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The UNE-TL workshop for designing the National Strategic Plan started on Monday, 29th of August, with the opening ceremony held at the Peony Hotel in Dili. Amongst the 45 participants are the key Scout Leaders from UNE-TL, young Scouts and group...

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Revisiting the Scout Method is a way to encourage National Scout Organizations re-emphasise in their activities and projects the implementation of the World Youth Programme Policy, taking into consideration the outcomes of the 1st World Scout...

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Delivered by Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth I am pleased to send warm greetings to brother and sister Scouts gathered today at Roverway 2016 in France. Congratulations to the 5,000 young people taking part, and thank you to...

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More than 1,200 Scouts from 14 African and 2 non-African nations have converged on Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the 7th African Scouts Jamboree (#‎7ASJ2016). The biggest Scout event on the continent in 2016, the Jamboree aims to further empower...

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We are in the middle of the European summer - the traditional period of Scout Camps in our Region. Here is just a short list of some of the many national and regional Jamborees taking place in Europe this summer (some have already finished while...

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The 2nd day of the Jamboree began with a panel discussion about peace that was held at the Mayor’s Place opposite the John Paul II Place. The cornerstone of prolific Scouting is based on a foundation of excellent peace around the world. Scouting is a...

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Roverway 2016 ‪#‎RW2016‬ starts today! This is the main event for Rovers and Rangers in the European Regions of WOSM and WAGGGS and all partcipants are now #‎OnTheRoad‬! Follow the event on the event's website and download the new ‪#‎RoverwayApp‬! -...

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Yamoussoukro, August 1, 2016: Scouts from all over Africa have began streaming into Lycee Moderne Bad in Yamoussoukro, the venue for the 7th Africa Scout Jamboree, which kicks off today until the 10th August in Cote d’Ivoire. The Jamboree opens...

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The International Training of Trainers (ITT) in Jambville, France welcomed 34 participants from 23 member countries last Sunday. For the past week, they have been engaged in various sessions on training systems, the assessment of their effectiveness...

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The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS call for participants for The Academy 2016, scheduled to take place in Larnaca, Cyprus, from 1 to 6 November 2016. What is The Academy? The Academy is the European Scout Region's and the...

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Want to attend a Scout Jamboree without travel? Want to attend every year instead of waiting four years? Try JOTA-JOTI, which is active every year, the third weekend of October, and involves over 150 countries and typically one million Scouts. It...

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As announced earlier, we will be organising a live Q&A session on what is like to intern with the World Scout Bureau this Monday 25 July at 8:30 am CET / 14:30 MYT. Talk to Caitlin Wood, the former intern of Youth Programmes - Scouts of the World...

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Luc Panissod, former WOSM Secretary General, is currently at the WSB Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Still very much involved in Scouting, he is here to participate in weeklong meetings with various staff teams that he is supporting as a...

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Cambodia Scouts, aiming for safe and responsible Scouting, is having their National Risk Management Workshop in Phnom Penh from 18 to 22 July 2016. With 45 participants from 25 provinces and local councils, most of them are Scout Leaders who are...

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In June 2015, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue ( KAICIID) hosted the first Dialogue for Peace Training of Trainers (ToT)...

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