Students Karakalpak State University D.Amandurdiyev and A.Khudaybergenov in the 2019-2020 academic year participated as pilot students in mastering the courses created in the framework of the project “Environmental Protection in Central Asia (EPCA): Disaster Management through Space Methods and Technologies”. Pilot students successfully completed the courses “TGIS & RS for Environmental Protection” and “Spatial Data Infrastructures for Environmental Protection and Disaster Risk Management” and were awarded special certificates from Lund University.