2009

Geneva, February 20th 2009 – The members of the World Scout Bureau working in Geneva gathered this afternoon with Luc Panissod, Acting Secretary General, for a celebration of Founder's Day, two days early. A way for them to take a break, at the end of the week, inspired by the memory of he who said “First I had an idea. Then I saw an ideal. Now we have a Movement, and if some of you don't watch out we shall end up with just an organization”.

The second UK Scouts of the World Award Discovery was completed by eleven members from across the UK, over two weekends they learned loads about the world around them and became great friends.

Ms. Michele Jankanish, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC ) and Mr. Luc Panissod, Acting Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today, to extend their cooperation in the fight against child labour for a further 3 years.

The cooperation between the two organizations will be based on a shared vision in pursuing social justice and peace, the empowerment of young people, and promoting the social dimensions of globalization.

Would you like to join with other young people from around the world in Korea for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Youth Conference on the Environment?

You could share your Scouting and environment stories with other young people through UNEP's Tunza Magazine for youth.

The World Organization of the Scout Movement has partnered with UNEP to open up these opportunities for our members to show their commitment to respect and value the environment.

The Scouts of the World Base in Singapore conducted the 3rd Scouts of the World Award Discovery Workshop from the 12 to 14 December 2008! Attended by 7 participants, comprising of 3 from Singapore, 3 from Thailand and 1 from Malaysia, this was the pilot ASEAN SWA Discovery workshop!

UK Scouts are helping their country's so-called "digitally excluded" learn about computers and how to get online.

They have been trialling an Internet Buddy Guide designed to help anyone teach a technophobe how to use the Internet.

La segunda edición de Scout.Boom.Comm con nuevos capítulos e información actualizada, ya esta disponible para su descarga online. Esta nueva edición esta disponible en ingles, Francés y Español, contiene las recomendaciones estratégicas propuestas por los participantes de los 6 Foros de comunicación, realizados entre Noviembre del 2006 y Abril del 2008, también incluye información detallada sobre la Marca Scout Mundial la cual fue lanzada a finales del año 2006.

Scout.Boom.Comm es una obra metodológica que permite seguir todas las etapas de la puesta en marcha de una estrategia de marca para el Movimiento Scout. Presentando los conceptos esenciales para la comprensión de la identidad del Escultismo y la imagen que refleja, este libro ayuda a comprender el lazo que existe entre imagen, mensajes-clave, prácticas del Movimiento y comportamientos individuales y colectivos.

A las 8:30pm del 28 de marzo de 2009, pueblos y ciudades de todo el mundo apagarán sus luces por una hora y enviarán un poderoso mensaje al mundo, de que es posible actuar contra el calentamiento global. Existen muchas formas en que los Scouts pueden apoyar la Hora de la Tierra en 2009, ya sea apagando las luces en los edificios o distribuyendo el mensaje de la Hora de la Tierra de reducir las emisiones a todos en la comunidad. Una carta oficial de parte de la Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout y del Fondo Mundial del Medioambiente está disponible para descargar en el sitio en internet, dicha carta tiene como objetivo motivar a los y las Scouts a formar parte del "Earth Hour".

Today we face all sorts of environmental problems, from global warming, destruction of the ozone layer and polluted rivers, to loss of biodiversity and piles of waste. Fortunately, however, there are products and services that makes a positive difference and actively help to inflict less damage in nature.

Since 1992, the "Flower" has become a European-wide symbol to help European consumers distinguish greener, more environmentally friendly products and services.

Kandersteg International Scout Centre works hard on being a leading scout centre in enviornmental issues since its beginnings. Our Environmental Policy sets our mission and methods regarding reaching this goal. A completely revised Environmental Poliy and a 5 year action plan will be published in January 2009. The Environmental Improvement Team within the Centre is working along strict ecological and performance criteria to follow our procedures in this topic.