We are pleased to inform you that the revised set of documents, MoP Support Fund : FORMS and GUIDELINES, required for submitting a grant application is now available online .

NSOs are invited to consult these documents, which offer guidance through the grant application process as well as the evaluation process that has been put in place in each Region.

By using these documents, you will be able to present your project in a manner that meets the requirements laid down under the Support Fund aspect of the Messengers of Peace initiative.

WOSM has been invited to participate in the latest UN Violence Studies’ global survey. This survey was launched in the end of last year and at the conclusion of the survey, a report will be presented to the UN General Assembly later this year.

The United Nations launched their Study on Violence Against Children in 2006. At that time WOSM was involved in preparing the activity guides for children to understand and appreciate issues surrounding Violence Against Children, which was published as part of the study. World Scouting also contributed to the case studies featuring Scout projects from Egypt, Namibia and El Salvador. Further in the same year, WOSM participated in the writing and field-testing of the child friendly versions of the Study, which is since being widely used.

From 12th- 21st January 2012, Scouts from Ethiopia and Kenya joined by Korean Scouts, had the experience of a lifetime by taking part in the 2nd World Scout Parliamentary Union’s (WSPU) Youth Exchange Programme (YEP). This aim was to give the opportunity to Scouts from member countries of WSPU/WOSM to travel to a different country (often for the first time), meet Scouts from other countries and have the chance to share their culture and traditions including their Scout activities and experiences. The programme also included group discussions on youth participation in decision-making and debating on the role of young people in today’s society in the context of the challenges that they face everyday.

The 4th World Scout Inter-religious Symposium (WSIS) will be held from 1st to 5th August 2012 at WonKwang University, Iksan South Korea. This event will be jointly hosted by The Korea Scouts Association and Won-Buddhism Scouts Council (WBSC). It is organized by members of the World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF), an informal network of religious groups/organizations in Scouting, and is supported by the World Scout Bureau.

The theme of this symposium is "Growing Scouting through Families and Communities"

Welcome to JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015! We want to take you on a journey to a new JOTA-JOTI in 2015.

Since many years scouts and guides enjoy their JOTA-JOTI event.The internet offers exciting new possibilities for JOTA-JOTI. On www.jotajoti.org we implemented a few things like the Weblog and JamPuz (Jampuz Evaluation). Some national organizations implemented very successful ideas, like the “Assignment Game” by the Brazilians or local initiatives like www.joti.tv. Great stuff, but a fraction of the possibilities to make JOTA-JOTI a truly exciting and interactive weekend.

With the Program “JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015” we want to jump forward. With this Program (a group of Projects) we want to create global activities for the weekend.

Our objective is to make JOTA-JOTI so exciting that 10% of all scouts and guides world wide will participate in the event.

That is 3,000,000 scouts and guides in 2015!

Astronaut and scout master Mike Fossum is planning to participate in JOTA from the International Space Station. His schedule is somewhat flexible on the weekends but will not be available for every pass.

The typical crew work periods are 0800-1930 UTC but they are sometimes available a bit later.

Check to see if the ISS will be passing over your area during that time period.

This page will host some blogs to help you to follow WOSM action in various places.

Resolutions adopted by the World Scout Conference are important since they inevitably shape the work of both the WSC and the WSB for the period until the next World Scout Conference. One should not forget, however, that these Resolutions represent only a part of the work of the WSC and WSB since they deal with specific topics or themes and fall within a much larger and wider scope of work which stretches beyond the period between two World Conferences.

We are very pleased that our Euro.Scout.Doc on Scouting and the Financial and Economic Crisis published in 2009 - inspired our friends at Corpo Nacional de Escutas (CNE) to translate the document into
Portuguese.

This time the roles are reversed and a document called Crisis published by CNE has been translated into English and French, and is based largely on the original Portuguese text.
We are pleased to attach Crisis – how to respond to the socio-economic challenges so that the advice and thinking can be shared more widely.

The best way to follow the Jamboree from home is to watch all the videos that are available on-line.

We have compiled below some of the various ressources that you can find in English and French.

This list will be updated when new episodes become available

Since the earthquake of January 2010, Haitians Scouts are mobilising to assist the affected population. Through this documentary production realised by Scouts and Guides of France and the National Association of Scouts of Haiti, Fabrizio Scapin, director of the film captures the experience of young scouts mobilized for their country.

He shows us true scouting embodied by these children, who, beyond their capacity for action, have shown a commitment and a sense of exemplary service to their community.

The following videos were created by the World Scout Foundation to support the "Messengers of Peace" initiative.

They have been displayed during the 39th World Scout Conference in Curitiba/Brazil in 2011

List of WorldINFO newsletters published in 2011

List of WorldINFO newsletters published in 2010

List of WorldINFO newsletters published in 2009