The Rehabilitation, Employment and Follow-up Unit at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Girls, University of Baghdad, held a scientific workshop entitled (Leadership and its Role in Enhancing the Role of Youth and Participation in Decision-making and the Advantages and disadvantages facing the collective approach) in which an elite group of lecturers from the two branches of theoretical sciences and team games presented it, including Prof. Dr. Sundus Musa Jawad, prof. Dr. Warda Ali Abbas, Asst. Prof. Dr Nabal Karim and Asst. Prof. Saja Shukr Yas.
The workshop focused on youth leadership and its role in enhancing individuals’ skills. How to enhance the spirit of initiative, developing leadership for youth through developing skills, enhancing self-confidence, building relationships, learning from experiences and positive influence, the most important qualities of a successful leader are balance, challenges, active youth participation in decision-making by encouraging communication and dialogue, training and education, creating platforms for participation in forums, workshops and advisory councils that allow direct interaction and exchange of experiences, encouraging companies and institutions to cooperate between governmental and non-governmental agencies to enhance youth participation, community participation and its benefits represented by listening and forming friendships, opportunities to learn organisational leadership, academic and professional development. This workshop achieves one of the sustainable development goals represented by the fourth goal of quality education.