FOCUS WILL TRAIN EXPERTS OF TAJIKISTAN TO USE GIS PROGRAM

            Dushanbe, December, 15th. (Farangis Rahimova, Tojiddin Rizvon, the NIAT Khovar). — the International organization Focus the Humanitarian Help (FOCUS) carries out these days training for employees of official authorities in Dushanbe and Khorog. As the officer on communications of the organisation FOCUS Soro Marodalieva has informed the Khovar News Agency, the Geographical and Information System (GIS), 10-day training on program use, will give possibility to experts of official bodies to modernise and increase the knowledge and skills. As she said, within the framework of the project FOCUS has close cooperation with the official bodies working in the field of reduction of risk of nature acts, such, as Committee on extreme situations and a civil defence, geology Central administrative board at the Government RT, Hydrometeorological station of Khorog city and Snegolavinnaya Station Navabad, GBAR.            «The mentioned training held by project DIPECO« Development of the communities steady against acts of nature in remote high-mountainous areas », financed by Department the European Commission on rendering of the humanitarian help (ECHO) and is the first stage of three subsequent trainings planned in February and July, 2009», — has noted a source.