Starting from 1996, since the Centrul de Educare Canina – (CEdC) Craiova brought in Romania the international working regulations for rescue dogs, the canine co-operation with the Civil Protection Inspectorate of Romania started, by representing Romania in national and international missions of NATO and EU. Between 1992 and 1996, the Canine Educational Centre has changed direction, moving from the acknowledged specializations (accompanying, guarding – defense, tracking and special guarding) to other specializations requested by different state organs and also by ONG tierces societies and physical people.

From 2000, CEdC has become the Canine Educational Centre of Romania Association – The Forming and Coordination of Rescue Dogs Pilot Centre – the representative of Romania and a full-righted member of IRO. We are a nonprofit, nongovernmental association, in the interest of communitarian service, based 100% on volunteers, rescuers, breeders, judges, dog trainers or with other adjacent activities, with branches in all geographical regions of the country (Moldavia, Romanian Country, Dobrogea, Transilvania).  

Since 2008 we have become Centrul National Educare Canina - the National Canine Educational Centre.

On the national plan, the members of the centre were invited to over 35 exercises and search- rescue demonstrations, to many beauty canine expositions and work exams, organized by the Romanian Chinological Association. The team was actively involved in 15 real events of search and rescue tourists from the Parang and Bucegi mountains and in Hunedoara, Dolj, Tulcea, Constanta counties; in the search and rescue activities from Moldova, Oltenia, Hunedoara counties, during the floods in year 2005’s summer and the spring of 2006.

It was the first Romanian school that officially presented training acts with Romanian shepherd dogs in front of the FCI Standard Commission, led by Jean Maurice Paschould.

Since 2000 the team is member of the Romanian Volunteer Contingent for emergency situations, partner MIRA-IGSU, which operates in Romania and U.E.

2009 is the year with a double meaning in life of CdEC / Centrul de Educare Canina - the most important event of the year – the World Championship of  Rescue dog and the celebration of  25 years (1984 - 2009) from the formation and training, in an organized and official medium in Craiova, of the first search-resce dog teams in Romania.

On the international plan, the Centrul de Educare Canina took act in the highest International Chinological competitions.

• Three World Championships of rescue dogs (RH and SAR)- where every time they managed to qualify for the European and World Championship;
• Four European Championships of rescue dogs-„Mission Test”;
• Three World Championships of rescue dogs;
• In 2001, after the International Evaluation Exam of FEMA/USA (American Federation for Disasters Management), the leader Liviu Ionescu and the canine team obtained the right to participate in international real events
• Centrul de Educare Canina Romania is named at the World Congress “IRO- 10 years” from Prague, April 2003 and also in the book edited by IRO and FCI „IRO 1993–2003”, for special activity in search and rescue canine specialty.
• At the NATO International Mission – “ The dragon’s tame”, the national team coach, Liviu Ionescu obtained from the NATO assistant the “ Special Skills Diploma”, and his dog the “Rescue Dog- NATO” AVA-diplomas
• The Turkey and Iran earthquakes, the emergency situations from Croatia, humanitarian and search and rescue actions from Turkey and Greece are only some of the International Missions, in which the Centre from Craiova has participated, being invited by the World profile Organizations.
• In 2008, Centrul de Educare Canina organizes for the first time in Romania the “International IRO RH Test”
• In 2009 Centrul de Educare Canina organizes the 15th edition of the World Championship of Rescue Dogs. It is the first event in Eastern Europe and it is the second time in IRO’s history when a world championship is organized for all the rescue disciplines.
• Craiova dogs’ performances were the subject for a CNN report, and the Italian television RAI UNO made a report about the Romanian Chinology, presenting Liviu Ionescu and Centrul de Educare Canina as the “ambassador for the Romanian utilitarian Chinology”
• During 1996- 2009 they successfully represented Romania at 10 NATO and UE exercises, as well as many work exams and canine Competitions organized by IRO and FCI.