Youth organisations offer them the chance to acquire the life skills that are not attained at school or in the formal education system. Youth organisations such as the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), helps to develop these skills, and therefore increases the chances of young people finding work.
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), which includes 28 million members, and operates through a network of local groups supported by national Scout organisations in 215 countries and territories, tackles this crucial issue in the first World Scouting Report which is being launched under the theme "Youth, a force for development."

Employability itself is not sufficient to successfully acquire a job. It is also necessary to take into account the competences of the young person, and match them with the needs of the employer. In the absence of a stable job market, the solution will come from the personal initiative of the young person, another quality developed within Scouting. Secretary General of WOSM, Eduardo Missoni asserts, “Scouting offers an original framework in which young people in search of ideals, and who need to develop the life skills that will enable them to face the future, can seek self-fulfilment. It also has the tools needed to do so: know-how, networks and partners."<

World Scouting actively collaborates with the Youth Employment Network (YEN), an initiative of the United Nations. Launched in 2000 and supported by the World Bank, YEN makes it possible for young people to be directly involved in the design and the installation of measures in favour of youth training and employment. Regina Monticone, Coordinator of the Youth Employment Network explains, “WOSM is an important partner as it has had a worldwide impact for a long time. More specifically, Scouting conveys an essential message through its non-formal education system, which values life skills. It therefore offers a way of increasing young people's employability, and that is one of the major challenges of our times."

Regina Monticone, Coordinator of the Youth Employment Network, will join Dr. Eduardo Missoni, Secretary General of WOSM, in launching the World Scouting Report, in order to demonstrate the importance of World Scouting working together with its partners. In fact WOSM has proudly held advisory status with the United Nations since 1947, and acts with many other non-government organisations, private and corporate partners in favour of peace and its own development.

In agreement with its Vision - Creating a better world, World Scouting does not want development at all costs, but to take part in the installation of a more human model. As a movement of non-formal education, World Scouting sees in youth a force for development, and that they are able to be the origin of real change. This is why it is necessary to give youth the means of doing it, today. The World Scouting Report also underlines the social impact of Scouting, which is still largely overlooked nowadays, and explains to what extent it acts as a global leading youth movement at the dawn of its Centenary.

In 2007, Scouting will celebrate its centenary. It is an exceptional occasion to raise the profile of the Movement and to remind us of the fundamental mission to educate towards peace.