Nada Kruger, Ambassador and Resident Representative of the Republic of Namibia to the IAEA signed Namibia’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2020–2025 on 16 December 2019 in a ceremony attended by Mr Shaukat Abdulrazak, Director of the Division for Africa, in his capacity as acting IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation. The CPF was previously signed by Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation. 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.
Namibia has been an IAEA Member State since 1983. Its 2020–2025 CPF identifies seven priority areas:
- Nuclear and radiation safety;
- Food and agriculture;
- Human health;
- Energy planning;
- Water resources management;
- Marine and coastal environment;
- Human resources capacity building.
