Imagine an international opportunity to be a part of the real adventure of today's world: protecting the environment, sustainable development, challenging prejudices and building peace within and between communities; in one thought, contributing to making the world a better place.

All this and more is currently happening through the efforts of thousands of Rovers from all over the world that are taking part in the Scouts of the World Award.

More and more countries have adopted and implemented this global initiative within their programme for the Rover section. Here is some news from all corners of the globe:

Inspired by the programme run jointly by the World Scout Bureau and IBM UK at the 21st World Scout Jamboree last summer, it was decided to provide young Scouts with a technology focused programme activity at this year's Irish National Jamboree.

While millions of personal computers sit idle on office desks and in homes worldwide, hundreds of people contract and die from infectious diseases every hour. As screen savers run, millions die from hunger, or environmental disasters devastate whole communities. But it doesn't have to be that way and one year ago World Scouting took up the challenge!

Centenary of Scouting Overview

This contains:

• A view of the long-term project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scouting
• Information and photos of a large number of the fantastic progammes and initiatives that took place during 2007
• A resource on 'building on the success and learning from the projects', which offers a critique of some of the experiences in order to assist National Scout Organizations plan for their own national centenaries and future celebrations and maximise opportunities.

The Gifts for Peace report contains truly inspirational projects from over 110 National Scout Organizations, as well as beautiful photos of many of the projects. This document illustrates the capacity of Scouting to really make an impact in communities worldwide and shares the work accomplished by millions of young people.

Two exciting documents have been developed following the initiatives undertaken during the Centenary of Scouting in 2007- The Centenary of Scouting Overview and The Gifts for Peace Report .

A CD-ROM containing the Gifts for Peace report (in English and French) and photo exhibition will also be available to NSOs through the Scoutpak.

Please share these documents with others and show them what Scouting can achieve!

These guidelines have been developed to help you to design your International and Official Scout Event Logo in a few steps.

This document explains what is Intellectual Property, how to protect it and suggests some steps to take in the event of the violation of your Intellectual Property by a third party.

Pantone, CMYK, and RGB – why are there three colour models and which one should I use?
Your choice of colour model should be determined by what you intend to use the artwork element for.

For the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), membership growth and development is more than just the strategies used to recruit and retain members. Membership development is successful only if and when Cub Scouting contributes to the growth, development, and satisfaction of the boy and his family.

This session is based on the workshop on Action for Growth presented to participants at the World Scout Conference in Korea in July 2008. The session can be used at national, regional or district level in Scout associations to introduce key factors related to growing the Movement.

• The Youth Involvement Toolbox
• Adults as Allies
• Scouts of the World Award
• RoverNet.eu
• The Gender Toolkit
• Guidelines on Scouting for People with Disabilities
• Guidelines on Scouting for Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances
• Volunteers in Scouting Toolkit
• Euro.Scout.Docs
• The Strategic Planning Kit
• ScoutBoom.Comm
• How To Use Research to Enhance Guiding and Scouting
• Action for Growth (European Scout Region)