Ambassador Yohannes Woldu, Permanent Mission of Eritrea to IAEA, and Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed Eritrea’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) from 2024 to 2028 on 08 October and 18 October 2024, respectively.

A CPF is the frame of reference for the medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a Member State and the IAEA. It identifies priority areas where the transfer of nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources will be directed to support national development goals.

Eritrea has been an IAEA Member State since 2002. Its 2024-2028 CPF identifies seven priority areas Nuclear and Radiation Safety and Security, Food and Agriculture, Water and Environment, Health and Nutrition, Mining and Energy, Marine Resources, Industry – Standards, and Metrology.

The IAEA has 178 member countries globally, Twenty-one African countries have become members of the Agency, and throughout the continent, much diverse work is in progress to obtain benefits from the peaceful application of atomic energy.