GCNEP will help in capacity building, in association with the like minded countries and the IAEA, involving technology, human resource development, education & training and giving a momentum to R&D in enlisted areas. Co-operation for strengthening the nuclear energy framework globally is being pursued in following areas:

• Security of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities.
• Security of Radioactive Sources
• Infrastructure Assessments to Support a New Research Reactor Project
• Vulnerability analysis of Physical Protection System
• Nuclear Security Culture in Practice
• Computer Security to I&C system for Nuclear Facilities
• Advances in Modelling & Simulation of systems
• Management of Spent Fuel from Power Reactor in Longer Timeframe
• International School of "Nuclear and Radiological Leadership for Safety"
• Prevention and Protection against Insider Threat
• Control of Nuclear Material in use, movement and storage
• Train the Trainer course on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material & Nuclear facilities
• Synergy between Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguard
• Nuclear Forensic
• International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres