The Spanish School of Rescue and detection with dogs (ESDP) is an NGO (non-governmental organisation) founded in 1995 by a group of professionals aiming to work with search and rescue dogs.

The ESDP was formally constituted as an association in 1999, under article 22 of the Spanish Constitution (under of the Organic Law 1/2002, of 22 of March regulating the right of non-profit association), being registered on January 29 of 1,999 in the National Register of Associations with the number 164598. It is recognized as a Public Utility Organisation, and Non-Governmental Organisation for Development of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).

The ESDP is a non-profit nongovernmental organisation (NGO) that aims to promote policies or actions aimed at promoting the development of excluded groups or at risk of exclusion, as well as to countries or communities considered impoverished. Its main areas of action are the development of initiatives in the field of training, advice and promotion, in the area of search and detection dogs in their different specialties, both in Spain, Europe or Internationally.

ESDP combines two complementary goals and consequent activities: emergency interventions and training, counseling and promotion, in the area of dogs search and detection in their different specialties.