OSCE trains employees of ministries and departments of Turkmenistan in fact-checking

Employees of ministries and departments who are working on the implementation of the National Action Plan of Turkmenistan in the field of human rights for 2021-2025 are trained in media literacy, fact-checking and verification of information.

 

An online seminar on this topic is being held by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat on October 4-5, Turkmenistan: Golden Age reports .

 

The coaches are:  Gegham Vardanyan from Armenia, Solvita Denisa Lipniets from Latvia and Azat Seyitmukhammedov from Turkmenistan.

 

“Today, media and information literacy goes beyond the possession of communication and information technologies and includes the skills of critical thinking, understanding and interpreting information in various areas of professional, educational and social activities,” the publication notes.

 

 

 

Source: Chronicles of Turkmenistan