The organizing authority: Department of Youth, Supreme Council for Family Affairs.

Date: 16^th -17^th March 2005

Objectives of the Meeting:

1.      Finding common interests among Gulf youth about the concept of democracy and parliament.

2.      Sharing expertise among youth concerning their acquisition during working in elections campaign.

3.      Attract the local community’s attention to the importance of youth and their effective role.

Themes of the Meeting:

They include the crisis of identity among Gulf youth and the importance of democratic raising in the life of youth and its obstacles and images of youth’s democratic practices.

Recommendations:

They may be summarized as in the seven following items:

1.     The continuity of the Meeting periodically annually on the Gulf Cooperative state level providing it be held in each state periodically stressing the involvement of youth of both sexes and of all groups, i.e., students, special needs persons, etc…

2.     The necessity of the participation of all states of the GCC in the Meeting and the other forthcoming meetings.

3.     The importance of diversity in proposing topics to cover all youth problems and come out with constructive recommendations applicable in practical life.

4.     Adopting establishing a counseling center for gulf youth of both sexes annexed to the GCC’s Secretariat General and that will be responsible for discussing youth issues and offering the appropriate solutions in preparation to be reviewed during meetings of GCC state leaders.

5.     Activating the role of the school in implanting the concepts of democracy among youth of both sexes whether in school curricula or associated activities or relationships prevalent in the school milieu.

6.     Confirming the importance of the media awareness-raising about the concept of democracy and youth issues through the establishment of a television satellite channel concerned with youth in the GCC states.

7.     Adopting establishing an electronic website for the Gulf Youth Meeting under the auspices the GCC Secretariat-General providing that youth of both sexes be responsible for running the website, developing it and providing it with the latest updated information and data which serve Gulf youth.