HE Amb. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Resident Representative Permanent Mission of Mexico, and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, have signed Mexico’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2016-2021 on 26 January 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.
Mexico has been an IAEA Member State since 1958. Its 2016-2021 CPF identifies six priority areas:
- Sustainable nuclear energy;
- Nuclear safety and safety of radioactive sources;
- Human health;
- Food security and sustainable agriculture;
- Environmental protection and sustainable water management; and
- Industrial applications.
