Institutional relations

In order to fulfil its objective, FORO establishes cooperative relationships with regional and international organisations and institutions in areas of mutual interest in radiological, nuclear and physical security. This cooperation is essential to contribute to the development of knowledge in relevant areas and to achieve a wide dissemination of the results obtained by FORO in countries of the Ibero-American region and beyond.

IAEA

FORO has formalised a FORO-IAEA cooperation agreement on radiological, nuclear and physical security issues (2010 English - 2011 Spanish), which was updated and extended in 2017, and signed on the occasion of FORO's 20th Anniversary in Buenos Aires. It was subsequently renewed in 2020.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION / PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANISATION

FORO has shared and shares initiatives of regional and global interest with both institutions, such as the Global Initiative on Radiation Safety in the Medical Field (Geneva, Switzerland, December 2008), the sponsorship of the Ibero-American Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine (Madrid, Spain, October 2016) and the participation in the International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine, organised among others by IAEA/WHO (11-15 December 2017).

INTERNATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (IRPA)

FORO has formalised the relationship with IRPA through the signature of a practical arrangement between the two associations.

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION (ICRP)

FORO has formalised links with ICRP, through the designation of our association as a Special Liaison Organisation (SLO).

EUROPEAN NETWORK OF SAFETY TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATIONS (ETSON)

FORO formalised the relationship with ETSON through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on the occasion of the IAEA GC (2016).

IBERO-AMERICAN GENERAL SECRETARIAT (SEGIB)

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