The King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue has finished its courses to certify as trainers members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a), Al-Hayat Arabic daily reported on Wednesday. The course to qualify Hai'a members as national dialogue trainers was comprised of “communication skills” and “effective dialogue” training. “The program is designed to qualify trainers to enable them to carry out the project's training programs to promote a culture of dialogue,” Abdullah Al-Saqhan, the head of training at the King Abdul Aziz Center, told Al-Hayat. “The program enjoys a social culture equipping the trainer with skills to communicate with various social facets, and gives practical knowledge of dialogue work through programmed training packages prepared by specialists at the Center.” Al-Saqhan added that the “culture of dialogue” training had been a great success, with 300,000 male and female Saudis “benefiting from its dialogue programs and training projects”. “Approximately 1,700 certified male and female trainers have also qualified,” Al-Saqhan told Al
