ANENT Joins Fellow Networks in Knowledge Sharing on Education and Outreach Activities

ANENT joined its fellow nuclear education networks from different regions of the globe as they gathered once again in Vienna, Austria on June 2016 for a valuable exchange of perspectives and experiences in the field of nuclear education, training and outreach activities.

The meeting is among a series organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Knowledge Management Section to provide a forum among national and regional nuclear educational networks to share their recent knowledges as well as the current situations faced by the various nuclear education networks.

Among the attendees of the meeting are representatives from African Network for Education in Science and Technology (AFRA-NEST), Latin American Network for Education in Nuclear Technology (LANENT), the Belgian Nuclear Higher Education Network (BNEN), The European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN) and the Regional Network for Education and Training in Nuclear Technology (STAR-NET), for a total of 27 participants from 24 countries.

ANENT Chairperson Ms. Youngmi Nam and Ms. Chanyotha Supitcha represented ANENT in the meeting. They delivered presentations on the activities of ANENT as well as the outreach program under IAEA Project RAS 0075 and its corresponding action plans.

The participants agreed that outreach was a common area to address in every region, which shows the importance of information sharing in this area. New concepts on IT-based tools and applications were also presented during the meeting, including the Integrated Database (IDB), digital repositories of outreach practices, semantic technology and digital repository, and cloud supporting system.