AN APPROACH TO HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR SECURITY FORCE: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Colonel A. B. M. Faruquzzaman, afwc, psc, G Headquarters Logistics Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Keywords:

Nuclear Power Plant, International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Security Regime, Nuclear Security Force, Human Resource Development, Nuclear Security and Physical Protection System Cell

Abstract

Bangladesh, the 33rd Member State of Global Nuclear Club, is committed to establish Nuclear Security Regime before commissioning its first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in 2023. Therefore, Bangladesh has formed Nuclear Security and Physical Protection System Cell (NSPC) under Bangladesh Army in 2017. However, NSPC could not formulate a formidable Nuclear Security Force (NSF) yet. Absence of an appropriate Human Resource Development (HRD) model for NSF in literature, heterogeneous force composition, feeble legal and regulatory framework, scanty HRD infrastructures and expertise in the field of Nuclear Security, insignificant research in Bangladesh caveat, etc. are generally identified as major impediments. At this backdrop, a non-experimental, exploratory research has been conducted to explore HRD modalities for NSF of Bangladesh. Available literary contents, international, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) guidance, global best practices, opinions of the Subject Matter Experts (SME) and structured response of the Key Informants (KI) were the basis of the research. Both primary and secondary data sources had been accessed applying cross-sectional non-probability purposive sampling techniques. Based on the research, this paper has proposed an HRD model and suggests modalities appropriate for HRD of NSF in Bangladesh caveat. Proposed model is structured as a networked-wheel model centering Nuclear Security Strategy of Bangladesh. It has three interrelated functional pillars: Training and Development, Workforce Development, and Organization Development. Eighteen elements of these pillars are interconnected through a comprehensive Knowledge Network. It has also proposed modalities for restructuring existing system, inter-agency collaboration, international cooperation, technology integration, mass awareness, security mind-set and culture, etc. Propositions of this paper may immensely assist Bangladesh in developing Human Resource (HR) of its NSF.

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Published

2020-10-28

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FARUQUZZAMAN, A. B. M. (2020). AN APPROACH TO HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR SECURITY FORCE: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE. NDC E-JOURNAL, 1(1), 88-106. Retrieved from https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/article/view/193

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