Officials of the Generation Amazing Programme during a press briefing in Doha yesterday.
The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC)’s Generation Amazing Programme will launch its 2019 Youth Festival, taking place from December 15 to 18, at the Qatar Foundation Oxygen Park.
The occasion will be the kick-off event within a series of festivals leading to 2022 and will be the first such youth event held in the context of the FIFA Club World Cup finals.
170 youth participants from the international and local Ambassador Programmes, future Qatari leaders and local youth will be in attendance, broadening the reach of the social legacy programme and building new outreach within Qatar and globally.
“Generation Amazing is proud to announce the first edition of the Generation Amazing Youth Festival, which will take place at Qatar Foundation in Doha alongside the FIFA Club World Cup,” said Nasser Al Khori, Generation Amazing Programmes Director. “The GA Youth Festival will take our football for development programme’s most promising young participants on a football journey of a lifetime.”
“We have an exciting list of Partners who are joining us for the festival, which we will announce in due course,” added Al Khori.
“In addition, we are proud to have our GA Partner Clubs – AS Roma, KAS Eupen, Leeds United and Sheffield F.C., the English FA, as well as PSG Academy in Doha, joining us with youth participants alongside Generation Amazing youth ambassadors for the festival. We are very excited about their contributions and looking forward to strengthening these relationships further.”
Key highlights of the festival include welcome activities, football for development workshops led by Youth Ambassadors, cultural performances and celebrity Ambassador activations for all youth in attendance.
Football for Good workshops will teach participants to build and design social development programmes around football infrastructure, event organisation and community outreach initiatives. The festival’s educational courses will take participants through the fundamental principles of an active citizenship through football and project management.
GA will also launch a local Youth Ambassador programme with the aim of recruiting five new Ambassadors from Qatar in time for the Youth Festival.
By inspiring and engaging an amazing generation of young Qataris and residents, GA seeks to create a generation of supporters active long beyond the FIFA World Cup, united in their commitment to positive social change and leaving a legacy in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030.
Talented and committed young Qataris and residents selected as Youth Ambassadors will undergo a capacity building programme which will develop their skills, provide them with local and international exposure and the ability to convey GA values to local and international youth.
To be in with a chance of entering the Ambassador programme and being selected as a Youth Ambassador, entrants must be between the ages of 16 to 22, display an interest in social change and sport development and demonstrate basic leadership skills. Candidates can apply by completing an online application form which will be promoted on the Generation Amazing social media channels.
