Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on education and training in radiological protection

Determined to build further on what has been achieved up to now, the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control FANC and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN organised the 3rd international conference on education and training in radiological protection, ETRAP2005, in Brussels in November 2005. The conference intended to address the largest potential audience, covering policy makers, the medical sector, radiographers, NORM experts, the engineering sector, the non-nuclear industry, social sciences researchers, safety experts, regulators and authorities. Furthermore, it aimed to reinforce the contacts between various organisations and individuals dealing with education and training policies in radiological protection. The expected outcome is better harmonisation of training practice and of skills recognition. Special attention was paid to the networks currently emerging at the European and global level. ETRAP2005 and the subsequent conferences provided the necessary platform for a comprehensive and transdisciplinary approach to education and training in radiological protection.