The 33rd AFRA TWGM from 18 to 22 July 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda
The AFRA TWGM meeting was held in Kigali, Rwanda from 18 – 22 July 2022 and was hosted by Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA). The meeting was attended by 39 participants including 33 AFRA National Coordinators (NCs), AFRA Chair, the 3 Chairs of the AFRA Committees, AUC representative, 4 officials from the IAEA and officials from Rwanda supporting the event.
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Status Update on Rays of Hope
On the margins of the IAEA GC67 a side event ‘Status Update on Rays of Hope’ has been organized to mark the progress done since the lunching of Rays of Hope initiative on February 4, 2022.
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32nd Meeting of AFRA Representatives
The 32nd Meeting of AFRA Representatives was convened on 9th September in advance of the 65th IAEA General Conference and was attended by more than 124 high-level delegates of AFRA State Parties, 88 virtually and 36 in-person. The meeting participants included 24 Ambassadors from African Permanent Missions to the IAEA, and they were joined by a delegate of the United States who participated as an observer.
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31st Meeting of AFRA Representatives
The 31st Meeting of AFRA Representatives (MoR) was for the first time held virtually on 11 September 2020 from 10:00 to 11:30 am due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions and lockdown.
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31st AFRA Technical Working Group Meeting
The 31st AFRA Technical Working Group Meeting was held virtually from 23 to 24 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions.
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A new collaboration agreement signed among the regional educational networks
In the occasion of the AFRA – High Level Steering Committee for HRD and NKM in April 2017, after having viewed and considered its content and the supporting Action Plan, AFRA-NEST have joined the other regional educational networks in signing the common Collaboration Agreement.
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Accepting Applications: First African Nuclear Energy Management School
Young professionals from across Africa have until 30 June to apply to attend the Joint South Africa – IAEA Nuclear Energy Management (NEM) School to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17-28 October 2016.
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IAEA Assists Saudi Arabia in Nuclear Energy Education Capability Assessment and Planning
Many countries, including Saudi Arabia, are planning to introduce nuclear energy for a more sustainable energy mix in the coming decades. Education and training in nuclear science and technology is essential to building the human resources necessary for nuclear power, as witnessed at an IAEA workshop in Saudi Arabia last month.
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Nuclear Energy in Africa
Countries around the world are preparing or considering nuclear power programmes. Most of them are in developing countries.
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AFRA celebrates 25 years of cooperation with the IAEA
AFRA, or the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology, celebrates 25 years of cooperation with the IAEA this year. AFRA, an intergovernmental agreement which seeks to maximize the utilization of available infrastructure and expertise in Africa in the field of nuclear science and technology, entered into force on 4 April 1990.
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