In accordance with the annual training plan for the year 2023 adopted at the ICDO General Assembly held in Abu Dhabi on November 24, 2022, an international training course has been scheduled for the year 2023 in Niger for the 7th graduating class of undergraduate students from 12 ICDO member countries.

The training «Smart Surveillance Technology: Risk Monitoring and Disaster Tracking» was held in Niamey (Republic of Niger) in the National school of Civil Protection the Republic of Niger from 06 to 17 March 2023.

The main purpose of the training is to train specialists of the civil defense structures of the member countries of the International Civil Defence Organization in the use of information technologies for monitoring and predicting emergency situations, as well as initial training in the use of helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles. This training is basic and is intended for specialists with an initial level of knowledge of cartographic tools.