(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A total of 1,456 volunteers from Qatar, the region and the world worked tirelessly to support the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to deliver the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup over 26 days.
This one-of-a-kind opportunity provided the volunteers with bespoke skills and the necessary experience for the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) said yesterday.
Volunteers worked in various functional areas including communications, marketing, event services, transportation, security, media, branding and promotion, fan engagement, ticketing, accommodation, logistics, crowd management, hospitality, accreditation and medical services, SC said on its website.
Volunteers were selected on their availability, educational background, language skills, motive to volunteer and previous volunteering experience. In preparation for the tournaments, the selected volunteers underwent a series of inductions, workshops and training programs in an effort to familiarize them with the tasks at hand.
SC launched its volunteering programme in September 2018 calling on all those interested to partake in supporting the FIFA World Cup 2022, stemming from the firm belief in the integral role volunteers play on the road to 2022. Since the programme's inception, the SC has received more than 265,000 applications from individuals registering their interest.
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