African Fusion November-December 2024

tralia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Sin gapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Middle East: An example of a coop erative arrangement with the assistance of IAEA is the Cooperative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (ARASIA). The countries involved are Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. They host five Regional Resource Centres that serve as hubs for capacity building in nuclear sci ence and technology in the region. Some recommended strategies to put in place Section 1 of the IIW NWC-SDGs long report, Volume 2: Potential NWC and SDGs Weld ing Industry Projects and Resources shows some strategies, complete with potential resources, which could be implemented in different regions and countries. Working with organisations such as IAEA, UNIDO,UNESCO, WHO and other similar national and international organ isations, one can investigate, recommend

References 1. SAIW and South Africa’s National Welding Capability and their Significance to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); downloadable report; https://www.saiw.co.za/ south-africas-national-welding-capability nwc-and-its-significance-to-the-un-sustain able-development-goals-sdgs 2. The Importance of a Country’s Welding Industry, its National Welding Capabil ity (NWC) and their Significance to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): downloadable report; https://iiwelding. org/iiw-jointothefuture/iiw-and-sustainable development/. 3. All the references shown in square brackets [] can be found with the same numbers in the IIW NWC-SDGs Long Report Volume 2 pages 50 to 57, which is freely downloadable from https://iiwelding.org/iiw-jointothefuture/iiw and-sustainable-development and implement measures that will ensure that the optimum education and training is performed to produce outcomes to meet the needs of the different welding-related industry sectors in a country or region. These would include skills levels and ca reer paths and routes for people including helping ensure lifelong learning opportuni ties and employment, alleviating poverty and improving the quality of life of so many.

human settlements to be safe, resilient and sustainable [19] . Latin America and the Caribbean: There are previous examples of a number of major training projects involving coun tries in Latin America and the Caribbean which were initiated and supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through the promotion of advanced inspection techniques and applications in non-destructive testing. [138], [139] A good example of countries cooperat ing with the assistance of the IAEA is the Cooperation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL). The countries involved included Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicara gua, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela. Asia and Oceania: An example of pres ent cooperation between countries in the Asia and Oceania regions is shown by the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Re search, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific (RCA). Countries cooperat ing with the assistance of the IAEA are Aus

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