Regional Workshop to Develop a Road Map for Building a Nuclear Security Detection Architecture for Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control

The objectives of this workshop are to:1.Enhance awareness of the importance of an NSDA and its components. 2.Promote an integrated planning process for development of an NSDA.3. Discuss the key roles and responsibilities of the various involved agencies.4. Assess existing national capabilities and resources, and identify those that need to be developed, for use in the NSDA. 5. Develop a road map to be used by the Member State to plan and organize their NSDA. This regional workshop is organized for senior-level decision makers responsible for national security planning in their Member State. Representatives from each of the following functional areas are requested to attend:•         Coordination authority for national security (i.e., national security council);•         Customs and Border security;•         Law enforcement;•         Intelligence and security services; and•         Regulators and technical expert support.The regional workshop is open to 5-7 participants from each State with expertise and responsibility for the functional areas listed above.