A delegation representing the UAE Ministry of Interior participated in the 8th Gulf Forum for Public Relations Practitioners. The Forum was held in the Sofitel Zallaq Hotel and Resort in the sister kingdom of Bahrain during 1-3 April, and was organized by Bahrain Public Relations Association in collaboration with a public relations consultancy office.
Colonel Hussein Mahmoud Al Awadhi, Acting Head of the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior, and head of the delegation, explained that this year’s Forum discussed the “Media Governance” issue as it is considered highly important for all public relations practitioners, especially media persons. The Forum coincided with declaring Manama as the Capital of Arab Media for the year 2013-2014.
The Forum witnessed the participation of an elite group of media experts and specialists. They enriched the Forum events by presenting training papers, discussion sessions, and training workshops.
The first work session discussed the “Media Governance” issue. The second session witnessed a discussion about the topic of “Media Challenges in the Region,” while the third session discussed the topic of “Media Freedoms.”
The Forum also included three training workshops; the first was titled “Media Governance Basics,” the second was titled “Successful Internal Communication” managed by the internal communication expert Waheed Al Bloushi, while the third workshop was titled “How to Establish a Successful Network with Media Persons?”
The UAE Ministry of Interior delegation included First Lt. Suhail Khalifa Al Zahmi from the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior, and Lt. Saeed Sulaiman Al Muamari from Umm Al Quwain Police General Headquarters.