Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the opening of the seminar "MediaCAMP Edewton-2021"

The Ministry pays special attention to the training of media specialists - K. Oyshybaev

Today in the online format the opening of the methodological seminar "MediaCAMP Edewton-2021", organized by the Representative Office of the international organization Internews in Kazakhstan, took place. The opening speech was made by the Vice Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kemelbek Oyshybaev, the head of the Internews office in Central Asia Marat Bigaliev, the director of the USAID regional mission in Central Asia Christopher Edwards.
The goal of Edewon 2021 is to train participants in new skills and knowledge, exchange experiences, and develop new projects to develop media and digital literacy with the help of experienced mentors.
The seminars will be attended by 50 participants from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, who were selected on a competitive basis.
In his welcoming speech at the opening of the methodological seminar, Kemelbek Oyshybayev thanked the Representative Office of Internews in Kazakhstan for its contribution to the development of the industry and fruitful work on the development of media and information literacy in the country.
He noted that the Ministry pays special attention to the training of specialists in the media sphere.
So, in 2020, in order to systematize the educational process and improve the professional level of industry specialists, the Ministry approved a Special Plan for training media professionals for 2020-2021.
According to Kemelbek Oyshybayev, the Special Plan, along with measures aimed at effective training and advanced training of industry specialists, provides for measures to form media and information literacy of the population.
The Vice Minister expressed his readiness to cooperate in training media specialists and increasing the media literacy of the population.