InvolvIng the youth

Expo Live’s University Innovation Programme is encouraging and supporting university students in the UAE to work together to find creative solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in the country and wider region.

The first cycle of the programme was launched in September 2017 and received 280 applications from 1,000 students. Nineteen student teams received up to Dh50,000 funding, as well as support and exposure, to help develop their creative solutions.

The Expo School Programme is working to inspire the younger generation by engaging with schools and educators across the UAE.

Through various initiatives including school roadshows and Expo field trips, the Expo School Programme has already reached more than 40,000 students from 620 schools across the UAE, and hopes to reach many more. The programme has also engaged more than 800 educators from both public and private schools to discuss how they can involve their students in the Expo and encourage them to play an active role in advancing human progress. The search for more than 30,000 volunteers who will be the ‘face of Expo 2020 Dubai’ was launched last year in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Community Development and Emirates Foundation.

Abeer Al Hosani, head of volunteers — human resources, workforce and volunteers, said: “The Expo 2020 Volunteers team cannot wait to celebrate this exciting milestone with our community. From October 2020 to April 2021, more than 30,000 volunteers will help welcome the world to the UAE.