Workshop Title
"Promoting a sustainable management system – key factors for success"
Themes: Management. Safety. Culture. Leadership. Change. Requirements. Integration. Performance. Quality. Experience. Improvement. Organization. Communication. Commitment. Knowledge. Networks. Learning. Standards. Innovation. Resilience.
Dates
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12, 13, 14 June 2012
Venue
Vår Gård Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm, Sweden
Workshop Host
Vattenfall AB
Workshop Objective
Promoting a sustainable management system, as developed through the IAEA safety standards (GS-R-3, GS-G-3.1 and GS-G-3.5) and to provide for an international forum for the exchange of experiences, practical examples and case studies.
Background
This is the eleventh in a series of workshops that the IAEA and FORATOM have organized jointly to raise awareness, increase understanding and promote the application of the IAEA Safety Standards on management systems. This workshop is co-organized with the IAEA.
The last two workshops have focused on practical aspects of the implementation of the IAEA Safety Standards.
In 2010, the 10th workshop looked at helping Member States apply IAEA requirements and guidance on management systems through the sharing of good practices and solutions to commonly encountered challenges and problems.
In 2009 the 9th Workshop considered approaches to the implementation of an integrated management system as a logical development of an existing management system.
Workshop Approach
Each day will focus on a specific topic, relevant to the sustainability of an effective management system:
Day One: Leadership and Commitment for Safety
Day Two: Organizational Culture
Day Three: Improvement and Sustainability
In the plenary morning sessions the subjects will be introduced by keynote speakers and during the afternoon sessions on all three days there will be parallel interactive working groups on topics linked to the subjects discussed in the morning. Participants are expected to actively contribute to these sessions and are advised to prepare the contributions based on their experiences. At the end of each afternoon the results of the break-out sessions will be presented in a plenary session.
The workshop will focus on a number of key aspects of a sustainable management system such as:
• Leadership and commitment by the senior management team
• Promotion and support of a strong safety culture
• Managing organizational change
• Self-assessment and independent assessment
• Innovation in continuously improving the management system
• Improvement and sustainability of the management system
• Managing the evolution of increasing safety requirements
• Management systems in resilient organizations
• Managing the unexpected
The focus of the workshop will be on the exchange of practical ideas and strategies, not on theoretical or abstract concepts, or on restating the content of IAEA safety standards. The sessions will also focus on the identification of common difficulties, possible solutions and good practices with regard to establishing, implementing, assessing and continually improving management systems.
Who Should Participate?
The participants should be senior managers and professionals with responsibility for establishing or implementing, assessing, and continually improving management systems. The workshop will be of particular interest to those involved in any projects defining and implementing integrated management systems. The participants should come from nuclear power plants, nuclear power companies, regulatory bodies, research institutes, research reactor operating organizations, radioactive waste management companies, fuel cycle facilities, and from other organizations dealing with radioactive sources. Participation of supplier organizations (manufacturers, designers, engineering companies, etc) is also desirable. The participants should have experience in the establishment and continuous improvement and innovation of Management Systems and Organizational/Safety Culture.
Working Language
The working language of the workshop is English.
