II. GENERAL OPERATING RULES
A.
11.
Elaboration of the programme of technical assistance to be provided from the Agency's own resources
At the request of Member States the Agency shall take steps to make its capabilities available to them in the drawing up of programmes for the peaceful uses of atomic energy involving the provision of technical assistance or in the drawing up of individual requests, including those relating to long-term projects. For this purpose the Agency may send staff members, experts or programming missions to requesting States.
12. The Government of each requesting Member State shall submit its detailed requests for technical assistance in accordance with the time-table established for that purpose. Each request for an integrated and/or multi-year programme or project should indicate how the relevant authorities of the requesting Member State or group of Member States relate it to the national development plans or priorities and objectives of that State or group of States.
B.
13.
Annual approval and review of the technical assistance programme
The Board of Governors shall examine and approve each year the Director General's proposals for technical assistance in the form of the services of experts and equipment to be provided from the Agency's own resources during the following year. In so doing, the Board shall take into account the likely amount of such resources.
14. The Director General's proposals for technical assistance referred to in paragraph 13 shall distinguish between those projects which it is expected will be executed through the use of convertible currency and those which it is expected will be executed through the use of non-convertible currency,
15.
The Board may approve technical assistance projects involving the services of experts or equipment of a duration of more than one year. The financial implications of each such project shall be reviewed during each ensuing year after its approval and such review shall take due account of the relative priority of the project.
16.
Fellowships and training activities shall be approved by the Director General and shall be reported upon in the Annual Report on Technical Assistance provided by the Agency and in the Agency's Annual Report.
The time-table for the submission of requests for technical assistance to be provided from the Agency's own resources shall thus normally be as follows:
17.
Year
A
Month/Date
August
Action
Member States shall be invited by the Director General to submit detailed requests for technical assistance to be provided in year C.
a
f
L
E
A
31 December
Final date for the receipt of detailed requests for tech- nical assistance to be provided in year C.
2
B
September
Final establishment of priorities among Member States' requests in consultation with the Governments concerned.
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F
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