BAHRAIN is progressing rapidly in involving young people as active partners in shaping today’s priorities and leading the future, Youth Affairs Minister Rawan Tawfiqi has said.
She noted that this approach is supported by national policies and programmes that place youth at the centre of development efforts, strengthen their role in decision-making and enable them to contribute effectively to the country’s future as she participated in a dialogue session on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit in the UAE yesterday.
The session, ‘Is the Next Generation More Prepared Than We Think? Towards a Generation Shaping the Future’, was moderated by
UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs Dr Sultan Al Neyadi.
The minister highlighted Bahrain’s experience in establishing a sustainable system for preparing young leaders through the launch of the national ‘Lamea’ programme in 2020, initiated under the directives of His Majesty King Hamad’s representative for humanitarian work and youth affairs Shaikh Nasser
bin Hamad Al Khalifa.