The Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center was established on the basis of the Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Serbia on April 25th 2012 in the City of Nis. The Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center was founded in order to provide humanitarian emergency response in Serbia and other Balkan states.The following tasks are lying upon Center: - participation in activities for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations, including firefighting; - humanitarian assistance to people affected by emergencies; - implementation of joint projects and programs in the Republic of Serbia and other Balkan states, including projects and programs for humanitarian demining; - training and skills development activities in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations; - testing and demonstration of firefighting and rescue technologies; - other tasks that do not contradict the goals of the Center foundation.