Intouch.iaea.org

1. Intouch.iaea.org

2. Background • originated from the need for an alumni communication platform • A response to Member State requests Get and Keep with IAEA TCP !

3. Objectives • Establish, maintain and intensify contacts between the Agency and potential, current and former stakeholders in the TC programme • Keep with the technical cooperation community • Promote the use of Member State capacities through the TC programme

4. User Groups The main users of are: • Fellows and Scientific Visitors • Current and potential experts • Meeting and training course candidates • National institutes and regional offices • TC counterparts • National Liaison Officers/Assistants • IAEA TC and technical staff

5. Features Online Profile TC Programme Information/ Guidelines Online Application Forms Platform Resource Institution Roster Expert Roster

6. Front Page

7. Registration

8. Dashboard

9. Profile

10. FEL/SV Candidate

11. FEL/SV Submit

12. Counterpart

13. NLO/NCR

14. Select Candidate NLO/NCR and Counterpart can fill in the application for the candidate:

15. History & Forward • Entire history can be seen and one can forward for further actions or send back for additional information.

16. Documents • Documents such as signed copy of the supervisor, language certificate, medical certificate… can be uploaded, so that all documents are kept together:

17. Next steps • Fellowship Reports online, especially the final fellowship reports (with limited access to the secretariat) • Link to fellowship placement institutions • Resource Institution Performance Evaluation in place

18. Expected Outcome • Ownership to project counterparts • Pre-selection of qualified candidates • Forms are submitted in a complete manner • Less rejections/non awards • Efficient and timely placement of training requested

19. Fellow Workflow

20. SV Workflow

21. Meeting/Course Workflow

22. For further information please contact: • Nathalie Colinet • N.Colinet@iaea.org • +43 1 2060 26379 • Maria Angeles Rubin Hasibar • M.A.Rubin-Hasibar@iaea.org • +43 1 2060 22402 Intouch.iaea.org

23. Trends in IAEA fellowship duration

24. Fellowship Duration (2000-2009)

25. Long Term Academic Training • Duration: maximum 3 years mostly in the field of Medical Physics, Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Oncology (MSc or PhD) • Trends: aging scientists, lack of specialists in hospitals, academic training not available in home country • Planning: planned in advance within a TC project • Funding: IAEA TC project, government cost sharing, extrabudgetary funds or Type I

26. Types of Long Term Training • SPECIALIZED TRAINING: uninterrupted training, in radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and medical physics • SANDWICH MODALITY: Fellow registers at a local university and at the same time contacts a university overseas. 2 professors jointly supervise the studies - 6 months locally and 6 months overseas. (ICTP) • DISTANT LEARNING ( E-LEARNING): Fellow studies in home country and only travels to take exams/defend thesis in host country (hydrology) CONSIDERATION: costly, limited funds, removes candidate from the workplace for a long period, risk of brain drain

27. Fellowships (FE): awarded to young professionals with auniversity degree or technical level who must have worked at least 2 years in the project/field. The fellow must be academically or technically qualified, including language The training requested is: practical/on-the-job training of candidates (as a rule duration is 1 month up to 12 months at a single institute)* the most common type of fellowship; long-term academic training (duration 6 months – 3 years) Scientific Visits (SV): awarded to a senior staff who worked at least 5 years in the project/field. Awarded to candidates who hold an appropriate advisory or management position (duration: up to 2 weeks in a maximum of 2 countries/2 host institutes). Age Limit: normally 5 years less the retirement age of his/her country. IAEA Fellows/SV Definition