Kingdom set to launch first International Youth Festival

Under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs is organizing the first International Youth Festival for sustainable development goals (SDGs) this month.

The festival is considered to be one of the most important youth events in the world. The event emphasizes the Kingdom’s status as an important hub for achieving SDGs. The festival is another initiative for Bahrain towards international goals after launching the King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award to achieve SDGs, which is the first of its kind in the world, and the opening of Bahrain Scientific Centre. The international festival aims to offer a wide range of programmes to raise awareness among youngsters about the importance of sustainable development goals through a wide range of activities.

The Kingdom has been keen to engage many youngsters from Bahrain and the world in the festival given the great potentials they have to achieve people’s aspirations. In a statement, Representative of HM the King for Charity Work and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport and President of Bahrain Olympic Committee His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa expressed great appreciation of His Majesty the King’s patronage of the festival which, he said, aims to highlight Bahrain’s pioneering role and steps in achieving sustainable development and involving the youth in achieving SDGs.

“The Kingdom will once again be a pioneer in delivering pioneering youth initiatives to achieve sustainable development goals after amazing the world with the launch the King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award towards achieving the SDGs,” HH Shaikh Nasser said, pointing out another unique global achievement which was the opening the first-of-its-kind center to achieve SDGs.