QLC honours Young Leaders Programme participants

Qatar Leadership Centre (QLC) has honoured the participants in the second Young Leaders Programme at a ceremony attended by HE Vice Chairman and Managing Director of QLC, Sheikh Dr Abdulla bin Ali bin Saud al-Thani.The programme engaged 75 male and female students and included an international fellowship with the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), along with a summer camp in collaboration with the American University of Beirut (AUB).The ceremony was interspersed with the screening of a film documenting the key landmarks of the participants' educational experiences, along which the skills they had earned in strategic thinking and collective work, in addition to reviewing the best global leadership and entrepreneurship practices and promoting their awareness of global issues and sustainable development.Addressing the event, Director of QLC Programmes, Sheikha Al Jawhara Faisal al-Thani, emphasised that the programme featured extensive sessions in Doha, followed by field training in the US, which included high-level meetings with Qatari and UN officials, as well as participation in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) of the UN.The summer camp, held in collaboration with AUB, targeted secondary school students and comprised workshops, lectures, and practical activities designed to hone their leadership skills and enhance their capabilities in critical thinking and collective work, in addition to broadening their overture to various academic and cultural experiences, Sheikha Al Jawhara said.QLC's administration emphasised that the programme represents an incredible opportunity for young people, affirming that it looks forward to enlarging the scope of this programme, thereby contributing to investing in humans and preparing a generation capable of effectively contributing to the path towards national development.