Country: Qatar
City: Doha
Organizer
A Common Word Among the Youth (ACWAY) and the Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID)
Location
Qatar Scouts Association Centre
Email
[email protected]
The Forum will bring together 75 young people from around the world, youth-led organizations, civil society organizations, policy makers and philanthropists to share practical approaches in promoting coexistence between people of different cultures and religions.
The forum will strengthen the role of young people in promoting interfaith and intercultural harmony and amplify a global message of peaceful coexistence in the spirit of the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week in February 2023. The forum is about giving opportunities and a voice to the youth to be more involved and active in the interfaith sector and shape their future today.
Forum Theme: Youth Peacebuilding: Interfaith Dialogue from Theory to Practice”
Objectives of the Forum:
1. To bring young people together to share ideas, experiences and initiatives to promote interfaith and intercultural understanding, and provide them a platform to present their grassroots interfaith projects to peers and key stakeholders who share a vision for the coexistence of diverse cultures and communities
2. To create a platform for young people to discuss the new and emerging issues affecting them in today's world regarding religion and civility.
3. To empower young people and provide them with skills and knowledge that will shape their personalities and prepare them as good global citizens, and improve their leadership talents
4. To provide training in dialogue, peacebuilding, and civic activism through intergenerational exchange workshops
The programme will include:
● Youth project presentations
● Thematic training workshops
● Advancing the Interfaith Development Goals (IDGs)
● Developing a global interfaith campaign
● Networking opportunities & cultural activities
Expected outcomes of the Forum
1) A growing active network of young people engaged in the interfaith sector
2) A series of planned local interfaith activities which the young people will deliver back in their home countries
3) Adoption of the Interfaith Development Goals by young people and partner organisations
4) Youth recommendations to the G20IF India 2023
5) Report to the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week 2023