The key objectives of SEAS are:

• Providing guidance, based on IAEA and international experts' experience, to improve Member States' stakeholder engagement for nuclear power programmes.
• Reviewing Member States' stakeholder engagement strategies and approaches and providing advice on how to address identified gaps, if any.
• Sharing international experience and good practices to strengthen Member States’ understanding of stakeholder engagement concepts and approaches and bolstering their stakeholder engagement capacity.

A SEAS mission offers a comprehensive assessment of a Member State’s stakeholder engagement efforts for a nuclear power programme and provides advice on how to further improve such efforts. Upon request by a Member State, a SEAS mission can address some or all elements of a country’s stakeholder engagement programme such as:

• Stakeholder mapping and prioritization methodology
• Establishing a national stakeholder engagement coordination mechanism
• Setting up public information centres
• Assessing community engagement
• Developing a social media strategy and media relations
• Building capacity for developing outreach products and messages, and evaluation of their impact

The SEAS mission is tailored to the requirements of the Member State to ensure the e-fficiency and effectiveness of the service.

SEAS missions are conducted upon official request from a Member State. Requests should be transmitted to the IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy.