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The UN House hosted the pre-launching
event of the National Youth Strategy 2011 – 2015. In his statement
on the occasion, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident
Representative, Mr. Sayed Aqa said that the strategy was the result
of a fruitful partnership between the General Organization for Youth
and Sports (GOYS) and through it with ministries, the private sector
and civil society. Mr. Aqa reinforced the importance of investing in
youth saying that nations should consider “young generation as the
citizens of today and not only the generations of tomorrow.”
The government of Bahrain was represented by the Director of the
National Youth Strategy and Special Advisor of the General
Orgainzation for Youth and Sports Mrs. Amal Aldossari. Mrs. Al
Dossari expressed her appreciation of UNDP assistance that led to
the finalization of the National Youth Strategy through an inclusive
process that involved all the component of Bahraini society. She
presented an outline of 2011 – 2015 strategy saying that it includes
several sectors and named education and training, work, Information
technologies, healthy lifestyle, sport and entertainment, human
rights and environment. Mrs. Amal said that the evaluation process
of the strategy will be based on good governance approach. Senior
representatives of the strategy stakeholders with media
representatives attended the event.
The national youth strategy 2011 – 2011 builds on and adds to the
previous one 2005 – 2009. Both strategies were put together and
elaborated through a partnership process between UNDP and GOYS. The
new strategy advocates for the promotion of the culture of belonging
to the Bahraini Nation and common future for all Bahrainis, aims to
bridge between education and employment, education for the future
with much focus on linking education with creation and innovation;
learning to learn and enhancing needed skills such as IT skills and
languages among several other areas. The strategy is aimed to be
implemented through an integrated approach to assure effectiveness
and efficiency of youth public policies on a national level. |
