Officers of the MES of Republic of Kazakhstan and the MES of Kyrgyz Republic improved their capacity in the use of GIS technologies and mapping in emergencies

In the period from 12 to 16 June 2023, on the basis of the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction, together with a partner, the British non-governmental organization MapAction, a master training was held for specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic on the use of GIS technologies and mapping in emergency situations .

Experienced GIS experts from Great Britain, Poland and Colombia were invited as trainers.

The main objective of this training is to increase the level of knowledge of employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the use of GIS technologies and mapping for further use in emergency situations, as well as in order to reduce disaster risk.

During the training, the staff of the Center made a presentation on the activities of the Center, as well as on the ongoing work on the development and application of innovative information and communication technologies for emergency situations.

MapAction specialists have prepared a training course with presentation materials and video tutorials on using all the features and tools of the QGIS geoinformation program. Based on the results of daily tests and the completion of simulation tasks, participants were awarded certificates of successful completion of the mapping training.

The event was attended by 11 employees of the central office and territorial divisions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the two countries.

In total, from 2018 to 2023, the Center, together with MapAction, conducted 15 trainings on the use of GIS technologies, while more than 320 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan were trained.

This training was organized and conducted in pursuance of paragraph 2 of the Action Plan for 2023-2024 on the introduction of innovative information and communication technologies in the countries of Central Asia in the field of disaster risk reduction.