Ms Atchara Wongsaengchan, Secretary General, Office of Atoms for Peace, Thailand, and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed Thailand’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2017–2022 on 21 September 2017. 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.

Thailand is a founding IAEA Member State and joined the Agency in 1957. Its 2017–2022 CPF identifies six priority areas:

1. Research reactor;
2. Food safety and agriculture;
3. Human health;
4. Emergency preparedness and response;
5. Radiation Technology for industrial applications;
6. Human resource development in nuclear power plant infrastructure.