CONTRIBUTION OF THE TRAINING CENTER OF NATIONAL CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CNESTEN ON BUILDING COMPTENCIES IN RADIONTION PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF IONOZING RADIATION SOURCES IN THE REGION: POST GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL COURSE (PGEC

Under its law of creation, Law No. 17-83, the National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (CNESTEN) \"contributes to education and training of specialists needed for national nuclear power program, and other areas using nuclear techniques.” During the twenty eight years of its existence, the CNESTEN Build competencies of his humans resources. Now he has a pool of about one hundred and half experts in several peaceful utilisations of Nuclear Techniques in socio economic areas (Health, Energy, Environment, Industry, Agriculture, Water, Management of the radioactive waste, Radiation protection, Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security, etc.). Thanks to the importance of the education and training in building and strengthening the Radiation protection culture to ensure a safe use of ionizing radiation in peaceful application and according to the national and regional needs, CNESTEN mad a strategy on developing Regional Training Centre on training in radiation protection and safety of ionizing radiation sources. In collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the CNESTEN organized, in association with national partners, eight editions of the Postgraduate Regional Education Course (PGEC) in Radioprotection and Safety of ionizing radiation sources for 177 participants from 19 French-speaking African countries. On 2012, the CNESTEN has been recognized by the IAEA and the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) system as “Regional Recognised Centre (RDC) in Education and Training in Radioprotection and Safety of Waste Management”. Our aimed objective is sustainability and continual improvement of the training. The PGEC experience can help to develop other specific trainings and build a fruitful network in the region. On this paper, we propose to present our experience on the organization of the Postgraduate Regional Education Course (PGEC) in Radioprotection and Safety of ionizing radiation sources.