News on Partnerships and External Relations
Le Comité de liaison ONG-UNESCO a organisé la “Journée Internationale des ONG” lundi 5 décembre 2011 ayant eu lieu à la Maison de l’UNESCO à Paris. Le programme de cette journée consacrée aux ONG a mis l’accent sur les « Nouvelles Directives concernant les relations ONG-UNESCO » adoptées par la 36e Conférence Générale de l’UNESCO (octobre-novembre 2011). Des représentants d’ONG ont été invités à discuter des perspectives pour une coopération renforcée ONG-UNESCO dans le contexte des nouvelles directives.
Chers frères et sœurs scouts,
Chaleureuses salutations à l'occasion de la Journée Internationale des Volontaires 2011!
Le volontariat a toujours été au cœur du Mouvement Scout depuis sa création il y a plus d'un siècle. Cela s’est reflété au fil des ans par notre système de formation en constante amélioration, par notre soutien et par la récompense des bénévoles, aux niveaux local et mondial du Mouvement. Aujourd'hui encore, l'OMMS est l'une des très rares organisations travaillant avec les enfants et les jeunes, à fonctionner presque entièrement grâce aux contributions et efforts des volontaires.
The youth are watching...
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.
Every minute, 8 people around the world flee their homes to escape conflict or persecution.
To raise awareness about this issue, UNHCR is launching their #add1voice community action application on Facebook and Twitter on Thursday, November 24th. .
The aim of the application is to inspire people around the world to add their own voice to the campaign by standing together and telling the world that even one person forced to flee their home is too many.
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), in partnership with the Swedish Guide and Scout Council (Scouterna) organized a one-day Conference on Keeping Children Safe From Harm on the 1st of August 2011 at the backdrop of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.
What would the world be like if designed by Scouts? If you could let your imagine go wild and bring a new species to life, what would it look like? How can we make a difference in our home societies so that we live in a more harmonious world for people and nature?
These are some of the questions being explored by Scouts at workshops being ran by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as part of the Global Development Village (GDV) at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.
Every year the world celebrates World Environment Day (WED) on the 5th of June. This is an occasion for all scouts around the world to demonstrate their commitment to preserving the environment.
This year, WED supports the UN’s International Year of Forests with the theme: "Forests: Nature at Your Service" which underscores the many essential life-sustaining values that forests provide and the intrinsic link between our quality of life and the health of forest ecosystems.
2011 will mark the celebration of the fourth-year of Alliance Jointly with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Clean Up the World (CUW) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
The campaign runs for a calendar year and has an annual focus celebrated globally on the third weekend in September. This year, CUW Weekend will be held on 16-17 September under the theme:
"Our Place…Our Planet…Our Responsibility".
Aujourd'hui, 8 mars 2011, nous célébrons le 100ème anniversaire de la Journée Internationale de la Femme. Cette journée de commémoration annuelle est une occasion unique de célébrer la femme dans sa globalité.
Le thème de cette année est « L'égalité d'accès à l'éducation, à la formation, à la science et à la technologie : voie vers un travail décent pour les femmes ».
L'Organisation Mondiale du Mouvement Scout aimerait profiter de cette journée pour remercier toutes les femmes volontaires qui sont engagées à soutenir le Scoutisme à travers le monde.
