Arab Youth Centre Opens First Permanent Centre Outside UAE, Marking Landmark Expansion Of Arab Youth Action
In a landmark step advancing joint Arab youth action, the Arab Youth Centre (AYC), in partnership with the Crown Prince Foundation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, has announced the opening of the Arab Youth Centre in Jordan—the first permanent institutional application of its model outside the UAE.
The new Centre will connect young people in Jordan with the skills, expertise, partnerships, and opportunities needed to shape their futures and contribute to the region’s development. This marking a major expansion of the Arab Youth Centre’s regional model. For the first time, the experience it has developed through programs and partnerships across the Arab world will operate through a permanent institutional presence outside the UAE, combining national leadership in Jordan with access to a wider Arab network of experts, institutions, and opportunities.
For young people in Jordan, the centre creates a dedicated pathway to develop their capabilities, build projects and entrepreneurial ventures, and connect with opportunities across the region. Its programs will focus on leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, youth research, sustainability, and future skills. The centre will combine training and mentorship with applied laboratories, business incubation, and collaborative spaces where young people can experiment, develop ideas, and turn them into viable initiatives and enterprises.
It will be led and managed locally by the Crown Prince Foundation through a long-term strategic partnership with the Arab Youth Centre, which will contribute the programs, methodologies, expertise, and regional networks developed through its work from Abu Dhabi.
H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen Heroes’ Affairs and Chairman of the Arab Youth Centre, stated:
"The opening of the Arab Youth Center in Jordan marks the beginning of a new phase in joint Arab youth action. Our vision is founded on the belief that empowering young people is a shared Arab responsibility, one that requires sustainable institutions capable of transforming ambition into capability, ideas into viable projects, and talent into a development resource."
He added:
"Guided by this vision, we are building an interconnected ecosystem that gives young people access to the knowledge, tools, and networks needed to broaden their opportunities and strengthen their role in shaping the future of their countries."
Noting Jordan’s selection as the first destination for the Centre’s expansion outside the UAE, he highlighted the longstanding ties between the UAE and the Hashemite Kingdom.
