The Youth Ideas Forum for Sustainability, organized by the Department of Youth Affairs at the Ministry of Sports and Youth, was launched in Doha and will continue between 14-19 October. The forum aims to exchange youth experiences in the field of sustainability, develop the capabilities and skills of young people in the sustainability of their initiatives, creating an environment that encourages innovation in the design of programs and community activities, in addition to enhancing the link of initiatives to the goals of sustainable development and qualifying empowered youth leaders in developing sustainable development strategies.

Seven countries participate in the forum, including five Gulf countries. This includes the State of Qatar, the “host country”, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, in addition to the two strategic partners of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, namely the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Kingdom of Morocco.

The forum represents a youth space that allows Gulf youth to participate in their initiatives that contribute to achieving the goals of sustainable development by creating a stimulating interactive environment that will contribute to the development of these initiatives, making them in line with international standards to be effective, sustainable and social impact initiatives.

Participants in the forum receive a series of workshops that include the theoretical and practical aspects presented by a group of accredited Qatari trainers and those with experience in this field. Among the workshops planned at the forum are the strategy and sustainability workshop, the workshop on innovation in community activities and programs, the marketing skills workshop, attracting investors and the project presentation skills workshop. The organizers included various the entertainment aspects as well, where the forum evenings were committed to visits to the most important landmarks and museums of the city of Doha.

The forum concludes with the organization of an exhibition of youth projects in the field of sustainability, after introducing the necessary developments, taking advantage of the training workshops received by young people to develop their ideas in this field.