Mission

The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.

This is achieved by:

• involving them throughout their formative years in a non-formal educational process
• using a specific method that makes each individual the principal agent of his or her development as a self-reliant, supportive, responsible and committed person
• assisting them to establish a value system based upon spiritual, social and personal principles as expressed in the Promise and Law.

This regional plan for 2009-2012 is the final phase of our long-range plan that spans 12 years since year 2000, divided into four phases: First phase: 2001 – 2004, Second phase: 2004 – 2007, Third phase: 2007 – 2009, Fourth phase: 2009 – 2012. The plan traces its roots from APR Vision 2013 drawn at the third Summit in Melbourne in 2000 where key leaders in the region collectively shared their dream of seeing better Scouting by 2013.

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APR Plan for 2009-2012

NSOs in the Asia-Pacific Region
The following are the National Scout Organizations (NSOs) in the Asia-Pacific Region. NSOs are highly encouraged to notify the regional office concerning the creation of the new website, and change of details stated below.

Manila, 11 January 2012 –- The global team of Messengers of Peace (MoP) is meeting with the executives and MoP regional team in Manila to strengthen coordination between the central and regional office work in implementing the MoP projects. The team consists of Patrik Hedljung, Abir Koubaa and Ray Saunders. Director of Global Projects Peter Illig could not join because of unavoidable circumstances. The team has earlier visited Africa, Eurasia and Europe regional offices.

To equip key leaders on the important aspects of Messengers of Peace (MoP) project, including its network and funds, a 3-day orientation meeting began on 4th December at the Cibubur Scout Camp, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The meeting also attempts to help project managers or coordinators design peace projects which will make positive impact to the community.

APR Ticket to Life Project

In Leyte province in southern Philippines, a new troop of street children joined the Ticket to Life, making it the 35th troop to be registered under the project, now having 1,200 members in eight countries across the Asia Pacific Region.

Marikina City Council in the Philippines launched a campaign to support children who have been in conflict with the law and are currently under the social welfare department. The project, using the same title as the APR flagship project – Ticket to Life, will provide Scouting programme to these children as a means of giving them hope and confidence for a better life. With an initial enrollment of 30 children, Marikina City Chief of Police Romeo S. Magsalos has volunteered to head the project.

One of the strategic priorities of APR Plan 2009-2012 identified by the Asia-Pacific Region is “Community.” This strategic priority identifies the importance of extending Scout membership beyond schools, thereby creating a closer relationship with the community and at the same time aiming for membership growth.

Recognising the crucial impact of Scouting on community, the Asia-Pacific Regional Office is supporting all NSOs with following materials that may be helpful in developing Community-Based Scouting available for downloading:

April 2011

Following up on the Community-Based Scouting (CBS) news in Asia-Pacific Region, we are happy to revert to you with an update on what's coming up. We are always interested to see that initiatives and projects you are conducting in your respective NSO on CBS are showing progress and yielding results. All you have to do is visit the Community-Based Scouting Section on APR website for your learning, sharing and looking forward to see your success.

19th January, 2011

We have several updates that we would like to share with you to support the implementation of the Community-Based Scouting (CBS). To begin with, the CBS Workshop was conducted from 27 to 30 May 2010 in Davao, the Philippines and many actions were undertaken by the World Scout Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Office to ensure the implementation of the programme.

The APR Scout Training Pool is a team of experienced trainers who can provide services/support to the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) and National Scout Organizations (NSOs) in the field of training of adults.

The APR Scout Training Pool is formed to promote and strengthen the priority area - Volunteers In Scouting - emphasizing the participation of adult leaders in international activities.

At the same time, NSOs can request the services of the team members by reporting their training needs through the Asia-Pacific Regional Office. Therefore, National Scout Organization’s are encouraged to nominate possible candidate(s) for the APR Training Pool.

The nominees must possess the skills and knowledge for delivering sessions in adult training and specialization areas. The trainers would be invited to serve in workshops, seminars and training of adults at national and regional levels, such as Unit Leaders Training Courses, Course for Assistant Leader Trainers, Course for Leader Trainers, Unit Leaders’ Roundtable.

Please take note that the Training Pool Information Sheet, should be completed with full detail required and should be endorsed by the candidate’s National Scout Organization before sending to the APR Office.

The acceptance of membership to the APR Scout Training Pool will be notified to the concerned NSO by the APR Office. Please refer to the Guidelines and Information Sheet which are available for download.

Aim
To organize a pool of experienced trainers and other specialists who can provide support to APR and National Scout Organizations (NSOs) for the training of adults.

The Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement covers an area of more than 21 million sq km and a population of 1.9 billion. With a total membership of 25 million in 2010, the Asia-Pacific Region has 83% of the World's Scouting population, and still, a large number of young people are to be reached.

The Foundation started with an initial donation of US$10,000.00 from Scouts of China during the APR Scout Committee meeting held at the 19th World Scout Jamboree in Korea in 1991. Total funds reached US$1.78 M as of 31 December 2010. However, there is a great need to increase this amount to be able to provide sustainable support to the development of young people and the community.

Detailed report of the activities and projects undertaken by the APR Scout Foundation from 2004-2007.

This publication is detailed report of the work undertaken by the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Foundation for four years from 2000-2004.

The APR Youth Fund provides young people the opportunity to participate and lead Asia-Pacific Regional Youth Forums where they discuss issues that are relevant to them and to the communities which they live in; where they reflect, share and collectively voice out their aspirations in the form of recommendations to the region's policy-making body, which is the APR Scout Conference.

Scouting is part of the community and is working in partnership with others, from individuals to organisations and institutions at local, national and world levels.