The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), in cooperation with the Government of Turkmenistan, the Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, and the National Data Center of Turkmenistan, opened a Regional Seminar and comprehensive training course for national data centers in Ashgabat on June 8, 2026. This was reported by an online newspaper «Turkmenistan: Golden age».
The training, running from June 8 to 12, 2026, brought together 25 participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Its aim is to strengthen the capacity of national data centers and improve the effectiveness of using data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) and products of the International Data Centre in support of the CTBT verification regime.
The program includes training on accessing and analyzing IMS data, operating the NDC-in-a-Box software package, as well as using seismic analysis tools such as SeisComP and Geotool. Participants will also visit the National Data Center of Turkmenistan.