Interna'onal Radia'on
Protec'on Associa'on (IRPA)
Strategic Programme 2016 – 2020

Hiroko Yoshida 吉田浩子
IRPA Execu've Council,
Public Understanding Task Group Chair
日本保健物理学会第51回研究発表会�
平成30年6月30日�ホテルライフォート札幌（札幌市）��

The Interna*onal Professional
Associa*on for RP
18 000+ Individual Members
67 Countries
52 Associate Socie'esMission

Through Associate Socie'es, IRPA:・Promotes excellence in RP byü providing benchmarks of good prac'ce
グッドプラクティスの収集と提供
ü enhancing professional competence and networking
職業上の特性向上とネットワーキング推進

・Encourages the highest standards of professional
conduct, skills and knowledge
職業上の行為、スキル、知識の高いスタンダードへとエンカレッジ
For the beneﬁt of individuals and society
会員個々及びASに有益となるために活動Vision
IRPA is the interna*onal
voice of the radia*onprotec*on profession

The Four Pillars of RP andSome Key Organisations

The IRPA Execu*ve Council 2016 – 2020
President
Roger Coates
Vice-President
Eduardo Gallego
Vice President for Congress Aﬀairs Jong Kyung Kim
Execu've Oﬃcer
Bernard Le Guen
Treasurer
Richard Toohey
Publica'ons Director
Christopher Clement
Elected Council Members
Ana Maria Bomben
Alfred Hefner
Sigurður Magnùsson
Marie-Claire Cantone
Klaus Henrichs
Hiroko Yoshida
Yellow – Europe 7/12(UK)(Spain)(South Korea)(France)(US)(Canada)(Argen'na)(Austria)(Iceland )(Italy)(Germany)(Japan)The IRPA Execu*ve Council

IRPA Strategic Priori*es
ü Liaison with partner interna'onalorganisa'ons 国際機関とのやりとり
ü Consulta'on on the system of protec'on
RPのコンサルテーション

ü Horizon scanning ホライズンスキャニングü Enhancing the interface with key interna'onalorganisa'ons in the medical sector
医療分野のキーとなる国際機関, WHO ,IOMPなどとの連携強化

Emphasize impacts on prac'cal implementa'on
RPの実際の取り入れを重視

IRPA’s Programme
Work ProgrammesWorking Groups

System of Protec'on review
ALARA, Reasonableness &Conserva'sm
Horizon scanning
Medical focus group
Society Admissions andDevelopment Commifee, SADC
Future of the profession
Recogni'on of competence
IRPA governance and regional
engagement
Web site development

Public Understanding TG Phase 2
Eye Dose TG Phase 3
Source Security TG
Young Professionals Network
Radia'on protec'on culture
Healthcare
Higher educa'on, Research &Teaching (project)

IRPA Horizon Scan

Role of IRPA : to identify, monitor, and communicate
about key emerging and developing RP issues of broadinterest to our members.
What current developments at an international levelcould become important for RP practitioners?
Our TGs cover some key issues: Public Understanding,
Eye Lens, Culture ………….

Enhancing the interface with key interna*onalorganisa*ons in the medical sector

IRPA launched a second ini'a've on RP culture in 2015 in collabora'on with WHOand IOMP focused on Radia'on Safety Culture in Heath Care - RSCHC.
・ The intent of IRPA’s proposal is for the medical sector to u'lise the key nuclearsafety principles that were developed aler the Chernobyl accident.
・ It also involves the collec've development of a method for iden'fying the needsof medical professions by taking account of regional contexts with a view to crea'ng
a safe health-care environment to which all professionals and pa'ents naturallyaspireTask Group on Public Understanding 2017-

Con'nue a Task Group ac'vity for Public Understanding basedon the results in the previous TG, intending to provide user
friendly informa'on.
Aim
To support the AS and individual professionals to befer
understand the challenges of communica'on and befer
implement measures responding to various situa'ons.
normal ac'vi'es, emergencies, and post- accident recovery.

Task Group on Public Understanding 201715 members and one student from 14 ASs and from the Interna'onal
Organiza'on for Medical Physics (IOMP)
Hiroko Yoshida(IRPA Lead/TG Chair)
Roger Coates（IRPA EC)
Andrea Docters(Argen'na)
Zama Zituta(South Africa)
Samantha Cornacchia (Italy)
Pete Cole(UK)Hannes Stadtmann(Austria)
Jim Hondros(Australia)
Chungshen Li(Canada)
Yujiro Kuroda(Japan)
Madan Rehani(IOMP)
Tanja Perko(Belgium)
Paul van Rooijen(Netherlands)
Sung Hwan Kim(South Korea)
Nicole Mar'nez(US)[+ Megan Hoover student]
Tamas Pazmandi(Hungary)

Task Group on Public Understanding 2017Objec've 1
Update and maintain the ‘Public Understanding’ page on theIRPA website.
Objec've 2
Review exis'ng literature and recommenda'ons on current goodprac'ce in risk communica'on, and seek to make this available to
the AS in an informa've and prac'cal perspec've.
The TG will provide user friendly and prac'cal informa'on(general guidance) for the AS's on how to present informa'on,
how to work with the public and relevant communi'es interestedin this radia'on topics, and how to engage in conversa'ons anddiscussions with the public for a mutual understanding.

IRPA Guiding Principles forcommunica'on and stakeholder engagement with the public- To develop a ‘sol skills’ tool pack to facilitate IRPA AS to hold training sessions
for Radia'on Protec'on Professionals- To develop methodology and protocol for engaging with IRPA membership inorder to garner ‘guideline’ ideas.
- To organize and host interna'onal and regional workshops speciﬁcally on‘communica'on and stakeholder engagement of IRPA’ to collect good prac'ces,
explore ideas and iden'fy needs for inclusion in the ‘guidance’ at diﬀerent
radia'on protec'on events.

IRPA Guiding Principles forcommunica'on and stakeholder engagement with the public

How do radia'on protec'on associa'ons engage withsociety?
• What is the role related to public informa'on, communica'on andtransparency of diﬀerent associa'ons towards the general public?
• How to ensure recogni'on of associa'ons as the stakeholder in radia'on
protec'on issues?
• What are challenges that associa'ons are faced with and what are goodprac'ces in communica'on and stakeholder engagement?
• How to share RP knowledge and how to put it in the best possible perspec've
for the general public?
• Should the role of associa'ons be limited to communica'on in a case ofemergency event, to educate or/and to provide advice in public debates related toradia'on risks and beneﬁts that are currently very ac've in many countries?

IRPA YGN Leadership CommiQee
Established in December 2017.
Current representa'ves include:
Sylvain Andresz (France)
Peter Bryant (UK)
Jess Revill (UK)
Christoph Stefner (Austria)
Akihiro Sakoda (Japan)
Takahiko Kono (Japan)
New representa'ves to join shortly:
Cinthia Papp (Argen'na)
representa'ves from South Korea ( Dr Wi-Ho Ha and Dr Jin
Sung Kim (Representa've for IRPA15’s Young Professionals
Program) .

IRPA YGN session in AOCRP-5, Melbourne
Panel discussion
Five young representa'ves + Yrs
Akihiro Sakoda (IRPA YGN / Japan)
Noriaki Kataoka (Young Researchers
Associa'on / Japan)
Wi-ho Ha (Young Scien'st Group /Korea)
Zhi Zeng (Personal / China)
Alexander Borovskis (AusYGN /Australia)
facilitated by Hiroko Yoshida (IRPA)
Roger Coates and Bernard Le Guen (IRPA)

IRPA YGN Networking and Introduc'on Sessionin The Hague IRPA Regional Congress
Panel discussion
Chaired by Christoph Stefner (IRPA YGN /Austria
Sylvain Andresz (IRPA YGN / France),
Pete Bryant (IRPA YGN / United Kingdom),Cris'an Candela Juan (President of the JSEPR, Spain),Angelo Infan'no (Italian Associa'on forRadia'on Protec'on),
Mélanie Maître (Young Club of the French
Associa'on for Radia'on Protec'on),
Franz Kabrt (The Young Scien'sts andProfessionals of the Austrian Radia'on
Protec'on Associa'on)
Thomas Suter (Rising Genera'on Group,
United Kingdom)

Roger and IRPA YGN leadership commifee
present the IRPA YGN Logo Compe''on Awardto Mrs. Mélanie Maître from the SFRP YoungClub.

Issues from the Associate Socie*es

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