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Twenty two members of staff from the World Scout Bureau - Central Office and the 6 Regions -joined by João Armando and Mari Nakano, members of the World Scout Committee supporting Educational Methods, met in Thailand from 12 to 16 September to...
Moldova Scouting was impacted by an inspiring Scout project ‘Re-Rovering’ – created by 4 Scouting friends who believed in an idea. ‘Re-Rovering’ came by as a response to the situation of stagnation in the growth of Rover Scouts (in terms of quantity)...
On 21 September 2012 Messengers of Peace ran a fun online activity to get 10,000 Scouts to “like” our Peace Challenge. Please help us by “liking” our International Peace Day Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ScoutChallenge2012MessengersofPeace...
Following on from the huge success of e-Learning initiatives, Scouts Australia’s new digital platform, Scout Central, has been created solely to provide the best possible resources for Scout Leaders, helping them save time, become more efficient...
Scouts from over thirty countries gathered at the Bungere Scout camp in Gitega, Burundi from 28th July to 5th August 2012 for the 6th Africa Scout Jamboree. 29 African countries and 6 European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Italy and...
The International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21st September each year. In the context of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development that took place in June this year, the UN General Assembly declared that the...
The Scout Association of Maldives (SAM) is engaging the service of APR Specialists for a week-long consultancy in Malé, the capital of Maldives from 17th to 23rd September 2012. For this visit, the team will focus on building capacities in three...
World Scouting’s Secretary General Luc Panissod was presented with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Silver World Award by BSA National President Wayne Perry on the occasion of the 64th meeting of the Board of the World Scout Foundation which took...
Over 50 people took part in the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Global Network’s Community Leaders Training that was held in Alexandria, Egypt from 26 to 31 August 2012 in the backdrop of the 30th Arab Scout Jamboree. Participating youth were Scouts (14–17...
Continuing the consultancy visit to national Scout organizations, a small team of regional leaders is now in Brunei Darussalam from 3rd to 9th September to carry out discussions with key leaders of Brunei Darussalam National Scout Association. Taking...
In the period in between 12 and 17 July 2012, Moldova Scouting got to be shaken by an inspiring project Re Rovering – created by 4 friends in Scouting who believed in an idea. Re Rovering appeared as a reaction to the stagnation that exists among...
Regardless of age, every Scout is actually a Messenger of Peace (MoP). Over the years, Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia and other national scout organizations have been playing this role. Through MoP projects, some completed, others are ongoing, World...
The series of Committee NSO visits (CNV) to 26 National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region that started in 2008 concludes its full round with the Kiribati Scout Association (KSA). The visit begins today in Tarawa, the capital. Over 25...
The growth of Scouting in Afghanistan is increasingly seen as more training of adult leaders and support continue. In the current collaboration of WOSM/Asia-Pacific with PARSA, 52 participants, including 6 female members are taking part in the 3rd...
The National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine (NOSU) has continued to implement projects on social service in Scouting. In order to involve scouts to one of the most prestigious international sport events - the European Football Championship, NOSU...