Cuba Signs a Country Programme Framework (CPF) for 2024–2030

Mr. Jose Fidel Santana Nunez, Vice Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba (CITMA), and Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed Cuba's Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2024-2030 on 18 September 2024. 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.

Cuba has been an IAEA Member State since 1957. Its 2024-2030 CPF identifies six priority areas:

1. Food and agriculture
2. Health and nutrition
3. Water and the environment
4. Energy and industry
5. Radiation technologies
6. Nuclear safety and radiation protection