The Ministry of Education received benefits from the project "Safe Migration in Central Asia"

Representatives of the Safe Migration in Central Asia (SMICA) program in Turkmenistan funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in cooperation with the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a ceremony to hand over UNODC training materials to the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan.

The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International University for the Humanities and Development, the Turkmen State University named after Makhtumkuli, the mayor's office of Ashgabat, the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan, specialized educational school No. 21 .

The development of teaching aids handed over to the Turkmen side was carried out in the following areas:

- organized crime, "br" - anti-corruption, "br" - ethics and integrity, "br" - prevention of terrorism and violent extremism, "br" - human trafficking, "br" - criminal justice, "br" - cybercrime, "br" - arms trade.

This initiative was launched in 2021.

Training modules, manuals and numerous interactive and innovative manuals, selected jointly with the Ministry of Education, have been translated into Turkmen and Russian.

The training programs have been developed by five hundred teachers, scientists, experts, consultants and are already being used in many countries around the world. For the teaching staff of secondary and higher educational institutions, trainings were held on the use of these manuals.

The head of the UNODC Office in Turkmenistan, Chary Ataev, in his speech noted that the training modules include interactive training, various impactful and advanced instructions that will contribute to the implementation of the tasks of combating corruption, terrorism and crime.

source: orient news