Mass Communication Training & Qualifying Institute- MCTQI  is specialized national scientific institution mainly involved providing a professional media training and rehabilitation for media personal and qualify both governmental and nongovernmental media institutions.MCTQI is non profit institution. 

During the period from 1999 to the end of 2010 MCTQI trained more than 3500 media personal in the various media topics such as journalism (press – radio – TV – Internet), radio, television techniques, language skills, media and public relations.

MCTQI offers several training opportunities for beginner and professional journalists.

MCTQI offers training programs basic and advanced levels in Journalism and technical for Radio and TV personal.

MCTQI offers training programs to assist in the use of the Internet and electronic media.
MCTQI offers advanced training programs in the media, public relations and new media.
- MCTQI organizes several of intellectual and cultural activities associated with the role of media in various aspects of life through the hosting famous media authors  and journalists from Yemen and abroad  
MCTQI is working to implement long-term strategy to train and qualify more than 4000 journalists supporting and funding by International donors
MCTQI is working  to implement a five-year training plan (2011-2015) to qualify 1072 journalists and media professional who working in the national, civil society NGO's
MCTQI contributed and continues to train a cadre of media workers  of the Republic of Comoros in journalistic skills, radio and TV shows and electronic media were more than 48 trainees participated  in MCTQI  training activities for  2009-2010  

MCTQI seeks to strength partnership and cooperation with civil society organizations and the involvement of gender in the training process.
MCTQI seeks to develop training systems for remote internal network through a private frame relay (data transmission) and the exchange system and multi-media services on a satellite (MENOS).
MCTQI is working to strength the  bilateral cooperation agreements signed between the Ministry of Information in the Republic of Yemen and the ministries of Arab and foreign countries with (Syria - Algeria - Tunisia - Morocco - Saudi Arabia - Oman - Qatar - Sudan - Comoros - Somalia - Turkey - France - Germany with regard to component of professional training in these agreements furthermore, expertise exchange and trainers in various topics of information.
MCTQI organize in  cooperation  and partnership with the institutes, centers and training institutions, regional and international  such as - the African Centre for Training of Journalists and Communicators in Tunis –the Syrian media training center  - the Academy of Science Communication and Information - Al Jazeera Centre for Training and Development - the Arab Center for the training of radio and television in Damascus - the Academy of the Voice of Germany DW-AKADEMIE - Danish School of Journalism and Media -Media Institute in Albania - the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC - Radio France International RFI-Canal France International CFI-Radio Netherlands training center   RNTC.
MCTQI has coordinated  with regional and international organizations such as the Arab States Broadcasting Union ASBU and the Arab Organization for Education, Science and Culture ALESCO. United Nations Development Programme UNDP, FREE VOICE INTERNEWS NETWORK EQUAL ACCESS – Friedrich Ebert stifung FES-CHF International.

MCTQI has currently more than 50 staff in head office in Sana'a and Aden branch.
MCTQI Mission  
sharing  to create a national media to serve the community and making an information society which concern of development issues and strengthen the democracy and the culture of dialogue and freedoms and serve the values of tolerance in society.
MCTQI VISION  
Consolidate the concepts of scientific, educational and provide interactive media training programs between the trainees and the trainers from the other side.
mctqi GOALS
1. Upgrading the media practice on the basis of scientific methodology.
2. Train the media personnel in government and non-governmental institutions in all their levels and specialties, and develop their potential skills and professionalism.

3. Form and prepare a professional  team of trainers and researchers in various topics of media .
4. Develop a curricula and a provide  of modern training methods to keep abreast of information on both theoretical and applied.
5. Create developed- database to inculcate professionalism in media work and performance evaluation of the media.
6. raising awareness about media and its role in various of life .
7. Exchange expertise and information and enhance the partnership networking with media training institutions locally and internationally.
Our Programs
The Institute works through outs  three core programs
1. Vocational training and qualifying program
2. Research and Studies Program
3. intellectual development and publication program
Our core activities
1.Vocational training and qualifying progra
Journalism Training :
Regular training sessions , ANNUAL TRAINING COURSES THAT COVE A WIDE RANGE OF JORNALISTIC work  .
Technical training:
The training includes the use of modern technology in different areas of information and gives the journalists and technicians experience and skills in  the best use of new techniques and equipment
Specific-training :
In communication skills, and and other assisting skills excuting this sort of activities depends on the requirements of the beneficiaries body and could include a variety of training such as :
- Planning and management of awareness-raising campaigns.
- Arabic language skills
- Language of Journalism  
- Press Translation "from Arabic language to other world language and vice versa"
- operating computer programs that are associated to the media  
- using internet   
-Web Journalism  
- communication skills and effective speaking .
- field research
2- Research and Studies Program
- audiences study
- analysis of the media message contents
-  Field research to measure the impact of the media
- identify the training needs of workers in the media sector
3. intellectual development and publication program
- Open Day
- Seminars and workshops
- discussion round tables
- training plan.
Publication :
- annual plan
- annual reports
- annual issue titled " MCTQI seasonal
Training and Qualification Information
- Electronic Publishing.
- Field research on "training needs".
Institute Equipment:
- digital radio studio
- TV studio " with control unit for all variety of TV training  and the Studio equipped with all  necessary needs for TV production .
- linear and non-linear  editing unit
- Electronic Lab
- training rooms for lectures and Applied Theory