On Wednesday December 13, President Emomali Rahmon and Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Rustam Emomali attended an official opening ceremony of a building of the National Crisis Management Center (Center) of the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan in Dushanbe 

The Tajik president’s official website says the Center is furnished with modern equipment and information technology, and it provides a favorable opportunity for access to immediate information on natural disasters, their analysis, public notification, force management and means of the unified system of Tajikistan to prevent and eliminate emergency situations with the specified system.

Emomali Rahmon reportedly got acquainted with technological possibilities for obtaining information about possible natural situations and coordination of forces and means to prevent them.

Portals are widely used for lightning cloud identification, earthquake situations, scene imaging, disaster mapping, and connectivity for instant online meetings.

The Tajik president’s official website notes that due to climate change, the possibility of natural disasters has increased.  With this in mind, the President tasked the personnel to use the modern opportunities and promptly prevent and eliminate emergency situations.

The total area of this three-story building is reportedly 1,520 square meters.  The construction of this building began on February 2, 2021, and it was built with the help of foreign capital in accordance with the requirements of international standards.

The National Crisis Management Center at the Emergencies Committee of Tajikistan is the day-to-day management body of the unified state system of the country for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations.

The National Crisis Management Center is a part of the Emergencies Committee's structure and consists of the following units: Department of Emergency Control and Dispatch Service; Information-Analytical Department; Telecommunications and Communication Department; Programming Department; and Technical Support Department.

The Center is a body of daily management of Tajikistan’s the Unified State Emergency Situations Prevention and Management System and is intended for unifying information resources and possibilities of functional and territorial subsystems for the purpose of rapid management in crisis and emergency situations.