On May 14, 2015, the First Deputy Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute Ainur Mazhitova, the Head of the Data Processing Department Gulden Ashkenova, the Head of the Field Department Anastassiya Shandryga took part in a training seminar on the subject of "Technology for Preparing Recommendations on the Basis of Research Results in Inter-Ethnic Relations and Ethnopolitics". The training seminar was organized by the Center for the Study of Interethnic and Interfaith Relations in the Central Asian Region of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

During the seminar, the participants discussed the new tasks of the state ethnopolitics of Kazakhstan, the priority areas and methodologies of scientific research, the current state of research in the field of interethnic relations and ethnopolitics, the features and benefits of using an interdisciplinary approach in the study of interethnic relations, and the regional aspect of the research. The discussion was held in order to exchange views and experience, in addition, recommendations were developed on conducting scientific research in the field of ethnopolitics and interethnic relations.

At this event, Ainur Mazhitova was awarded the jubilee medal "20 years to the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan" for her significant contribution to strengthening public harmony in the country, ensuring the unity of the people of Kazakhstan according to the resolution of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Chairman of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev.