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Scouting was at the centre of the National Day celebrations recently in Saudi Arabia when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrated its 80th anniversary. The key celebration took place in Nejran Region and the Scouts were honoured by the presence of His...
The Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides has run 3 Scouts of the World Discoveries in 3 Environment protected areas. These discoveries was through 3 years (2008 – 2010) as part of the Egyptian trial for the Scouts of the World Programme...
In January, 2010, Ten Young men and women from all over the country gathered for two weekends for the first time in Costa Rica to explore, respond and take action within the Scouts of the World Award. The Iztarú National Scout Centre, permanent...
A seminar for the SCENES Centres (Scout Centres of Excellence for Nature and Environment), will be organized from the 18th to the 23nd May 2010, in Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland. The aim of the seminar is to bring together...
Over an extended weekend the Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten (LGS) held their first SWA Discovery at the end of November 2009 at their national training centre and Scout of the World Base in Neihaischen. The LGS have a 20 year history with development...
The last Scouts of the World Discovery Workshop in 2009 saw new partners and participants for the Singapore base. In order to better accommodate the participants, the workshop was held at a new venue – the National Community Leadership Institute...
The first Scout of the World Discovery took place at St. Andrew Scout Centre in Athens on the 13-15 November 2009 and was organized by the Scouts of Greece (Soma Hellinon Proskopon). Thirteen (13) young leaders and members of Scout Networks from all...
Large banners signaled the arrival of 1,200 Rovers to the small city of Maasin in southern Philippines. They came from nearby and distant provinces from all over the country, like Tawi-Tawi province traveling for five days. Their sole destination is...
Rover Scouts from Singapore built classrooms in a remote village in Sikkim province at the far north of India. Today, the extra rooms are being used by children who enjoy going to school without the hassle of going home early due to rain or lack of...
Theme: “Youth Initiative in the Development of Scouting in Eurasia”17 young scout leaders. 8 countries. Batumi, Georgia. 7-8 September 2010. Only two days before the 4th Eurasia Scout Conference took place the 1st Eurasia Scout Youth Forum. Mario...
The World Scout Environment Programme offers tools, resources and initiatives to help Scouts all around the world work together for the good of the local and global environment. This resource kit is now available in Spanish with special thanks to...
Copenhagen- 7 December 2009, marked the start of the worlds most important and anticipated United Nations Climate Change Conference. COP15 was opened by the Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen who set the tone and stakes of the conference which are...
The Scouts of the World Award encourages a stronger involvement of young adults in the development of society by making them more aware of the present world issues and to help National Scout Organizations revitalise the programme of Rover Scout...
On the framework of the Scouts of the World Award (SW Award), the Singapore Scout Association has developed the second SW Award Voluntary Service: the Project Orion. Project Orion is a two-week Youth Expedition Project supported by the National Youth...
The first official Scouts of the World Award Discovery in Thailand took place during 21-23 August 2009 by the Thai Rover Scout Association and National Scout Organization of Thailand (NSOT) at Kaengkrachan Riverside Scout Camp (KRSC). The SW...