Government approves program to prepare citizens for periods of crises or war

The government on Wednesday approved a Program for Preparing Citizens for National Defense in the years between 2025 and 2030. The document emphasizes survival tactics for the broad public, training courses for students, public administration employees and cooperation with NGOs. The aim of the program is to gradually create a coordinated system of preparing citizens for periods of crises or war. In past years survival courses and national defense programs focused mainly on primary and secondary schools. In view of the worsening security situation the authorities emphasize the need to gradually extend courses in survival tactics, first aid and defense training to the entire population.