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Topic: Knowledge Management
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Content Inside: INIS & Nuclear Knowledge Management Information Sheet Series No. 1 Nuclear Knowledge Management The management of nuclear knowledge has emerged as a growing challenge in recent years. The need to preserve and transfer nuclear knowledge is compounded by recent trends such as ageing of the nuclear workforce declining student numbers in nuclear-related fields and the threat of losing accumulated nuclear knowledge. Addressing these challenges the IAEA promotes a "knowledge management culture" through: Providing guidance for policy formulation and implementation of nuclear knowledge management; Strengthening the contribution of nuclear knowledge in solving development problems based on needs and priorities of Member States; Pooling analysing and sharing nuclear information to facilitate knowledge creation and its utilization; Implementing effective knowledge management systems; Preserving and maintaining nuclear knowledge; Securing sustainable human resources for the nuclear sector; and Enhancing nuclear education and training. Developing Policy Methodology and Guidance for Nuclear Knowledge Management Objectives To meet the needs of Member States in managing knowledge in the fields of nuclear science and technology through developing methodologies and providing guidance in nuclear knowledge management Activities The IAEA is focusing its NKM activities on summarizing good practices in Member States in the subject area on developing methodology guidance and tools to strengthen training and education for capacity building and to preserve knowledge and information in Member States. The IAEA is also offering practical on-site assistance in retaining critical knowledge and sharing international experiences in knowledge management by undertaking IAEA Expert Missions to Member States. This will be done through exchange of information meetings workshops and networking. The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) th ...
