The Center has launched a project to strengthen the capacity of the canine services of the emergency authorities of Central Asian countries

On September 7, 2022, the grand opening of the competitions in rescue all-around and military triathlon "Kazspas - 2022" was held with the participation of Akim of the Almaty region Sultangaziyev M.E., Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO) Tashmatova S.I. and Deputy Director of the Center Aubakirov S.G.

In addition, the leadership of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the ICDO and the Center launched a ten-day advanced training for the canine services of the Emergency Authorities of the Central Asian countries, organized by the Center with the technical and financial support of the ICDO.

Experienced cynologists of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation are invited as trainers.

It is expected that during the master training, 30 canine teams of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, and 2 teams of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan, the CoES of Tajikistan and the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan will undergo theoretical and practical training according to a special program, improve their skills in training service dogs, confirm their professional readiness for search and rescue people in various natural and man-made emergencies.

As a result of the training course, cynologists from the Central Asian countries will receive appropriate international certificates.

On September 8, according to the program of the workshop for the heads of Disaster Response Departments, the Center staff held a lesson - advanced training to demonstrate the effective use of UAVs in disaster prevention and emergency response, based on the experience that Center gained participating, based on the experience of the Center gained from participating in search and rescue operations and projects with UNICEF and OSCE.