For the past two weeks, as part of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) team, I have been privileged to experience first-hand the Olympic Games in Brazil, and to supervise the SC's booth at Bayt Qatar in Rio de Janeiro.

The purpose of our visit has been to both learn about staging global events and transfer key knowledge about our legacy-oriented programmes, amongst other vital 2022 FIFA World Cup™ related work.

Visitors to the SC's booth at Bayt Qatar in Rio de Janeiro, for example, have been amazed by the design of Al Rayyan Stadium, which has been on display here with its many colours and intricate precinct details since the start of the Olympic Games.

One of the most exciting things for the visitors to our booth was to look at the scale model of Al Rayyan Stadium and to see it in all that detail – and they took plenty of photos and videos as well. It became something of a selfie magnet, and that is exactly what we intended to do here at the Rio Olympics. We wanted to show people how the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ will look, and to give them an idea as to what it would be like when we welcome the world in six years.

It has been a fantastic learning experience here in Brazil over the past few weeks, and will continue to be until we finish here at Bayt Qatar on 21 August.

The learning happens on both sides. Visitors, dignitaries, IOC officials, media and athletes have been impressed to learn about the SC and our legacy-orientated programmes like Challenge 22, Generation Amazing, the Workers Cup and many others.

They have also learned about our Workers' Welfare Standards and the continuous work that is done in this regard at the Supreme Committee. I felt a great deal of respect and admiration from the people here for the work that is being done in this regard.

On the other hand, the SC team out here in Brazil has been made up of a fantastic group of young Qataris who, like myself, are learning on a daily basis from these Olympic Games which are the first ever on the South American continent.

It was an honour and a privilege to attend the opening ceremony and see the scale of delivery in every aspect which Brazil is completing on a daily basis. We have also had the opportunity at Bayt Qatar to work closely together with the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and to help represent Qatari sports on one of the biggest sporting stages in the world, and we'd like to thank our friends at the QOC for this continuing and extremely positive cooperation.

Teamwork was also the key at our SC booth at Bayt Qatar, where we've had a very busy time with a continuous stream of visitors from IOC members to Brazilians who wanted to take a look at our preparations, and learn about our culture. We've also had a whole host of famous football players and coaches pass through – from our former national team coach Evaristo, to former Brazil captains Dunga and Cafu and France internationals Karembeu and Trezeguet.

We've succeeded in answering all of the many questions that our curious visitors had for us, and now they are looking forward to seeing these impressive facilities and programmes in real life in Qatar. Our country's hospitality and culture have been inspirational for many of our guests, as we've made them feel at home at Bayt Qatar. In the coming years, the learning and knowledge transfer from mega-events like Rio 2016 will be key for us as we prepare to welcome the world in 2022.