THE YOUTH COMPANY / BORN IN QATAR, 2010

UNLEASHING
A FEARLESS
GENERATION.

Young people are shaping their own era. We build the platforms, skills and communities that make it possible—in Qatar and across the region.

What drives us ↗Our story since 2010 ↗

BY YOUTH. WITH YOUTH. FOR YOUTH.TYC / 2025

170,000+

Young people reached

Since 2010

306

Programmes delivered

Events, training, summits & festivals since 2010

2010

Our beginning in Qatar

A regional purpose. An ongoing story.

Our numbers and their sources ↗

01 / WHY WE EXIST

OUR VISION

Ignite a fearless generation of youth driving innovation & leading a bold cultural renaissance across the globe.

OUR MISSION

We forge ecosystems for youth to rise as innovators, disruptors & architects of their new era.

BY YOUTH. WITH YOUTH. FOR YOUTH.

02 / THE STORY WE BUILD ON

It started with belief.
It grew through youth.

Since December 2010, The Youth Company has connected learning, experience, culture and community action. Ideas became conferences, festivals and career opportunities. Participants became volunteers, creators and leaders.

**Voices finding their stage**Run The World / 2013

**Culture crossing borders**Arab Hip Hop Festival / 2014

2010The beginning in Qatar↗2011–2016A growing public platform↗NOWThe next generation of TYC↗

HOW WE WORK

Three principles.
In everything we build.

We grow by lifting each other. Youth, partners and sponsors co-create solutions, sharing knowledge, resources and opportunity.

YOUTH-LED

Youth lead, decide and create. Their voice shapes the work from the first idea to delivery.

HOMEGROWN

Every programme starts with our people, our places and the things that matter to them.

TRACK & SCALE

We measure what we do, learn from the results and grow the ideas that make a difference.

03 / BUILDING WHAT COMES NEXT

One ambition.
More ways to rise.

Our next chapter builds on the work: practical learning, entrepreneurship, regional leadership and youth voice. Established programmes sit alongside new pathways in development.

3ilm Labs · علم

Mindset. Skillset. Expertise.

Practical learning and focused bootcamps for work, enterprise and creative life.

Youth Startup

Ideas into action.

Pitch Plz, startup bootcamps and connections with emerging businesses.

Lead Arabia

A region led by its youth.

Real challenges, collaborative projects and regional leadership development.

Youth Talks / Spill the Shay

Our stories. Our terms.

Public storytelling and honest conversations about building, failing and growing.

7asanat Olympics

Give your time. Grow together.

Youth volunteering rooted in community care and shared responsibility.

That Thing / Talk Dirty

Conversations into change.

Youth advocacy, wellbeing awareness and environmental action.

Explore the programmes & digital ecosystem ↗

04 / THE PEOPLE ARE THE STORY

A first opportunity.
A story that keeps going.

Our alumni stories reach into media, science, creativity and entrepreneurship. Each generation takes the experience somewhere new.

Meet the alumni ↗

**Room for expression**Run The World / 2013

Built together.
Across the years.

65 organisations and brands in our documented network of partners, sponsors and exhibitors. Explore the relationships behind the programmes, from 2010 onward.