DOHA: Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali urged youth to participate in all aspects of public life, calling on governments to empower and enable youth to have a bigger role in the development process and achieving internationally-agreed sustainable development goals.
In a speech on the eve of International Youth Day, the Minister affirmed that the leadership attaches great attention to young people, who constitute the largest chunk of Qatar’s population.
The day recognises efforts of the world’s youth in enhancing global society.
The Youth Affairs Department at the ministry will organise over 20 events over three days under the theme ‘Youth Participation’.
The ministry said the celebration of the day aims to encourage young people to make decisions, enhance their role in human development, highlight challenges and needs of youth, promote their participation and reduce the gap between young people and officials by expanding the scope of dialogue and mutual understanding.
