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Rover Scouts from different areas of Taiwan gathered in National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) Taichung for the National Rover Conference(NRC) on 3-8 February 2017. 209 Rovers and staff from Scouts of China and 17 overseas rovers from Japan, Korea...

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WOSM's Good Governance and Triennial Planning Workshop started today In Kuala Lumpur, at the Global Support Centre. The Eurasia Region is represented by: Iurie Emilian (Regional Director), Sergiu Chirica ( Eurasia Committee Chairperson), Aleksandre...

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Over 70 participants from Scouts, Venture Scouts, Rover Scouts, Scout Leaders and Commissioners joined Messengers of Peace (MoP) Open Day on 3 February 2017 to explain what is MoP and how a Scout project that brings a positive change in the area of...

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National coordinators of Ticket to Life project (TTL) gathered at Yellow Ribbon Hotel in Bangkok from 31st January until 3rd of February for a planning workshop. This year’s workshop was conducted to develop a long-term strategic plan for three years...

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At a ceremony on 1 February 2017 at the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science, H.E. Chris Holtby, formerly Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia and patron of the Eesti Skautide Ühing (Estonian Scouts Association) from 2013 to 2016 was awarded the...

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At the inauguration of the 11th National Rover Moot held on 25-31 January 2017 at Gopalganj district, Bangladesh Prime Minister HE Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for expansion of Scouting in every school from primary to secondary level. She...

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1 February 2017, Nairobi: The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre has released a circular through the International Commissioners inviting all National Scout Organizations to this year's Africa Scout Day celebrations which will take place from 8...

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2017 started for the National Scout Association of Moldova with brio, working intensely for a period of two days on the early stages of a program that will contribute to the formation of responsible citizens. Thus, in the context of the strategic...

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Spiritual development is an important part of Scouting. It helps young people in Scouting to become who they are and shapes their characters. The World Organization of the Scout Movement is looking at how spiritual development flourishes on...

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Asia Philanthropy Awards(APA) seeks hidden individuals and NPOs, working to enhance philanthropy in Asia. APA is an award system with no discrimination against a religion, philosophy, field, and size of organization. We believe, there are many hidden...

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18 January 2017, Nairobi - Kenya: 20 National Messengers of Peace (MoP) Coordinators from different National Scout Organizations (NSOs) in the Africa Region have gathered in Nairobi for the Regional MoP workshop. The main goal of the workshop is to...

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Nairobi - Kenya: 20 National Messengers of Peace (MoP) Coordinators from different National Scout Organizations (NSOs) in the Africa Region have gathered in Nairobi for the Regional MoP workshop. The main goal of the workshop is to build capacity of...

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The European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) joins Scouts and Guides of Junák - český skaut, the National Scout Organisation of Czechia, and from around the world in remembering Czech Scouting’s Vice President Jiří...

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The 2nd World Scout Education Congress will take place from 11 - 15 May 2017 at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC). Participants can expect for the congress to assist NSOs in building capacity in the areas of Youth Programme and Adults...

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The European Scout Region joins members of the Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs and Scouts around the world in remembering Austria’s former Chief Scout Walter Weissenstein who has Gone Home earlier this month in his 97th year. Walter had...

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