CBRN Security Culture Seminar in Indonesia

In May 2012, CITS held a two-day seminar entitled “Chemical, Biological Radiological and Nuclear Security: Factoring In the Human Element”. The seminar was co-organized and hosted by the National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The seminar included a one-day session on nuclear and radiological security culture for a group of BATAN security officers, which previously attended a regional training course offered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in December 2011 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The session helped build upon the information provided at the IAEA course, and offered an in-depth analysis, evaluation, and tools for improvement of security culture at Indonesia’s nuclear and radiological facilities. The second-day session, designed for government officials dealing with CBRN security, helped improve, pursuant to requirements of the UN SecurityCouncil Resolution 1540, the security of CBRN materials by building the capacity of facility personnel to follow proactively security procedures and practices, and reduce the risk of these materials being diverted for malicious purposes. The second-day session utilized the findings of the international workshop “In Search of Sustainable CBRN Security Culture” organized and held by CITS in partnership with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs in Athens, GA (USA) in February 2012. The seminar was attended by about 50 representatives of various government agencies dealing with CBRN security issues, including BATAN, the National Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN), CBRN Unit of the Indonesian Army, National Police, Customs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Intelligence Agency, and National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT). This event was made possible through generous support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.