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In the city of Recife, Pernambuco, was held on 26, 27 and 28 of April, the XIX Congresso Escoteiro Nacional (National Assembly), attended by over 300 representatives from all regions of the country. The timing was propitious to review the...
Executive directors of the National Scout Organizations of Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala gathered at the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region, in the City of Knowledge in Panama to participate in the course "Best...
From the 31st of October to the 4th of November the Dominican Scout Association hosted the first part of the “Assistant Leader Trainer” Course (or Level 1 Course) in the Convention Center of the Technological University of Cibao (UCATECI), located in...
The headquarters of the Scouts of Colombia in Bogotá, served as a meeting point for the Regional Meeting of the Communications Network, on 20, 21 and 22 July. Was attended by 14 countries of the Region: Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras...
In the WSB-IR Headquarters in City of Knowledge, Panama City, was developed the "Growth Workshop". Attended from 7 countries in the Region: Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras and the presence of 10 representatives of...
The Scout Association of El Salvador, continues to develop actions to boost the growth of the ventures and rovers sections in the country. From August 3rd to 5, was the preliminary course for leaders of these units, together with the preliminary...
Jose Gabriel Criollo, Director of Institutional Development and Raul Sanchez Vaca, Regional Director, held a visit to Nicaragua the past days 3 ,4 and 5 August. During the visit, they met with members of the National Board of the Scout Association...
On Saturday May 26, according with the bylaws of the Association, it was held the XXVIII Ordinary Assembly of Scouts of Nicaragua, which was conducted in an atmosphere of great proposal and commitment. What happened that day at the XXVIII Scout...
As it has been the tradition, 13th March is celebrated across the region as Africa Scout Day and this is a reminder and call to your respective NSOs to make necessary preparations for the celebrations of Africa Scout Day 2013. In 1995, the Council of...
A mix of thanksgiving, recognition and celebration flooded the plenary hall of Bangabandhu International Conference Center ( BICC ), in Dhaka, Bangladesh as the 24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference came to a close on 29th November 2012. In his...
Scouts Australia has reinforced their commitment to fight child abuse and welcomed a recent decision by their Federal Government to establish a national Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child abuse in...
(Geneva/ERO) – An update on progress made and challenges encountered by the five thematic Working Groups and the three supporting Core Groups was a major point on the agenda of the recent meeting of the European Scout Committee at Pax Lodge, the...
Six Regional Office Coordinators met in Geneva along with their Messengers of Peace (MoP) colleagues at the World Scout Bureau Central Office from 9 to 11 October to gather updates from the first year of implementing various MoP initiatives and to...
Scouts Canada is more than 100 years old, but is still playing with toy cars. As an old saying goes, ‘never lose the child within you’. The National Scout Organisation has teamed with ‘Hot Wheels’ on a two-year partnership that will see the Mattel...
Recognizing the importance of extending Scouting outside the school system and bringing Scouting closer to the community, the second Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Community-Based Scouting (CBS) is being held in New Delhi, India from 21st to 24th...