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Some time ago I had written on this subject. Back then I did so for Scout Magazine “Youth Forum” of the Scout Association of Mexico, AC. Now I would like to share with you this reflection using new words, as I don´t remember what I used on that...

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Following a long-time partnership, this year the World Organization of the Scout Movement and Earth Hour joined forces to promote and advocate a more sustainable planet. Andy Ridley, the CEO and Co-Founder of Earth Hour, who is also a former Scout...

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Yesterday, April 11 with a day of enriched work in the discussion of "Best Practices" in the context of WOSM, the Central America Communications Network continues to work on the second day of the meeting being held in Iztarú School Camp located in...

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BRUSSELS - It was pomp and glamour as the Unguvu project, which is a joint flagship project of the Africa and European Scout Regions, was awarded as one of the three distinguished projects that have exhibited great impact among young people at an...

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Over 20 MoP Coordinators from 20 National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region are now in Cibubur Scout Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia for the 2nd APR MoP NSO Coordinators Gathering. The first gathering was in 2013, Philippines. Gerakan...

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At the end of this week it will be fifty days that I started my work in the Brussels Office of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). This is because my National Scout Organisation - Junák – svaz skautů a skautek...

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The first day of April 2014 turned out to be a day of mourning as World Scouting lost one of its great leaders. Dr Azrul Azwar, member of Regional Scout Committee (2009-2012; 2012-2015) and former Chief Commisioner/ Chairman of Gerakan Pramuka...

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Over the last weekend in March 2014, some fifty Scout and Guide Leaders from nine different National Scout Organisations of WOSM and Member Organisations of WAGGGS came together in Milan in northern Italy at the Spring meeting of the "Lisbon Group"...

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During March 22 - 24, near the city of Ibagué (Colombia), was held the 51st National Assembly of the Scouts of Colombia Association. All Scout Regions were present, as well as other guests, among them the World Scout Bureau – Interamerican Region...

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At the Cabinet sitting of March 27, the Government made a decision on granting permanently and free of charge 3 hektares of land in Yerevan to the National Scout Movement of Armenia “HASK”. “We should express that we are pleased with this...

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The Institution is all of US! March 15th 2014. Valley of Angels, Honduras. The 2014. cicle of presential meetings of the Regional Networks with the Institutional Development Subregion of Latin America, corresponding to the Central America Subregion...

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MY World is a global survey for citizens led by the United Nations and partners, of which WOSM is one. It aims to capture people's voices, priorities and views, so that global leaders can be informed as they begin the process of defining the new...

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For its second regular meeting in the 2013-2016 triennium the European Scout Committee travelled to Zagreb (Croatia) on the first weekend of March 2014. Apart from discussing regular matters, the Committee used this opportunity to meet with members...

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The Bharat Scouts & Guides (BS&G) held its National Strategic Planning Workshop from 4-8 Mach 2014 at the National Headquarters, in New Delhi, India, with a vision to shape the future of Scouting in India in coordination with Asia-Pacific Region...

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Close to 170 participants from the Singapore Scout Association (SSA) and 10 other Asia Pacific countries took part in the world first ever International Airboree held in Singapore from 11-16 February 2014. The airboree was organised by the SSA, in...

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