Elia Béatrice Assoumacou, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed Madagascar's Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2021–2026 on 7 October 2021. 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.
Madagascar has been an IAEA Member State since 1965. Its 2021–2026 CPF identifies four priority areas:
- Human health (Cancer control)
- Agriculture
- Environment and Water resource management
- Radiation Safety
