Central African Republic Signs Its Country Programme Framework (CPF) for 2017-2021

HE Mr Charles Armel Doubane, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Central African Republic, and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation. (Photo: J.Krickl/IAEA)

HE Mr Charles Armel Doubane, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Central African Republic, and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, have signed the Central African Republic’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2017 - 2021 on 31 May 2017. A CPF is the frame of reference for the medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a Member State and the IAEA and identifies priority areas where the transfer of nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources will be directed to support national development goals.
The Central African Republic has been an IAEA Member State since 2001. Its 2017 - 2021 CPF identifies five priority areas:

1. Human health
2. Food and agriculture
3. Water and environment
4. Energy planning
5. Nuclear security and radiation safety

(Photo: J. Krickl/IAEA)