Under the patronage of His

Excellency Dr. Hassan Abdulla Fakhro

Minister of Industry and Commerce

AIESEC in Bahrain’s presents the first

Event Report

Keynote Speaker

His Excellency Dr. Hassan Abdulla Fakhro

Minister of Industry and Commerce:

"The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is keen to follow up and care

for the people of Bahrain who are involved in training programs for

projects under the umbrella of the small and medium industries sector,

for recognizing the importance of this sector and its important role in

strengthening the economic structure of Bahrain, and pride in the

growing public demand from young people on these programs,

creative.

We are aware that the achievement of sustainable development

comes through the empowerment of individuals in economic terms,

and is measured at the level of success of development by providing

support for human capital in the first place."

AIESEC, the world’s largest not-for-profit, non-political student-run organization, is the

international platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership

potential for them to have a positive impact in society.

With presence in 110 countries AIESEC provides its members with an integrated

development experience comprised of leadership opportunities (around 10000

yearly), international internships (annually around 12000) and participation in a global

learning environment.

About AIESEC

AIESEC in Bahrain

5 years of experience 2 Local chapters 100 Members from 9 universities 100+

exchanges with:

USA, Switzerland, Jordan, Turkey, Italy, India, Indonesia, Colombia, Malta and

Brazil.

Today’s organizations are focusing on sustainable development of our societies

through the products they provide or their CSR strategies. Some organizations lack

the way of reaching to communities' young representatives, and some would want

to embrace new innovative ideas to take the lead in activating this sustainable

development, which made The Youth to Business forum act as a platform to support

such initiatives.

Bahrain Youth to Business Forum asked the question:

“How can today's organizations in Bahrain grow and have a sustainable

impact?”

As part of AIESEC’s Gulf Conference, AIESEC in Bahrain organized the first Youth to

Business Forum on the 2nd of November 2011, for 100+ delegates from different

universities in Bahrain along with AIESEC members from Bahrain and the Gulf.

Bahrain Youth to Business Forum acted as an exciting platform for a special dialogue

between representatives of youth and the business world that discussed and explored

issues and solutions around topics related to the economy of Bahrain.

How did it work?

At this unique event we framed the conversations with a question and we aimed to

create a space where all delegates and guests can connect and explore the question

and how it affects different topics of discussion. Business representatives did this through

keynote and highlighted speakers, interactive workshops, open spaces, and a panel

discussion. Partners got the opportunity to position their brand between the youth

attending the event.

About Youth to Business Forum

Forum Flow

Workshop 4: CSR implementations in

educational support

Delivered by: Leena Al Olaimy –

Managing Director 3BL

In this workshop, Leena talked about CSR

education. Examples were given in the

workshop about different organizations

and how they contribute to CSR

Education. Also, Leena discussed how

Economics growth, Environmental

sustainability and social equity can lead

to sustainable development. Also, the

benefits of CSR were discussed in the

workshop.

Workshops

Workshop 2: CSR and Youth

Empowerment

Delivered by: Kevin Craig – CEO Craig

Consultants

In this workshop, Kevin thouroughly

discussed the topic of sustainability and

how it is viewed and how it is crucucial for

different type's organizations such as

corporate organizations and NGO's. Also,

in the workshop, Kevin discussed the

importance of recycling.

Workshop 3: CSR and sustainable

community development

Delivered by: Dr. Khalid Bomtaia – GM,

ProAct

In the workshop, Dr. Bomtaia talked

about what are the challenges that

organizations may face from their

surrounded environment and what are

possible solutions to these challenges.

Workshop 1: Understanding our social

needs to implement CSR

Delivered by: Khalid Al Qoud – Founder

of Bahrain CSR Society

In his workshop, Khalid CSR

Management, and discussed key issues

in CSR. Also, the topics involvement of

social media, Ethics and Brand Value

were discussed in the workshop. In the

end he talked about compliance

management.

Youth to Business Track

In the Youth to Business section, the delegates were divided into

groups of 5 with an objective. Their objective was to create a CSR

project that could be implemented. To facilitate the process,

delegates had to fill in a canvas with all their project details.

16 different projects were generated from the Youth to Business

Forum and the output is published in the following link:

http://www.wix.com/aiesecinbahrain/youth2business#!

Employee Rights

International Education

Health Awareness

Traffic Safety

Youth Education

Solar energy Housing Project

Waste Management

Education for the Future

Smart Population

Education for All

Community Development

Responsible Business

Youth Responsibility

Disabilities awareness

Improving Education

Delegate Feedback

"The youth to Business Forum was an eye-

opener to many issues that we are facing

and which, unfortunately, we ourselves

are responsible of. Simple action steps in

asking responsibility for these issues and

who in Bahrain, and in some cases the

world, is implementing those steps gave

my friends and I faith and trust, in what

more we can do. Meeting people who

are passionate about CSR was a great

motivation and push to ensure a

profitable yet caring business" Mona Emad

UoB Student

22 years old

"The Youth to Business Forum was an

extraordinary event that happened in

Bahrain last month, it created a platform

for youth from different countries to

interact and give their views on CSR

related subjects through a Bahraini

economics view. Personally I developed

a sense of awareness about what type of

ideas suit Bahrain, and got inspirited by

delegates and speakers" Mahmood Zeyad

Bahrain Polytechnic Student

19 years old

Delegates Nationality

Bahrain

Oman

Qatar

UAE

Columbia

USA

Age

29

24

23

22

21

20

Media Clippings

Forum live feeds

Thank You Our Partners

Golden Partner Silver Partner

Event Partner National Partner

In Kind Partners Media Partners

Workshop Partners

Snapshots

Interested to impact the Youth of Bahrain? Contact us:

Sabeeka Al Shamlan

Director of Business Development

AIESEC in Bahrain

Tel: +973 36498984

Office: +973 17358819

Fax: +973 17466646

Email: sabeeka.alshamlan@aiesec.net

www.aiesec.org/bahrain

Address: Office 57, Building 8, Road 17, Block 117 – BBIC

Headquarters – Hidd Area