  In recent works, through observations of molecular lines, we found that the
supernova remnant (SNR) G18.8+0.3 is interacting with a molecular cloud towards
its southern edge. Also it has been proven the presence of several neighboring
HII regions very likely located at the same distance as the remnant. The
presence of dense molecular gas and the existence of shock fronts generated by
the SNR and HII regions make this region an interesting scenario to study the
population of young stellar objects. Thus, using the most modern colour
criteria applied to the emission in the mid-infrared bands obtained from IRAC
and MIPS on board Spitzer, we characterized all the point sources lying in this
region. We analyzed the spectral energy distributions of sources that show
signs of being young stellar objects in order to confirm their nature and
derive stellar parameters. Additionally, we present a map of the $^{12}$CO
J=3-2 emission obtained with the ASTE telescope towards one of the HII regions
embedded in the molecular cloud. The molecular gas was studied with the aim to
analyze whether the cloud is a potential site of star formation.
