In order to ensure that the indirect actions of the Euratom Programme mutually reinforce research efforts of the Member States and the private sector, the priorities of the work programmes are to be established on the basis of appropriate inputs from national public authorities and nuclear research stakeholders grouped in bodies or frameworks such as technology platforms and technical forums for nuclear systems and safety, management of ultimate waste and radiation protection/low-dose risk, fusion research, or any relevant organisation or forum of nuclear stakeholders.

Key follow up actions: Extend nuclear safety assessments to the EU neighbours and strengthen cooperation on nuclear safety to promote convergence on regulatory framework and standards Review the use of Euratom agreements and extend their scope, as relevant, to issues of supply of nuclear fuel, nuclear waste, safety standards, nuclear research and financial assistance on technical cooperation Advocate for international legally binding nuclear safety standards in multilateral discussions, including under the IAEA Facilitate the creation of regional cooperation fora for offshore regulators, building on the experience of the North Sea Offshore Regulators Forum Create a ...[+++]forum with interested partners in the Mediterranean for actively promoting the highest offshore oil and gas safety standards in the region Address offshore safety with hydrocarbon producers in the OPEC context |

Rules on disclosure of information by members of the Forum should be provided for, without prejudice to the Commission’s rules on security as set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom (4).

In parallel, a European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF) has been created[5], which will develop a mid- and long-term Joint Security Research Agenda that will involve all European stakeholders from both the supply and the demand sides.

This has often been used to push forward international processes such as Environment for Europe, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, the WTO Committee on trade and Environment, the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, the Global Plan of Action on Land-based Sources of Marine Pollution (Washington GPA), or the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS).

This is evident from the increasing number of countries associated with forums such as the Sub Saharan Africa Transport Policy Programme (SSATP), SADC's Transport and Communications Commission, the Global Road Safety Partnership, and the Euro-Mediterranean Transport Forum.