PAPSR RAISED LEVEL OF PRESS-SECRETARIES’ SKILLS AND STARTS TO TEACH
JOURNALISTS
YEREVAN, JULY 11. ARMINFO. “I am satisfied greatly with the results of
both a teaching-seminar for press-services workers and the training
level of its participants”, Head of the Program of Armenia’s Public
Sector Reforms (PAPSR) Scott Newton-Avalyan stated journalists today.
He informed that the working-meeting was organized for 42
press-secretaries and workers of public relations departments from 24
state institutions. An international expert from the Great Britain
George Eykin acquainted seminar listeners with the theory of planning
tactics and strategy of both public relations and communication. To
note, Armenia’s presidential staff initiated the substitution process
of single press-secretaries with public relations sub-departments in
Apr, 2004. Press-services of ecology, health-care, education and
town-planning ministries have been organized since the beginning of
2005. The teaching-seminar has been the fifth since the beginning of
June.
According to Newton-Avalyan, the PAPSR will be focused on the raising
the level of Armenian journalists’ skills within the nearest two
years.