BAGHDAD: Dr Fouad Kadhim Shati Al Musawi, Deputy Minister for Ministry of Higher Education and Science and Technology, Iraq, and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, have signed agreement for Iraq’s Country Program Framework (CPF) for the period of 2018–2023. Mr. Oudai Al Khairallah, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq was present in that ceremony.
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.
Since 1959, Iraq is a member of IAEA. For 2018 to 2023 period, eight major priority areas have been identified, and they are: Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management, Environment, Nuclear and Radiological Emergency, Strengthening of the Regulatory Infrastructure, Water Resources Management, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Food and Agriculture and Radiation Technologies industrial application.
