Abu-Ghazaleh Establishes Youth Working Group at the Economic Policy Development Forum

  AMMAN------ February 12, 2014 ------- HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, President of the Economic Policy Development Forum (EPDF) announced the establishment of a youth division within the EPDF under the name of the Youth Working Group.
 
This Group shall be considered one of the key branches of the Forum and shall be presided over by one of its youth members.  The president of the Youth Working Group shall also be their representative on the governing council of the EPDF. All of the members of this Group will also become members of the Forum, in terms of their capacity and shall participate in all activities.
 
This decision was a result of a consultancy meeting held with HE Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh (who is the second party in the meeting??) who stressed on the importance of youth’s involvement in the activities of the Forum.
 
He said that youth should play a role and should make a contribution to the Forum vis-à-vis participating in the Jordanian Economic Observatory, affiliate of the EPDF, Working Groups.
 
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh made it clear that another important task of the Group is to improve the communications between the Forum and youth organizations and groups in Jordan. He affirmed that youth are an important sector of our society, and as such their opinions and suggestions regarding the issues and programs of the Forum should be considered.
 
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh stated that the Group will be required to turn in an annual report summarizing its suggestions to revise the operations of the Forum. The annual report shall also contain a special section on the results of the Group’s operations, and shall designate a special webpage for publishing this information. A youth corner shall be added to the Forum’s monthly newsletter under the name “The Opinion of the Forum’s Youth”.