Final Review Meeting of the RCA/UNOSSC Project on Electron Beam Applications held on 8-9 June 2021     To celebrate the completion of the RCA/UNOSSC Project on Electron Beam Applications, the Final Review Meeting, in conjunction with the Technical Workshop on E-beam Principles and Applications: Introducing A to Z was held virtually on 8-9 June 2021. A total of fifty-four (54) participants from thirteen (13) RCA Government Parties, UNOSSC and RCARO attended in the event.   Prior to the event, RCARO developed a website dedicated to the online exhibition of the project achievements (rcaunossc.org), where the project overview and national/regional project achievements were displayed.   During the event, which comprised of two sessions, the final review meeeting and technical workshop, the RCA/UNOSSC partnership and the project overview and its progress were presented. National and regional achievements, implecations and ways forward were also shared and discussed. In addition, the participants were provided with informative lectures on the basics, applications and related equipment of electron beam during the workshop.

In accordance with the timeframe approved at the 43rd NRM, held 28-29 April 2021, the submission of Pre-Concept proposals for the RCA Programme 2024/25 has commenced. Please find the necessary materials at and submit the completed templates to http://rcaro.org/preconcept. The deadline for submission of the proposals is 1 August 2021.

The 43rd Meeting of the National RCA Representatives and its preparatory meetings held on 27-29 April 2021     The 43rd Meeting of the National RCA Representatives (NRM) and its preparatory meetings, namely the Meeting of the RCA Chairs and the 32nd RCARO Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting, were held on 27-29 April 2021 via the Microsoft Teams platform.   The 43rd NRM was attended by the representatives from 20 Government Parties, the IAEA, FNCA and RCARO. In his remarks, Mr Hua Liu, the IAEA Deputy Director General, appreciated the innovative implementation of the RCA Programme under the difficult situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Chaired by the NR of Thailand, the Meeting covered 16 agendas as well as other relevant issues for two days on 28-29 April 2021. Major agendas included the report of the RCA Programme Advisory Committee on the preparation of the RCA Programme 2022-2023 and development of the RCA Regional Programme Framework 2024-2029, reports of the Working Groups on the RCA Medium Term Strategy and the Special Task Force on the preparation of the 50th Anniversary of the RCA.   Based on the previous experiences of the 42nd NRM and 49th General Conference Meeting (GCM) in 2020, the participants well adopted the new form of the meeting and succeeded to make necessary decisions for effective implementation of the RCA Programme in the upcoming years.