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Leadership from 167 National Scout Organizations representing over 40 million Scouts will convene on Monday for the World Scouting’s ‘general assembly’, the World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Conference will take place from 14-18 August...
Congratulations to our new Youth Advisors – Diana Carrillo Tiburcio (Mexico), Mori Chi-kin Cheng (Hong Kong), Julius Kramer (Sweden), Edgar Marumbu (Kenya), Martin Meier (Liechtenstein) and Amal Ridene (Tunisia)! These six outstanding young people...
One of the key topics featured on the second day of the 13th World Scout Youth Forum was the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how they are relevant to Scouting. This panel session invited leaders and young people in Scouting to discuss...
The 13th World Scout Youth Forum is now happening at Gabala, Azerbaijan! Over 325 young people from 120 NSOs spread across the six Scout Regions are taking part in World Scouting’s biggest and most diverse Forum yet! Organised by WOSM and hosted by...
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...
WOSM and the Government of Malaysia have signed today an agreement to support the work of our Global Support Centre in Malaysia. The World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves and the Secretary General of the World Organization of the...
The Republic of Guiné-Bissau is (officially) a Portuguese-speaking country located in the western coast of Africa, sharing borders with Senegal and the Republic of Guinea. Scouting was introduced in Portuguese Guiné in the year 1966, through the...
“Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding” – Albert Einstein NEPAL – In cooperation with Asia-Pacific Support Centre, Nepal Scouts is taking a step forward in implementing the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Initiative at the...
This week’s feature story by Bryan DG “You should take pride on who you are today, your courage and resilience have made you a better person. You are one of the best examples of Scouts because despite of difficult life circumstances, you chose to be...
Did you know that every day, some 6,400 people die from occupational accidents or diseases and 860,000 people are injured on the job? Of those, young workers suffer the highest rate of injury due to a lack of awareness of safety rules and rights...
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...
On World Refugee Day 2017, WOSM launches its new project “Time to be Welcome”. This event is run in collaboration with the European Youth Forum, and implemented thanks to the European Union and the Council of Europe partnership on youth affairs. This...
Representatives from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and Pontificia Scholas Occurrentes (SCHOLAS*) signed on 9 June 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance environmental awareness among young people and, to improve...
Scouts from Balochistan painted their views on peace and solidarity at the art walls of their schools as they took part in the United Nations Wall Campaign on peace.