Generation Amazing Program Announces Organization of 2019 Youth Festival During Club World Cup

Doha, November 06 (QNA) - The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC)s Generation Amazing Program will launch its 2019 Youth Festival, taking place from the 15 to 18 December 2019, 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 program 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 Generation Amazing Programs Director Nasser Al Khori. "The GA Youth Festival will take our football for development programs 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 programs around football infrastructure, event organization and community outreach initiatives. The festivals educational courses will take participants through the fundamental principles of active citizenship through football and project management. GA will also launch a local Youth Ambassador program 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. Generation Amazing, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC)s football for development program, was initiated during Qatar's successful bid for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in 2010. It uses the power of sport to positively impact lives and create sustainable social development in communities. More than 500,000 beneficiaries have been reached to date through Generation Amazing in the Middle East and Asia. GA plans to reach another 500,000 more in its goal to positively impact 1 million people by 2022 through the power of football. "As we reach our tenth year of journey, we have continued to grow and expand the reach and impact of the program," said Generation Amazing Executive Director Mushtaq Al Waeli. "This year we are creating an enhanced Community Club Model and Football for Development Coaching Certification as part of our transition to become Generation Amazing Foundation, which will continue post 2022 aiming to become a leader in the global football for development field." "Aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Qatar National Vision 2030, we see sports in general and football in particular as a transformative tool and as a fundamental instrument in order to achieve socio-economic and wider development outcomes for refugee communities and disadvantaged youth globally." In Qatar, thanks to support from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, the program has already launched in 32 government schools and 18 international schools. The program has also trained 50 PE teachers and 45 coaches from Generation Amazing's strategic partner, Qatar Football Association. (QNA)