2011

Kenya Scouts Association and WOSM are pleased to announce the publication of the Report on the 13th World Scout Moot, which was held in Kenya from 27 July to 7 August 2010. The Moot was attended by 1,700 Scouts from 69 countries and made history as the first ever World Scout Moot to take place in Africa.

The Report is available to download from the Library

The World Scout Team at the COP17 has been shuttling down the corridors and pavements of the ICC urging the leaders of the world to reconsider the future of the young people specifically the 30million large that are members of the Movement.

The team has been actively involved in the working groups of Youth Non-Governmental Organizations (YOUNGOs). On September 28, 2009 the international youth movement (YOUNGO) gained official constituency status.

Dear brother and sister Scouts,

Warm greetings on the occasion of International Volunteer Day 2011!

Volunteering has always been at the core of the Scout Movement since its inception over a century ago. This has been reflected in our constantly improving system to train, support and reward volunteers over the years, from local to global levels of the Movement. Even today, WOSM is one of the very few organizations working with children and youth, which is almost entirely driven by volunteer contributions and efforts.

In 2005, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol ( CMP) at its first meeting in Montreal, by its Decision 1/CMP.1, established the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP). The aim of the AWG-KP is to discuss future commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol. The AWG-KP reports directly to the CMP.

In addressing the delegates to the conference, as part of the Youth Constituent statement, Quintin Combrink from South Africa Scout Association (SASA) said, “Climate change is the moral issue facing both my and your generation….young people here doubt the political will of parties.” He called for a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, which will last for 5 years or less and for it to start by January 2013. He closed firmly by saying that, “the youth are watching, we are listening and we will be acting.”

The environment is our playground and we are sharing with the tens of thousands of international non-governmental and governmental delegates at the event how scouting has always cared for the planet, not because we had to, but rather, simply that we are in the business of creating a better world.

Cada minuto, ocho personas en todo el mundo huyen de sus hogares para escapar de conflictos o persecuciones.

Para crear conciencia sobre este problema, el ACNUR ha lanzado su aplicación de acción comunitaria #add1voice en Facebook y Twitter este jueves 24 de noviembre.

El objetivo de la aplicación es inspirar a la gente en todo el mundo para añadir su propia voz a la campaña para juntos decirle al mundo que aunque sólo fuese una persona obligada a huir de su hogar, ya es demasiado.

¿Deseas sentirte Internacional este invierno? Entonces, qué tal si pasas una semana en el Centro Scout Internacional Kandersteg (KISC: Kandersteg International Scout Centre) para la Semana Internacional Rover este Año Nuevo 2012!

Aunque esté bajando la temperatura, está garantizado que el ambiente va a ser cálido y acogedor!

Pocas veces el lema Scout "Siempre Listo" ha sido tan oportuno. Apenas una semana después del JOTA-JOTI, un terremoto de 7,2 grados de magnitud sacudió el este de Turquía. Fue el terremoto más fuerte que ha sacudido al país en diez años.

Uno de los temas de este año JOTA-JOTI fue "Desastres Naturales". En esta ocasión, el Movimiento Scout Mundial se asoció con IRESC (siglas en Inglés de la Coalición de Apoyo de la Radio Internacional de Emergencia) y ShelterBox, una organización benéfica de socorro internacional.

Representantes de la Asociación de Scouts de Japón (SAJ: Scout Association of Japan) llegaron a Corea para examinar los preparativos de la 7ª Asamblea General de la Unión Parlamentaria Scout Mundial (UPSM/WSPU), que está prevista que tenga lugar en Japón en 2013. Los representantes de la Asociación Scout de Japón (SAJ) se reunieron con representantes de la Asociación de Scouts de Corea (KSA), así como los miembros de su organización hermana, la Asociación Parlamentaria Scout Coreana (KSPA), que actúa como la Secretaría de USPM.

El objetivo principal de la reunión fue intercambiar información para la organización de la 7ª Asamblea General, en la cual se espera reunir muchos parlamentarios Scouts de todo el mundo para el debate en torno a los temas del Movimiento Scout y la juventud, tales como la legislación nacional para la juventud y la participación juvenil en los procesos de toma de decisiones, entre otros.

The thirteenth of October is UN International Day for Disaster Reduction. Its theme for this year is “Making Children and Young People Partners for Disaster Risk Reduction”.

From its inception, Scouting around the world has engaged itself in helping people affected by natural disasters or human crisis. Every Scout is asked to "Be prepared!" to intervene to alleviate suffering during great natural or climatic disaster.

During the earthquakes and tsunamis that affected countries in the Asia-Pacific region in December 2004, Haiti last year and more recently Japan, Scouts have shown that they know how to react quickly and efficiently in the face of natural disasters.