The King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award strengthened Bahrain's leadership in achieving development goals- jury

Manama, Dec. 22 (BNA): Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to Bahrain and a member of the preliminary jury for the King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Stefano Pettinato stressed the important role played by Bahrain in promoting youth-related initiatives and projects in the field of sustainable development in all over the world. Pettinato noted that the award has become one of the distinguished international awards, which have a positive impact through the participation of all groups to present projects that contribute to achieving development goals. "This year's communication strategy for the award has been more robust, including access to other parts of UNDP, and other UN agencies around the world, we are pleased to see the results of this through 4,064 projects, which is an unprecedented number, which confirms the importance of this award globally," he said. “I am honored to participate this year in the Supreme Jury of the King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, as it provides the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," Saudi Ambassador to Washington Her Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, said. "The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals provide youth in member states with a clear vision of a future that guarantees sustainability, equality and environmental protection. I look forward to hearing the achievements of young men and women who contribute to their communities and work to implement these goals," she added. “It is a great honor for me to participate in the Supreme Jury for the award this year, an award that encourages youth supporters to contribute with their initiatives to achieve the sustainable development goals," German Ambassador to Bahrain Kai Boeckmann, said.