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The Sharjah Youth Council had numerous achievements during its second session, which focused on activating the council’s role towards the emirate’s youth, as well as developing their abilities, communicating their ideas to decision makers, and representing them in various local and international fora.
The most notable achievement of the council in 2018 was its contribution to raising the number of youth councils found in government institutions in Sharjah from one to ten, in order to empower young people in these institutions.
The council announced that it held more than 30 meetings with government and private bodies to discuss ways of cooperation this year, and it participated in representing both UAE and Sharjah in eight global events, in addition to reviewing suggestions of more than 600 young men, women from various regions of the emirate.
The council communicated more than 25 suggestions and recommendations to decision-makers in Sharjah and held more than eight awareness sessions with aim of circulating knowledge among emirate’s youth. It also organised more than five youth workshops on various topics.
across emirate and the country.
Nada Abdullah Alturifi, Chairman of the Sharjah Youth Council, said, “What we offer and give to our emirate and our country will not stop after the end of our membership to the Sharjah Youth Council. We will increase our efforts to harness what we have learned from this great experience to benefit Sharjah and our nation, who have both, never failed to invest in us in order to build a better future for us and future generations.”
At the conclusion of the council’s session for the period of 2017-2018, Alturifi expressed her thanks and gratitude to HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah; HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of HH the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and HH Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council, for their unstinted support to the emirate’s youth, as well as for the programmes that help in aiding them and developing their abilities.
Alturifi also expressed the council’s gratitude to Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Head of the Emirates Youth Council, for her trust and support. She also thanked all government bodies in Sharjah that supported the efforts and initiatives of the council and contributed to its many achievements during the year.