Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2016
Keywords:
Action 12 - Cooperation with international radiation protection initiatives and other stakeholders including IAEA, WHO, ICRP, HERCA, European Commission, Action 10 - Improved communication and collaboration of health professionals in radiation protection, Action 1 - Clinical decision support, clinical imaging guidelines, Action 1 - Guidelines, implementation policies, and Clinical Decision Support (ESR iGuide), Action 13 - Stakeholder engagement and collaboration
Authors:
HERCA WGMA: Heads of the European Radiological protection Competent Authorities, Working Group on Medical Applications
DOI:
10.1594/esi2016/ESI-0049
Personal/Organisational information
HERCA as an organization
The Heads of the European Radiological protection Competent Authorities (HERCA) was founded in 2007 on the initiative of the French Autorité de sûreté nucléaire (ASN).
It is a voluntary association in which the heads of the Radiation Protection Authorities work together in order to identify common interests in significant regulatory issues and provides practical solutions for these issues.
The uniqueness of HERCA is that it is composed of the heads of organizations that either have decision-making capacity or significant influence on policy and decisions within their countries.
HERCA brings together 51 radiation protection authorities from 31 European countries ( Fig. 1 ).
The present chairman of HERCA is Mr.
Sigurdur Magnusson,
Director of the Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority.
The structure of HERCA is illustrated in Fig. 2 .
HERCA Working Group on Medical Applications (WGMA)
The HERCA Working Group on Medical Applications (WGMA) covers all radiation protection issues concerning the medical applications of ionizing radiation for diagnosis and treatment.
Its activities are conducted as work packages and include discussions,
surveys,
hosting stakeholder meetings and publishing position papers on key issues.
For more information about HERCA,
pelase visit our website www.herca.org.