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The Singapore Scout Association hosted the action-packed Regional Scout Committee meeting last weekend – coinciding with the worldwide JOTA-JOTI and the launch of APR Scout Bazaar! What’s more? 100% attendance of Regional Scout Committee (RSC) led by...
Themed ‘Prepared - For a Changing World’, the 2nd World Scout Education Congress gathered Scout leaders from 98 National Scout Organizations from all World Scouting Regions at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland. From 11-15 May...
During the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit held between 9-11 October 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, participants had the chance to share their own point of view, to speak up and let their voice be heard by Heads of States of the African Union and...
A hundred and twenty young people from Africa and Europe are gathering in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 9-11 October 2017 to take part in the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit. The delegates drawn from National Youth Councils, youth organisations and the...
Scouts from 14 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) in the Asia-Pacific Scout Region (APR) gathered in Sri Lanka, the land of serendipity, from 29 September-3 October 2017 for the APR Workshop on Environmental Education in Scouting. Held in Yapahua...
Did you know that at least 200 astronauts worldwide have been identified as having been Scouts or active in Scouting? The Scout Association recently announced that European Space Agency astronaut, Major Tim Peake has been appointed as its newest...
HONG KONG - The Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Foundation (APRSF), in collaboration with the Scout of Association of Hong Kong, marks another milestone after holding another successful fundraising dinner on 23 September 2017 at BP International House...
Diana Carrillo, Julius Kramer and Amal Ridène, three of the six young people who were elected at the recently concluded 13th World Scout Youth Forum in Azerbaijan, are now in New York as representatives of the Scout Movement at the 72nd session of...
Riding the waves of online shopping, APR “Scout Bazaar”, an interactive platform for online shopping of Scout products in the Asia-Pacific Region will start midnight of 21st October this year. Excited for another milestone in Asia-Pacific, seven...
Every three years, at the World Scout Youth Forum, a team of six young people are elected. On paper, their main role is to serve as Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee (WSC). However, in reality, their responsibilities are far more varied and...
At the Closing Session of the 41st World Scout Conference, the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), Ahmad Alhendawi, called on the Conference/Member Organizations to drive further growth and deepen impact. “Vision...
The Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), Ahmad Alhendawi, and the Senior Advisor to the Under-Secretary-General of UN Women and Head of HeForShe Initiative, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, signed a Memorandum of...
More and more devastating forest fires mark the summer period in southern parts of Europe. More often than not Scouts are engaged in their local communities to support the firefighters. Here is a story from Montenegro. Over the past days nembers of...
On behalf of the Chairperson of the World Scout Committee and myself, I am pleased to welcome you to the 41st Conference of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement. I thank the Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan for their invaluable work, and...
The 41st World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, will go down in World Scouting history as its largest yet with representation from at least 160 National Scout Organizations, which accounts for 90% of the Member Organizations of the World...