UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, inaugurated the Youth Center in Abu Dhabi HH The Heir Apparent on the various facilities and services of the Center at its headquarters on Corniche Road in Abu Dhabi.

Their Highnesses affirmed that youth centers provide an integrated society to embrace the potential of youth, invest in their talents and equip them with the necessary skills to assume responsibility for the continuation of the sustainable development process in the State to ensure a bright future for future generations. Its limits.

The opening ceremony was attended by HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Future, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Shamma Bint Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrouei Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the Crown Prince's Court in Abu Dhabi, and Saeed Alnazari, Director General of the Federal Youth Foundation.

Their Highnesses met with the Center's developed team, youth council members and a number of young entrepreneurs.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the youth centers have provided successful models to empower young people in various fields through their ability to provide a stimulating environment to embrace their energies and invest in their talents.

His Highness said: "What we are witnessing from the achievements led by young people was a natural result of giving them confidence to assume responsibility. In the near future we will witness more achievements in the progress of our country at the hands of its young sons and daughters. The pure youth spirit that characterizes youth centers will inspire the creators to compete and provide Achievements we are proud of. "
"Our ambition is for the UAE to be the best country in the world by the 2071th Centennial of the UAE, with the hands of the youth of the nation who will take responsibility for the generation after generation," he added, "and are confident in their ability to continue their achievements to the number one globally. We are committed to providing all the necessary means to empower young people and invest in their abilities, talents and creativity as future leaders. "

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, said that the youth centers are one of the most important tools for developing the capabilities of young people and the weight of their skills and invest their potential and directing them the right destination, with the services, material, cultural and intellectual services that build their minds and bodies and raise their awareness. And their thought, and its role in the discovery of the talents of young people and their creativity and creative initiatives, and then benefit from them in the process of comprehensive national development, as well as being a tool to achieve acquaintance and harmony among the people of the same nation.

Inaugurating the Abu Dhabi Youth Center, he added that the UAE places great importance on the youth in its development plans and considers them the real wealth and the leaders of tomorrow.Therefore, he is keen to invest in them, and prepare them and qualify them to deal with the future with all its changes and developments.

The Federal Youth Foundation has formed a youth team to develop the Abu Dhabi Youth Center, which is designed to provide an optimal environment for work and participation in achievement for both youth and institutions, building partnerships and developing youth-led projects as part of the overall development process in the UAE.

The center was built with the efforts, participation, management and design of young people in less than a year on an area of ​​4500 square meters to embrace the creations of young people and allows them to participate and interact and exploit their full potential within a modern creative environment aimed at building leading youth communities, and all its facilities include advanced equipment with more than 30 creative service areas Designed in a way that contributes to building youth communities, utilizing capacities and investing energies.

The Abu Dhabi Youth Center is the largest and includes 30 departments and creative spaces, including a branch of the UAE Vocational School for Youth, which was launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on World Youth Day, a non-traditional school that applies the principle of collective participation in the acquisition of knowledge and experience, and provides youth with vocational programs. Provided by specialized institutions in the public and private sectors free of charge, allows young people the opportunity to professionalize and gain professional certificates through education and practical training by professionals.

During their visit, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan were briefed on the programs of the Vocational School for the UAE's youth, its agenda and its partnerships with government and private institutions in the UAE and around the world.

The Abu Dhabi Youth Center includes meeting rooms, project venues, councils for meetings, a library, a theater, spaces for specialized workshops, a studio for creative content production, an arts studio and exhibition of works of art, a platform for launching start-ups, youth offices, and a shop to showcase youth products. A business incubator for commercial projects, a factory for various industries, robotics and engineering craft work, a workshop for model building, 3D printing, etc., a laboratory for research, software and application development, cultural spaces, as well as recreational spaces.

The Center's team will develop a wide range of strategic partnerships with government and private institutions to work together to develop programs that benefit young people, increase the spirit of solidarity and teamwork, explore opportunities to integrate with the efforts of educational institutions, instill volunteerism, and build capacity.

In detail, the Abu Dhabi Youth Center includes 30 departments and creative spaces spread over three floors. The workshop is dedicated to work on various models and provides young people with the latest equipment and technologies that help them to work and innovate, such as 3D printers, etc. The lab provides young people with the necessary equipment to manage projects and facilitates their work on various industries and crafts and engineering. The studio provides state-of-the-art media equipment, training and mentoring services by professionals and is equipped with the latest equipment, imaging systems, output, production and other media project accessories. Their obedience.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan toured the center accompanied by HH Shamma Al Mazrouei and Saeed Alnazari.They were briefed on the sections and creative spaces included in the center. A space for meeting, dialogue and enjoyment allows young people to share ideas, aspirations, and developments. The Council sessions are held in conjunction with various social events.

The first floor includes a laboratory equipped with computers to work on research and allows young people the opportunity to work together and develop platforms and applications using modern technology .. Spaces include meeting rooms equipped with the latest technology, and managed automatically, available for young people, equipped for various uses, and the platform is a space for holding events and held Lectures, seminars, courses, workshops and other events.

The outlet is a space for leisure and recreation that allows young people the opportunity to professionalize in e-sports, and practice their various hobbies .. Vocational School for Youth is a non-traditional school that applies the principle of collective participation in the acquisition of knowledge and experience and provides young people free professional programs offered by specialized institutions in the government and private sectors .. The center provides offices for young people, providing various administrative services .. It includes soundproofed classrooms and spaces dedicated to launching innovative youth projects.

His Highness was briefed on the second floor of the Center, which includes a theater dedicated to performances and the arts and equipped with the latest sound and display systems so that young people can communicate with the public to showcase their work, as well as a creative space designed in the form of an energy wave to bring together common interests and urge them to exploit their energies through Creative thinking, a painting for young artists provides them with special equipment and tools and the opportunity to showcase their artwork and organize art workshops. The second floor also includes a library with a renewed list of books in addition to daily newspapers and magazines and hosts literary councils and reading clubs .. It also includes multiple meeting rooms, whose function is to host meetings of youth and institutions, as well as group work halls, suitable for the meeting of working groups of young people to work on their projects. The "incubator" is a space devoted to young entrepreneurs to work on their projects and development.

The center is open to young people between the ages of 15 and 35, whether students, employees or entrepreneurs. The Abu Dhabi Youth Center, which enjoys a dynamic and easily accessible location on Corniche Road, is open 7 days a week from 8 am to 10 pm The needs of the people of concern were taken into consideration when designing and implementing the center so that they can benefit from all the services it provides.