Government Information Office Helps Disseminate Information about Oil
Field Bidding Process
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Minerals, and Energy Policy collaborated with the Office of the Prime Minister on a media event involving the announcement of the short list for tenders on 11 of Timor-Leste’s oil fields. Despite receiving little notice of the event, the trainees went through the process of writing a media advisory, getting it approved, and distributing it to the media in less than one day. The trainees also took the lead in overseeing the organization of the press conference. Efforts by the trainees demonstrated their understanding of concepts learned in Government Information Office (GIO) training and allowed them to practice and confirm new skills built under the one-on-one mentoring relationship with the GIO trainers. USAID supports GIO to train government information officers to improve their communication with the country's residents and deliver relevant messages from the government. (April 25, 2006)

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