QatarDebate Center (QD), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has held a training workshop for Diplomatic Institute employees.
The workshop included both theoretical and practical lectures on debate skills in order to develop a comprehensive view among the participants on various issues that raised on platforms both within and outside the country.
The workshop had some 30 participants, according to a press statement.
Khalid al-Khulaifi, international affairs researcher and former Arabic and English debater, praised the importance of debate for a diplomat who needs to build a clear argument to convince others.
He also stressed the need to build an argument properly and rationally, noting that debate is a key aspect of one’s daily lifestyle and helps form the basis of dealing with various groups in society.
Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser al-Thani, international affairs researcher, said the outcome of the training workshop is crucial, especially for diplomats, who officially represent a country abroad at an embassy or an organisation.
The debate is a step towards a better and more successful future.
Constructive debates on tricky issues and dealing with them in a scientific way, based on clear criteria, provide satisfactory solutions, it was observed.
The training workshop was presented by QatarDebate instructor Nazar Mukhtar over four consecutive days.
Further, the statement notes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is striving to provide training based on high academic standards for employees across all fields in order to raise efficiency in the management and follow-up of foreign affairs.
The training workshop in progress.
