Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, and Nino Utiashvili, Head of the Agency of Nuclear and Radiation Safety (ANRS) from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, signing the extension of the Georgia Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period 2020-2028. (Photo: J.O'Brien/IAEA)
Ms Nino Utiashvili, Head of the Agency of Nuclear and Radiation Safety (ANRS) from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, and Mr Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed an extension of the Georgia Country Programme Framework (CPF) for an additional three years, covering the period 2020-2028, on 24 February 2026.
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.
Georgia has been an IAEA Member State since 1996. Its 2020-2028 CPF identifies five priority areas:
Ensuring nuclear and radiation safety and security
Increasing early detection and treatment of oncological diseases and preventing risk factors associated with nutrition related non-communicable diseases
Ensuring food safety, improving food control systems, and improving agricultural practices
Improving water resources management and environmental radiation monitoring.
Assessing the national potential to use renewable energy
IAEA staff and the delegation of Georgia. (Photo: J. O'Brien/IAEA)
