Croatian Radiation Protection Association

President:

Dr. Sc. Saveta Miljanic

Ruder Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka c 54
10000 ZAGREB
Croatia

Tel: ++3851 4561 053

Fax: +3851 4680 098

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Secretary:

Dr. Sc.  Ines Krajcar Bronic

Ruder Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka c 54
10000 ZAGREB
Croatia

Tel: +3851 4571 271

Fax: +3851 4680 239

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Delegates:

2008-2012

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Web site:

http://www.hdzz.hr/

Description

History and organisation

The Croatian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA) was founded under this name in 1979, as a member of the Yugoslav Radiation Protection Association (YRPA). Within the frame of YRPA, CRPA organized many domestic and international meetings, conferences.

CRPA has come a long way since 1979, broadening its interests to take account of the increasing uses of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. From 1991 CRPA acts as an independent organization. CRPA became a regular member of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) in 1992, being among the very first Croatian professional organizations to enter international associations.

The Croatian Radiation Protection Association is a public organization with the purpose of promoting and developing scientific as well as upbringing, educational and cultural activities in the field of radiation protection and related fields of science.

With respect to these aims CRPA:

• stimulates and supports basic and applied scientific research;
• stimulates and supports the application of scientific results in commercial and non-commercial activities;
• ensures advisors with high level technical and scientific knowledge for the regulatory-administrative authorities;
• initiates and carries out activities to improve public education;
• popularizes science, its results and their applications;
• affirms the scientific method and manner of thought.

The CRPA gathers scientists and specialists from the entire Croatia and acts under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia. Nowadays CRPA has 178 members.

The Presidency of CRPA has 11 members:

Dr. Saveta Miljanic, president; Dr. Zdenko Franic, vicepresident; Dr. Ines Krajcar Bronic, secretary; Jasminka Sencar, treasurer; Dr. Jadranka Kovac, Dr. Dragan Kubelka, Dr. Vladimir Lokner, Nevenka Novosel; Dr. Gordana Marovic, Dr. Mirjana Poropat, Dr. Mária Ranogajec-Komor.

The Control Board has 3 members: Dr. Verica Garaj-Vrhovac, Dr. Bogomil Obelic, Dr. Marinko Vilic.
 
The Chairman of the Assembly is Mr. Branko Vekic.

The web page of CRPA can be accessed at the Internet address: http://www.hdzz.hr/

The logotype of CRPA - similar as that of IRPA - is based on the international symbol for ionizing radiation, trifoil, and combines successful traditional Croatian motives (ornamental wickerwork) with high technology.

Support of the scientific and professional work

Research work in radiation protection is explicitly multidisciplinary, because radiation sources are quite different as well as are different their effect of humans and environment.

To support this work, seven symposia of the Croatian Radiation Protection Association with international participation were organized (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008). They all took place in Zagreb (1st – 4th), Stubicke Toplice (5th and 6th) and in Opatija (7th). In 1992, while Croatia was still suffering the imposed war, CRPA managed to organize the first Symposium. The respectful number of 68 papers was presented by 130 authors, showing the status in the field of radiation protection in Croatia and providing a forum for exchange of knowledge and experience. Selected abstracts were reviewed and published in Health Physics journal (1993;65;333-336). This was great acknowledgement to the CRPA and the Croatian Science. The proceedings of all symposia were printed in Croatian with extended abstracts in English.

In addition to these Symposia, CRPA was co-organizer of the series of bi-annual meetings on radiation protection in Central Europe in co-operation with the Austrian, Czech, German-Swiss, Italian, Slovak and Slovenian Associate Societies of IRPA. The congresses in Austria (1993), Slovenia (1995), Czech Republic (1997) and Hungary (1999) have a rank of IRPA Regional Congress. CRPA was entrusted with the organization of the IRPA Regional Congress, which was held in Dubrovnik in May 2001. Within the frame of supporting the scientific work CRPA also regularly organizes lectures with invited domestic and international lecturers.

The adviser role of CRPA to the Authorities

Although the members of CRPA were involved in the creation of new Laws on Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection, the suggestions to improve the Laws proposed by the Association itself were unfortunately not completely accepted by the corresponding administrative organs. In the future CRPA has to achieve a better acceptance by the Authorities involved in radiation protection. This would result at least in a better acceptance of the international recommendations as Croatian radiation protection requirements.

Public education, popularization

CRPA recognized the importance of radiation protection education in medicine. In co-operation with the Croatian Radiological Society it works on education of medical doctors. However, CRPA has to put additional effort on the popularization of radiation protection sciences and education of public in this field.