Prince Bandar bin Khaled received the shield of honor from Prince Nasser bin Hamad on behalf of Prince Khaled.
The award is in recognition of Prince Khaled’s efforts to promote creativity and the leadership qualities of youths.
The winners of the pan-Arab forum’s Arab Personalities include chairperson of the Qatar Foundation Sheikha Mouza Bint Nasser for her services in the field of education, Al-Arabiya Channel Director-General Abdulrahman Al-Rashid, Al-Jazeera Channel’s Tunisian journalist Mohammed Krichane and CNN journalist Lebanese Rima Maktabi.
Abu Dhabi TV program "Step" won the award of best Arab TV program. Prince Khaled’s role as the president of the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) has been commended.
The ATF aims at empowering Arab youth to lead developmental activities in the Arab world. It has succeeded in producing a large number of young ambassadors distinguished in the areas of social responsibility, voluntary services and developmental activities. The prince also took the initiative to appoint a number of distinguished youths to the board and committees of the foundation.
The prince also stressed the need to include young speakers in the annual conferences of the ATF. He also set apart sessions of the foundation for youth leadership projects.
The prince initiated many Gulf level tournaments in addition to starting radio programs such as Ya Shabab Al-Islam, which targets young people.
While the prince was governor of Asir province, he founded a training center to develop creativity in the youth of the province at Al-Muftahah Village in Abha.
After becoming governor of Makkah province, the prince laid out a strategic plan for increased youth participation in various projects. He also set up a youth committee under the provincial council with the aim of improving young people’s welfare. The committee serves as an umbrella organization for the Makkah Youth Development Council, Young Businessmen Committee, Makkah Province Youth Meet, Business Pioneers Committee, Makkah Youth Committee for Social Media and the Makkah Youth Committee for Voluntary Work.
