The official opening ceremony of the congress is scheduled for March 17 in Tigran Mets hall of Armenia Marriott Hotel, where the Memorandum of Understanding between the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations and NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) will be signed.

The event aims at clarifying the final draft for the “Armenia 2010” consequence management field exercise to be held on September 11-17.

Representatives from as many as 20 states will attend the event.