Supreme Committe for Delivery & Legacy
Generation Amazing has announced its first Youth Festival will take place from 15-18 December at Qatar Foundation's Oxygen Park.
The occasion will kick-off a series of festivals leading to Qatar 2022. More than 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 initiative and building new outreach within Qatar and globally.
Key highlights of the festival will include welcome activities, football for development workshops led by youth ambassadors, cultural performances and celebrity ambassador activations.
Nasser Al Khori, Generation Amazing Programme Director, said: "Generation Amazing is proud to announce the first edition of the Generation Amazing Youth Festival, which will take place at Qatar Foundation in Doha during the FIFA Club World Cup. The 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 partner clubs – AS Roma, KAS Eupen, Leeds United and Sheffield FC, plus the English Football Association and Paris Saint-Germain Academy in Doha – joining us for the event, along with our youth ambassadors.
"We are very excited about their contributions and looking forward to strengthening these relationships further."
In addition, 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 active citizenship through football and project management.
Generation Amazing also announced that it will launch a local youth ambassador programme, with the aim of recruiting five new ambassadors from Qatar in time for the festival.
By inspiring and engaging a generation of young Qataris and residents, Generation Amazing seeks to create a team of active supporters long beyond the FIFA World Cupä, united in their commitment to positive social change and leaving a legacy in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.
Talented and committed young Qatari nationals and residents of the country who are selected will undergo a capacity building programme which will develop their skills, provide them with local and international exposure, and the ability to convey Generation Amazing values to local and international youth.
To be in with a chance of joining the ambassador programme and being selected as a youth ambassador, entrants must be aged 16-22, display an interest in social change and sports 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 (@GA4Good).
Generation Amazing was launched by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in 2010 as part of its successful bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2022™. Since then more than 500,000 beneficiaries have been reached across the Middle East and Asia. It plans to reach 1 million people by 2022 through the power of football.