إدارة العلاقات العامة

The Public Relations department practices its media activity orienting the public inside and outside the country through various mediums in cooperation with local mass media. The mediums are as follow:

1) Visual Media
2) Audio Media
3) Monitoring and scrutinizing the media and public opinion.
4) Legible Media
5) Electronic media
6) Other media activities.

Visual Media

Program named "Security Issues"

The Public Relations Department produces and presents a weekly security program which is broadcasted in Qatar TV since 1984. The program hosts many social, security, cultural and media issues. Conveying with major developments witnessed in the country in the media field and high boom in the field of visual mass media, the quality of program was improved to perform its security media message at a better standard as the program has been broadcasting lively by the participation of experts and specialists in the fields of security issues.

Short awareness films

 The PR Department is also curious in the visual media field by preparing and presenting short episodes like visual slogans of maximum one minute. This is broadcasted during program breaks in Qatar TV and mostly contains safety subjects.

Reports and interviews

In the framework of delivering its informative news messages, the Public Relations dept. coordinates with some TV programs presented through Qatar TV by providing news and reports about activities of Ministry of Interior. The department is also working to ease any media assignments in coordination with TV department, companies and establishments in this field.

Audio Media

The "Al Shurtha Ma'ak"- a radio program titled " Police with you".

"Al Shurtha Ma'ak" is a weekly security radio program prepared and presented by Public Relations Department in coordination with Qatar Radio since 2000. The program discusses many subjects related with security, work and law issues as well as the social problems for improving and rooting the preventive and security awareness among public.

"Security Look out" Program

This program is a radio episode of maximum three minutes and is presented in the morning. This discusses subjects of guidance and awareness related with general safety in addition to other serious matters that have media importance.

Guidance Tips

These are guidance and awareness sentences aim at dragging the attention of audience for any security or traffic or preventive media subjects that are related with general safety or security.

Coordination with radio programs

The department provides information and news related with Ministry of Interior and public safety to radio programs like Watani Al Habeeb Sabahal Khair ( My beloved nation- Good morning), The program titled "The Family" and Masaal Khair ( Good evening). The department also follow ups the issues, suggestions, complaints related with Ministry of Interior and replays on it in coordination with concerned departments.

Observing and analyzing the media and public opinion

The department observes and follows up all the issues, suggestions, complaints related with the missions and specialties of Ministry of Interior, its departments and sections that are broadcasted through any media. This initiative aims at the followings:

1) Enhancing communication with society.
2) To learn about the senses of public's opinion and to analyze it.
3) To prepare news report on daily basis which will be distributed among decision makers in the Ministry of Interior.
4) To observe major problems related with public opinion and to analyze it and to forward it to the concerned officials.
5) To document reports for the publication needs of the department considering it as a cultural and renaissance inheritance for the coming generations.

Legible Media

The magazine titled "Al Shurtha Maa'k" means " Police with you".

The "Al Shurtha Maa'k" is a security, cultural and awareness monthly that discusses different subjects. The first copy of the magazine was published in 1989. The magazine is edited by a selection of experts, litterateurs, police officers and civil staff. The magazine could to take part in enriching the knowledge and spreading security and preventive consciousness among citizens and expatriates. About 2000 copies are distributed among ministries of interior in the GCC countries and several private and public organizations and establishments inside the country.

The Press

The department gives high importance for the press and works to strengthen the cooperation with it through the followings:

a) The department provides news about the activities of Ministry of Interior and its departments and sections.
b) It Invites the local press and media representatives to the functions organized by the Ministry at various occasions.
c) To ease and facilitate the reports and journalists from local press to collect information about the ministry or its any department, to conduct interviews with officials at the ministry and to prepare reports about a special department or occasion.
d) To provide to press the awareness and guidance slogans to spread the principles of safety among the readers.

Prints and Publications

The department publishes many printed matters in coordination with police printing press and other concerned security departments as well as supervises the preparation, design and publishing of introductory bulletins and brochures, booklets, posters and guidance and awareness billposters. Some of the examples are below (All are in Arabic):

1) Then what do you do?. 2) Safety of Hajj pilgrims
3) Travel by road. 4) Protection of old men is a national obligatory duty.
5) Ministry of Interior and protection of family. 6) A drugs free society.
7) Maritime safety.

Bulletins and Posters

Electronic Media

 The electronic media takes the place of one of the most important media depended on communication and internet technology and it is considered as the window that opened many horizons widening the opinions through it and the information provided electronically is owned by everybody through reading, watching and listening in a time. So the PR department was keen to utilize this media facility from various dimensions as follow:

a) Improving and modernizing the website of the ministry www.moi.gov.qa by supplying news, services and information that have concern among the public.
b) Following up and analyzing the emails received through info@moi.gov.qa and coordinating with concerned departments to reply on that or to express the opinion about it.
c) Taking care of public's opinion and their suggestions discussed through electronic forums and personal websites.
d) Publishing public voting on the main page of website of the ministry to learn about the public's opinions and their senses about the services rendered by the Ministry or about the subjects or issues that have relation with the field of ministry's work in addition to organizing contests through the sites of the security departments in the website of the ministry.

Other media activities

Seminars and Scientific Gatherings

The department takes care of educational seminars and security lectures with high priority. In this framework the department organized many seminars. Some of the examples are below.

a) Seminar on the title "Combating terrorism and money laundering"
b) Introductory conference on new traffic law on the occasion of its implementation in the country.
c) Introductory course on" Laws of military service and law of separation in the administrative disputes".
d) Lecture on" Role of family in the social development and prevention from divagation".