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Welcome to the 13th World Scout Youth Forum! This is the biggest Forum ever! And it is also the most diverse, largely due to a very generous solidarity programme which enabled the participation of many countries that would otherwise have difficulties...
“Scouting is a movement, because it moves forward. As soon as it stops moving, it becomes an organisation, and is no longer Scouting” – Baden Powell Suncheon, South Korea – In cooperation with Korea Scout Association (KSA), the Asia-Pacific Support...
The Republic of San Marino is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy, and situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains. Established in 301 CE, San Marino claims to be the oldest extant sovereign state as...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the International Dialogue Centre ( KAICIID) had recently completed an extensive survey on the role of “Spiritual Development in Scouting”. The survey, which poled feedback from 116 National...
Highlights For its third regular meeting in the current triennium the European Scout Committee met in Venice, Italy. The Coordinators of the Areas of Operation were present, too, and joined the Committee for discussion of parts of the meeting’s...
In September 2003, a delegation from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) visited Timor-Leste for the first time and began to coordinate the establishment of União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor...
In September 2003, a delegation from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) visited Timor-Leste for the first time and began to coordinate the establishment of União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes Associação dos Escuteiros de São Tomé e Príncipe, the National Scout Organization (NSO) of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. WOSM currently has a total of 165 NSOs in more...
Gerakan Pramuka, with warm and generous hospitality, hosted the largest APR Scout Leaders Summit on 22-25 April 2017 in Bali, Indonesia, with the participation of around 150 delegates, guests, and accompanying persons. Essentially, the APR Scout...
Exceptionally heavy rain the past weeks has brought disaster in Peru. It has caused rivers across the country to overflow, causing floods and mudslides in many areas, destroying farms and buildings. Countless casualties have been reported and...
Speech by the Chairperson of the Africa Scout Foundation Board during the All Africa Scout Day Celebrations held on 11 March 2017 at Arusha International Conference Centre in Arusha -Tanzania Our Chief Guest Hon. Prof. Joyce Ndalichako; Minister for...
We are recruiting a Global Chief of Staff who will be responsible for enhancing the internal planning and operations to enable the World Scout Bureau to achieve the objectives set by the World Scout Committee and the resolutions of the World Scout...
8 March 2017, Arusha - Tanzania: Scouts from different countries in and out of Africa are streaming into Arusha for this year’s Africa Scout Day celebrations. The event which takes place at the Magereza Grounds in Kisongo will feature a 3-days...
From the 9 - 12 January 2017, the Secretary General designate, representatives from World and Regional Scout Committees, World and Regional Youth Advisors and World Scout Bureau staff gathered at the Global Support Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
In the preparation of the 13th World Scout Youth Forum, the World Scout Bureau (WSB) notifies all National Scout Organizations (NSOs) of the status of each existing Voting Member of the World Scout Committee (WSC) and Youth Advisor, and call for the...