Agency, United Kingdom)

Presentation

14:35 1.5. Activities of ENSTTI Didier LOUVAT (ENSTTI)

Presentation

14:55 BREAK (15 minutes) Participants are invited to fill-out the questionnaire

15:10 1.6. Finland National Programme of Regulators’ Competency Management Jussi HEINONEN (STUK, Finland)

Presentation

15:30 1.7. USA’s National Programme of Regulators’ Competency Management Steve COCHRUM (NRC, USA)

Presentation

15:50 1.8. Germany’s National Programme of Regulators’ Competency Management Jochen AHLSWEDE & Stefan HELLEBRANDT (BASE, Germany)

16:10 END OF DAY I

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DAY II

WEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2021

Time Main Discussion Points & Decisions Material

1. CONTUATION: CHALLENGES, CONCEPTS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATORY COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT

Session Chair: Mario DIONISI

13:00

1.9. Overview of Day I Mario DIONISI (ISIN, Italy)

13:10 1.10. Activities of the IAEA Tea BILIC ZABRIC (IAEA)

Presentation

13:30 1.11. Bulgaria’s National Programme of Regulators’ Competency Management Nikolay GROZEV (BNRA, Bulgaria)

Presentation

13:50 1.12. Japan NRA's Strategic Approach to Regulators' Competency Management Ichiro OTSUKA (NRA, Japan)

Presentation

14:10 1.13. Argentina’s National Programme of Regulators’ Competency Management Abel GONZALEZ (ARN, Argentina)

Presentation

14:30 BREAK (15 minutes)

14:40 1.14. Summary by the Session Chair Mario DIONISI (ISIN, Italy)

2. WAYS OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING REGULATORY COMPETENCY (CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS, BEST PRACTICES-BRAIN STORMING)

Session Chair: Luca PICIACCIA

14:55 Introduction to Breakout Session: Part 1. On Challenges (including COVID-19) – Part 2. On Initiatives, Concepts, Solution with Suggestions to NEA Activities in Competency Management NEA Secretariat (NEA/RWMD)

- List of guiding questions available

15:10 2.1. Breakout (B-O) Session – Part 1

- (The Secretariat will write a summary of Part 1 and compile slides of the summary and create a template for Part 2)

16:10 END OF DAY II

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DAY III

THURSDAY 20 MAY 2021

Time Main Discussion Points & Decisions Material

13:00

2.2. Presentation of Part 1 Summary

Luca PICIACCIA (DSA, Norway)

Presentation

13:20 2.3. Breakout (B-O) Session – Part 2

3. SUMMARISING THE COLLECTED INPUTS. CONCLUSIONS. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE NEA

Session Chair: Felix ALTORFER

14:20

3.1. Overview of Day I

Felix ALTORFER (ENSI, Switzerland)

14:30 3.2. Presentation of Results from the B-0 Groups Part-2: Questions for Clarification

Presentation

15:00 3.3. General Discussion with the Entire Group – Defining Actions and Urgencies for the NEA

15:30 BREAK & Preparation of Summary (15 minutes)

4. SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP

Session Chair: Felix ALTORFER

15:45 4.1. Summary by Workshop Chair and Closure of the Event Felix ALTORFER (ENSI, Switzerland)

16:00 END OF DAY III