RCARO Workshop on “Partnership Promotion and Sustainable Development” was held at Ramada Hotel in Jeju from 7-9 July 2009 with the participation of several SAC members from ROK, PHI and VIE, and invited experts from RCA Member States and local participants, including representatives from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Director of Korean Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation, and the RCARO. The participants discussed ways to increase RCA’s partnership with other organizations in line with RCA Medium Term Strategies, to set priorities for the Concept Papers to develop new RCARO projects to start from 2010 following up the current RCA/UNDP Project on Post-Tsunami Environmental Assessment. The Workshop also discussed the future directions and sustainability of the RCARO.


The meetings resulted in conclusions and recommendations to be reported to the National Representatives in the upcoming RCA General Conference Meeting. These include measures to be taken and suggestion for RCA partnership development, setting up of priorities of the concepts and recommendations on the actions to be taken regarding the RCARO future directions.