The International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO) is an inter-governmental organization dedicated to strengthening the civil defense activities and cooperation of its 48 member states. Among its achievements is the development of a Framework Convention on Civil Defense Assistance in 2000.
On May 16, the ICDO Executive Council invited Federation IDRL Programme Coordinator David Fisher to give a presentation on the IDRL Guidelines. In his remarks, Fisher noted that the Federation had drawn on the Framework Convention in drafting the Guidelines and had also benefited from the formal input of the ICDO leadership.
Executive Council President Col. Belkacem Ketroussi welcomed the Guidelines and expressed the ICDO’s readiness to continue its collaboration with the Federation in this area.