“ROTA’s 11th Annual Youth Conference on Personal Leadership, Service Learning and Global Citizenship”.
Target Groups
EMPOWER conference seeks to attract up to 450 delegates from the following categories
• 16-30 year old youths –primary target
• Secondary School Teachers
• Local Youth Groups/organizations
• Youth Activist from GCC and Arab Region
• University Student Affairs Officers
The conference objectives are to:
• Promote better understanding of youth leadership, service learning and greater awareness of global issues among 450 youth between the ages of 16-32 in Qatar and theregion.
• Provide opportunities for 450 youth to develop their skills, knowledge and attitudes to take on leadership roles which support ROTAstrategies.
• Create a platform for 450 youth to discover their voice and realize their ability to make a positive contribution in society to support Qatar 2030 on youthdevelopment.
• Facilitate a forum for exchange of ideas, projects and reflections that address local needs and global issues.
• Awareness creation on the EMPOWERtheme.
Benefits:
Type of provided sponsorship:
1. Full Sponsorship includes: Flight, Accommodation, Meals and Ground Transportation related to the conference programme only.
2. Partial Sponsorship includes: Accommodation, Meals and Ground Transportation related to the conference programme only.
For international participants it is only for 18- 32 years old.
A maximum of 70 seats will be provided to International participants for this event.
Conference Themes
The lectures and workshops during the youth conference aim to address three themes. These include:
1. Personal leadership: Promoting personal excellence including setting goals and forward planning, having personal mission statements, marketing one’s skills and abilities, positive attitude and healthy self-esteem.
2. Service Learning: Promoting civic responsibility: a duty to one’s country, community and the world as a whole. The importance of valuing diversity; developing empathy alongside desire to help the vulnerable or to protect one heritage or the environment.
3. Global Citizenship: Promoting youth voice on social justice issues like human rights, migrant worker situation, global economy, climate change and war and conflict.