Mauritius will accede to the Sixth African Regional Cooperative Agreement (AFRA) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the period 2015 to 2020.
The AFRA regional programmes cover six thematic areas, namely, Human Health, Food and Agriculture, Water Resources, Sustainable Energy Development, Industrial Applications, and Nuclear and Waste Safety and Security.
It seeks to maximise the use of available infrastructure and expertise in Africa. It also assists Member States to move towards regional self-sufficiency using peaceful applications of nuclear techniques.
The African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) is an intergovernmental Agreement established by African Member States to further strengthen and enlarge the contribution of nuclear science and technology to socio-economic development on the African continent.
The scope of AFRA activities covers a wide range of peaceful applications of nuclear techniques that contribute towards the achievement of national and regional development goals.
The AFRA Agreement is renewed by its Member States every five years. This renewal is achieved by notifying the Director General of the IAEA of the AFRA Member States’ acceptance of the extension of the Agreement, and of their desire to continue participating in the Agreement.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is not party to AFRA, but provides technical and scientific backstopping as well as financial and administrative support, in accordance with the IAEA’s principles, rules and procedures applicable to the Agency’s technical cooperation programme.
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