The Philippines Signs a Country Programme Framework (CPF) for 2016-2021

Ms Carol M. Yorobe, Undersecretary of the Department of Science and Technology,  and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, have signed The Philippines’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2016 - 2021 on 31.05.2017. 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 Philippines has been an IAEA Member State since 1958. Its 2016-2021 CPF identifies six priority areas:

1. Food and Agriculture
2. Natural Resources and Environment
3. Energy
4. Industry
5. Human Health
6. Nuclear Safety and Security

Ms Carol M. Yorobe, Undersecretary of the Department of Science and Technology,  and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation. (Photo: J.Krickl/IAEA)

(Photo: J.Krickl/IAEA)