Sharjah 24: The Arab Parliament for the Child (APC), one of the institutions of the Arab League, launched the third session of the Parliament in its second session by organising professional diplomas in addition to four training workshops for children before the third session, on the twenty-sixth of February, to enable children to acquire the necessary skills.

The five-day programme to support the topic of the session, which will be entitled “Sustainability, an eye on the future”, will be in two workshops, organised by the Rubu' Qarn Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators, from Tuesday evening, whereas the first workshop is specialised in robotics and programming, and the second in digital arts.

Sharjah Broadcast Authority (SBA) will present two workshops on the evening of Wednesday, the 23rd of February, specialising in the skills of digital media and the second in artificial intelligence.

On the evening of Thursday, the twenty-fourth of February, the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sharjah will offer professional diplomas in parliamentary work. 

In this context, the organising committee held a meeting at the headquarters of the Arab Parliament for the Child in Sharjah, headed by His Excellency Ayman Othman Al Barout, Secretary-General of APC, and discussed preparations for organising the programmes accompanying the third session, the efficiency of electronic systems, and the completion of preparations with partners to implement the work listed on the agenda.

The meeting reviewed the approvals of the Arab countries on the participation of children in the third session and the accompanying programmes and workshops, in addition to the agenda of the meeting of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on Activities and Events, as well as the meeting of the Parliament.

His Excellency Ayman Othman Al Barout, Secretary-General of APC, confirmed that the third session represents an important shift in the implemented programmes whereas it qualifies members of Parliament on the skills of parliamentary and media performance and foreseeing the future.

His Excellency Ayman Othman Al Barout explained that the Parliament’s children will be on a date with the third session on the topic of “Sustainability, an eye on the future” to confirm that Arab children are able to support scientific and cultural achievement to be future leaders.