"Arab Youth Center": 24 young men and women from 19 countries in the program "Young Arab leaders"
The Arab Youth Center announced the launch of the “Young Arab Leaders in the Third Sector” program, at the Emirates Foundation headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of 24 young men and women from 19 Arab countries, under the patronage of Sheikh Dhiyab bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office for Development Affairs and Families of Martyrs, Head of the Youth Centre. Arabic.
The program, which continues until November 28, aims to empower Arab youth working in non-governmental organizations, charities, and social projects that contribute to serving the public good and enhancing community cohesion, through a strategic partnership with the Zayed Humanitarian Legacy Foundation and the Abdullah Al Ghurair Foundation, and a knowledge partnership with a number of leading institutions in the sector. Third.
The program represents an integrated training experience designed to build young leaders capable of action and influence in the third sector. The program includes advanced theoretical training, followed by practical application and specialized workshops, in addition to field visits to institutions working in development fields. And humanity.
The participants will work, during their training period, to develop initiatives that address realistic issues in their communities, and then move to a two-month professional assignment phase to test their ideas within a real work environment to gain the institutional experience necessary to transform the initiatives into workable projects, leading to the final phase in which the participants present the results of their projects before a specialized evaluation committee, and three initiatives are selected and given the opportunity for support and development to continue their implementation and achieve their impact on the ground. Reality.
During her speech during the program’s launch activities, Fatima Al-Halami, Executive Director of the Arab Youth Center, said: “The third sector is the space where human will meets the spirit of innovation, and it is the natural extension of the efforts of governments and the private sector in confronting the challenges of education, environment, poverty and awareness.” Community.
She added: The launch of the program coincides with the declaration of 2025 as the “Year of Community.” In the UAE, under the slogan “Hand in Hand,” an embodiment of a vision that seeks to build a cohesive and prosperous society in which everyone, “individuals and institutions,” works. For the sake of public benefit, and in this context, the program translates this vision by empowering Arab youth to be leaders in humanitarian and development work, partners in community empowerment paths, and bearers of hope and innovation in the Arab world."RTL" lang="AR-SA"For his part, Dr. Hamad Al Darmaki, advisor to the Zayed Humanitarian Legacy Foundation, said: “Attention to the third sector is an extension of the legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (may God rest his soul) towards consolidating the values of giving and responsibility from man towards his fellow man. What we see today is a transition from the stage of individual initiatives to creating leaders capable of planning, influencing, and building partnerships. This in itself is considered a qualitative step in developing the Arab third sector. We are confident that the participants will emerge from the program experience with tools that enable them to transform their values into solutions, and their ideas into initiatives that benefit their communities, and whose impact extends for generations. Coming".
In turn, Sonia Bin Jaafar, CEO of the Abdullah Al Ghurair Foundation, said: “Investing in human capabilities has always been an essential part of the UAE’s vision to achieve sustainable progress. At the Abdullah Al Ghurair Foundation, we continue this commitment, considering youth as the builders of development."."RTL" lang="AR-SA"She added: “When young people are provided with purpose, skills, and a firm conviction in their abilities, they establish the infrastructure for resilient societies. Our cooperation with the Arab Youth Center reflects this same national spirit, and our shared belief in the necessity of preparing and empowering competent leaders who possess values and turn the vision into reality. This program goes beyond traditional training, as it aims to empower Arab youth to lead meaningful change throughout the region.
The “Young Arab Leaders in the Third Sector” program was designed to To be consistent with the comprehensive national values and aspirations of the UAE, and with the four pillars of the Arab Youth Center: qualifying youth and acquiring job skills, consolidating positive citizenship, strengthening Arab identity, and developing the youth sector.."RTL" lang="AR-SA"The program is expected to contribute to developing the skills of Arab youth in leadership and community work, launching specific initiatives that serve sustainable development goals, in addition to strengthening regional and international cooperation in the third sector, and integrating the youth point of view into humanitarian and development organizations, thus enhancing the position of Arab youth as a major driver of positive change in their societies.
The program witnesses an intensive schedule of theoretical sessions covering a wide range of topics related to the third sector and community work, including the foundations of civil society, legal and regulatory frameworks, stakeholder engagement and building partnerships, innovation and social entrepreneurship, project management, strategic planning and business models. The sessions also address issues of governance, leadership, crisis management, transparency and ethics, financial management, evaluation and impact measurement, data visualization and communication, in addition to anticipating social and economic trends, policies and advocacy, working in conflict areas, and raising funds and donations, giving participants comprehensive knowledge of all dimensions of community work. Institutional.
A group of regional and international leaders and experts in the fields of development and humanitarian work participate in presenting the sessions, most notably the Minister Plenipotentiary, Dr. Nada Al-Agizi, Director of the Department of Sustainable Development and International Cooperation – General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, Abdullah Lootah, Assistant Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Competitiveness and Knowledge Exchange, Chairman of the National Committee for Sustainable Development Goals, Sonia bin Jaafar, CEO of the Abdullah Al Ghurair Foundation, His Excellency Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Assistant Undersecretary for Third Sector Regulation (Ministry of Community Empowerment), Salem Ali Al Shamsi, Executive Director of the Incubator and Social Contracts Sector (Community Contributions Authority “Together”), and Hanan Ahli, Director of the Federal Center for Competitiveness. And statistics, Hamid Al Zaabi, Secretary-General and Vice-Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and the Financing of Illegal Organizations, Beranger-Buel, Resident Coordinator with the United Nations in the Emirates, Alia Al-Musabi, Director of the Big Heart Foundation, and Ahmed Al-Hindawi, Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe – Save the Children.
Many institutions also share their knowledge expertise with participants within the framework of the program, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and the World Bank Group (World Bank Group), Al-Fanar Foundation, Vision Nest Consulting, the Center for Collective Leadership, and (The Bridgespan Group), and Transparency International – Lebanon, Sustainable Square, the Asian Enterprise Philanthropy Network, and the International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC), and the organization (Ashoka), and Afrilanthropy (Afrilanthropy), and the Mohammed bin Rashid College of Government.
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