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• A practical one, for up to 3 people: it will include practical exercises; simulating authentic scenarios; interacting with the interviewer in one-to-one-situations . Video recordings of the simulated scenarios would be taken to allow participants to analyse their performances. 

The programme will be specifically tailored to the needs of Focal Point staff for communication with the media. To ensure that the training is effective, comprehensive and meets the specific needs of the participants, the Contractor’s national partner will undertake a pre-training assessment of the participants to assess (via questionnaire) their knowledge and specific needs. 

The success of the media training will be visible in the mid/long-term. Thanks to this professional training involving media specialists, the EU-OSHA’s national partners will have the possibility to develop their communication skills and understand the importance of effective communication. 

Social media training : the Contractor’s national partner will train the selected staff (spokespeople) in social media techniques on specific subjects related to the EU-OSHA’s areas of competence. The training is aimed primarily at people working in the OSH field but with a limited knowledge of communications and media relations . 

## The main objectives  of the social media training  will be: 

• Understanding the national social media system: 

• How to get the message across clearly 

− What the main social media channels are. 

− What is a hashtag. 

− What is a handle. 

− Learn the social media jargon. 

− Copyrights aspects on the use of pictures and quotes. 

− How to write politically correct and catchy posts. 

− How to use hashtags. 

− How to use handles. 

− Dos and Don’ts. 

− The golden rules of social media. 

