In accordance with Resolution of the IX General Assembly of the International Civil Defense Organization, World Civil Defense Day is annually celebrated on March 1. In 2020, the theme of World Civil Defense Day was “Civil defense and first aid in every home.”

Given the importance of protecting the population in emergency situations of a natural and man-made nature, the Ust-Kamenogorsk College of Economics and Finance organized events dedicated to this date: unscheduled exercises and seismic surveys, emergency training, thematic lectures and discussions.