Projects

rovernet.eu - The European Portal for Rovers.
If you are looking for Rovers, new friends or to meet people from all over Europe you have come to the right place! Rovernet.eu contains many aspects that are related to Rovering in Europe, young people in Scouting age 16-22 years old.

Where to Stay in Europe
Here you will find information on over 200 national Scout centres throughout Europe: places which can host you and your group, either in buildings or in tents, and which can also provide you with assistance (and usually material) to help you organize your camp activities.

Events

Dare to Dream
22 young people, representing 11 national Scout associations, met in the beautiful setting of Kandersteg International Scout Centre to exchange and share their ideas and dreams for the future of the movement.

Roverway
Roverway is the only European event offered by WOSM and WAGGGS to young people from 16 to 22. It is organised every three years and the next edition will be held in Iceland.

RoverNet
RoverNet (The European Forum for Rover Commissioners) is an event organised every two years.
A significant amount of work is being done in this age section in Europe and Rovernet provides a good opportunity to bring commissioners and other experts together and exchange on different approaches, views and experiences

Lands of Adventure Day
After subscribing the LoA project we have a new and simple challenge for your Patrol – to be part of LoA Day, a day where all patrols involved in the project will do something together, all over Europe.

Lands of Adventure Ambassadors Meeting
This meeting is organised annually, in the third week-end of October, and it aims to assist National Scout Associations in promoting and managing “Lands of Adventure”, the European programme for young people aged 11-16.

ScoutNet
ScoutNet is taking the concept and methods of RoverNet to a different age section (11-15) and tries to bring together National Scout Commissioners for a week-end of exchanges and contact-making.

Publications

RoCoReKi
RoCoReKi is primarily intended for Rover Commissioners and other leaders involved at national level in designing/reviewing the programme for the last age section. Whether you have years of experience, or are very new to the job, you should fi nd interesting and helpful information in this resource kit.

Euro.Scout.Doc - " Europea n Citizenship"
Citizenship is an important Scouting issue already addresses and that is directly connected with its purpose: to contribute to the education of young people and “create” responsible citizens of their local, regional and international community…

Lands of Adventure - Leaders' Handbook
This handbook will help you as you guide your patrols through their Lands of Adventure projects. It explains how each of the projects work, and gives a number of suggestions and examples.

Euro.Scout.Doc - "Lands of Adventure"
The Lands of Adventure programme for young people aged 11-16 will provide inspiration, guidelines and examples of good practice for National Scout Associations in order to develop their programme and relevant tools. (European Scout Region Strategic Plan 1998 -2007).

One of the Boys?
'One of the Boys? Doing Gender in Scouting', report of a research project by Harriet Bjerrum Nielson, Centre for Women's Studies, Oslo University. In co-operation with the European Scout Region, WOSM's Educational Methods Group launched, in 2001, this research project on "Gender and Education in Scouting" to ask questions such as:
Does the Movement take the needs and aspirations of both girls and boys into account when designing the educational programmes?
Are adult leaders able to carefully observe and analyse what is really happening in the field?
Are they keen to improve their current practices to ensure that each individual girl and boy is given opportunities to develop him/herself fully?

The Gender Toolkit
Nowadays most European national scout organisations are open to both boys and girls. The mere acceptance of boys and girls to the same association does not guarantee that the needs and aspirations of both are taken equally into account. Indeed it requires a thorough, full evaluation of the national youth programme to find out whether or not coeducation is applied in a balanced manner.

Him 'n' Her (translation from Swedish)
This book is written with the firm conviction that Scouting has not yet come that far down the road towards gender equality. But the fact that you are about to read it is a step towards this goal. You will probably not be able to cope with everything in this book, but read it anyway. And take a good look at your own opinions and prejudices. Discuss it with others in Scouting. Together we can make a difference!

Programme Developers Summit
The European Programme Developers Summit aims to bring together national leaders, responsible for defining and implementing the youth programme, and give them an opportunity to share information and experiences in their area of expertise. It is organised every three years.

The European Scout Forum on Youth Programme and Adult Resources
Since 1999, leaders involved at national level in the areas of youth programme and adult resources from all over Europe have gathered every two years to take part in the Forum on Youth Programme and Adult Resources.
The Forum is undoubtedly one of the most popular events that takes place in Europe, and has a very special atmosphere due to the participants all having the same background, same challenges and same concerns.

The World Youth Programme Policy
Youth Programme is the totality of what young people do in Scouting (the activities), how it is done (the Scout method) and the reason why it is done (the purpose).

RAP
RAP is a systematic approach to programme development based on the fundamental elements of Scouting (purpose, principles and method), which aims to adapt youth programme to the needs and aspirations of each generation.

The Green Island
The Green Island is a story about a national programme team which shows how RAP - the Renewed Approach to Programme can be used in concrete situations.

Euro.Scout.Doc - "Going National on Programme"?
Youth Programme is the “core business” of Scouting.
It is at local level that the most important action takes place; there, each young person is provided with a learning environment (activities, procedures, traditions, structures, atmosphere…) that enhances his/her full development.

Quality in Youth Programme Design Toolkit
Many associations already have assessment tools for quality in implementation, which is definitely the most specific aspect of Youth Programme quality assessment, as it is narrowly correlated with the national Youth Programme design.
In this context, it was thought that the regional level should have an assessment tool for quality in designing and design as its priority, as these the priority tasks attributed to the associations at national level concerning Youth Programme. Such a tool is crucial to analyse and evaluate Youth Programme, leading – if it proves necessary – to a renewal process.

Them ’n Us - A toolkit on diversity in Scouting

In order to illustrate ethnic diversity, this book includes perspectives on ethnicity, religion, culture, Scout culture and outdoor life. It is an addition to literature already xisting on diversity but excludes issues like sexuality, functional impairment, social diversity and gender equality. This book presents some facts on various cultures and religions. It is good to know facts but nevertheless I advise you not to take these facts for granted. People are different – we are individuals first and foremost. What group we belong to comes second.