A meeting of the Republican Mediation Council of the APK was held

A meeting of the Republican Mediation Council of the APK with the participation of representatives of state bodies and the community of mediators was held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan – Head of the APK Secretariat M.Azilkhanov. 

During the meeting, the issues of implementing the instructions of the Head of State K.Tokayev were discussed on the development of the Institute of Ethnomediation in the country. 

"The development of mediation, that is, the willingness of citizens to compromise in the course of resolving disputes and conflict situations, is one of the important markers of the modernization of public consciousness," said Marat Azilkhanov. 

According to him, at the moment on the agenda is the task of building a system of training ethnomediators and teaching appropriate skills to persons who, by virtue of their official duties, work in this field. M.Azilkhanov noted that some work in this direction has already been carried out, a curriculum has been developed, the first pilot course has been conducted. At the same time, in his opinion, there is a need to intensify work in this direction. 

One of the key issues of the meeting was the discussion of the creation of an ethnomediation training center, the organization of ethnomediation courses and professional negotiators in the field of interethnic relations.  

In this context, the need to develop key approaches to the qualitative and comprehensive implementation of the tasks was discussed. The necessity of holding quarterly Open Days for the population in the regions on the basis of regional Friendship Houses and mediation offices has also been clarified.