OSCE organizes training seminar on promoting law enforcement and media relations in Kazakhstan

An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar for law-enforcement press officers concluded on 10 February 2017 in Astana.

The event aimed to improve interaction between law-enforcement agencies and media by examining the communications strategies of the law-enforcement press service and ways to further enhance outreach based on particular cases from a journalist’s perspective.

Some 25 press officers representing the Prosecutor General’s Office from across the country also learnt how to professionally report on sensitive, including time-sensitive, issues and prepare for public interviews and press conferences as well as how to enhance their public speaking skills, write a press release and handle crisis situations. The training seminar was held in Russian and Kazakh.

The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Law-Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office and is a part of the OSCE Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to enhance co-operation between law-enforcement agencies and media.