Statement by Minister SHIMIZU Chitaru at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting starting on Monday, 8 June 2026 Item 3: Strengthening of the Agency’s Technical Cooperation Activities - Technical Cooperation Report for 2025
2026/6/8
Thank you, Chair,
Japan thanks the Secretariat for preparing the “Technical Cooperation Report for 2025”.
The IAEA's Technical Cooperation (TC) Programme is pivotal in contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Japan remains firmly committed to the Agency’s role as the largest extra-budgetary contributor for TC Programme in 2025.
The Agency’s flagship initiatives have delivered tangible benefits of nuclear science and technology worldwide. To further extend these benefits, Japan made a new extra-budgetary contribution this year, of approximately 7.9 million Euros through the Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). This assistance includes our support to the Rays of Hope initiative and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme in Africa as a follow-up to the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), as well as targeted assistance to Somalia as a new Member State, and to Ukraine and Syria through Rays of Hope, and our contribution to the regional efforts of the RCA for Asia and the Pacific (Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific).
In pursuit of cancer care for all, the new contribution also supports the activities of the Rays of Hope Anchor Centres, including the utilization of the expertise of Japan's Anchor Centre.
We hope that our contributions will be translated into meaningful outcomes for the recipient countries.
Chair,
Japan also actively supports efforts to develop the next generation of nuclear professionals, with the cooperation of Japanese experts, such as hosting of the first International Nuclear Science and Technology Academy (INSTA) Spring School, where participants from 10 countries received advanced instruction in radiation protection. The Phoenix Leader Education Programme at Hiroshima University continues to strengthen regional capacity in radiation disaster medicine, and we welcome that three IAEA fellows completed the programme last October.
Lastly, Japan welcomes that the rate of attainment on payments to TCF last year reached up to 96.6%. As we have done continuously, Japan has already fully contributed its TCF target share this year, and encourages all Member States to pay their TCF target shares and National Participation Costs (NPCs) in full and in a timely manner. Japan also stresses that the TC resources should be allocated primarily to meet the needs of developing countries in line with INFCIRC/267.
With these comments, Japan takes note of the report.
Thank you, Chair.
Japan thanks the Secretariat for preparing the “Technical Cooperation Report for 2025”.
The IAEA's Technical Cooperation (TC) Programme is pivotal in contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Japan remains firmly committed to the Agency’s role as the largest extra-budgetary contributor for TC Programme in 2025.
The Agency’s flagship initiatives have delivered tangible benefits of nuclear science and technology worldwide. To further extend these benefits, Japan made a new extra-budgetary contribution this year, of approximately 7.9 million Euros through the Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). This assistance includes our support to the Rays of Hope initiative and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme in Africa as a follow-up to the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), as well as targeted assistance to Somalia as a new Member State, and to Ukraine and Syria through Rays of Hope, and our contribution to the regional efforts of the RCA for Asia and the Pacific (Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific).
In pursuit of cancer care for all, the new contribution also supports the activities of the Rays of Hope Anchor Centres, including the utilization of the expertise of Japan's Anchor Centre.
We hope that our contributions will be translated into meaningful outcomes for the recipient countries.
Chair,
Japan also actively supports efforts to develop the next generation of nuclear professionals, with the cooperation of Japanese experts, such as hosting of the first International Nuclear Science and Technology Academy (INSTA) Spring School, where participants from 10 countries received advanced instruction in radiation protection. The Phoenix Leader Education Programme at Hiroshima University continues to strengthen regional capacity in radiation disaster medicine, and we welcome that three IAEA fellows completed the programme last October.
Lastly, Japan welcomes that the rate of attainment on payments to TCF last year reached up to 96.6%. As we have done continuously, Japan has already fully contributed its TCF target share this year, and encourages all Member States to pay their TCF target shares and National Participation Costs (NPCs) in full and in a timely manner. Japan also stresses that the TC resources should be allocated primarily to meet the needs of developing countries in line with INFCIRC/267.
With these comments, Japan takes note of the report.
Thank you, Chair.