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Twenty two members of staff from the World Scout Bureau - Central Office and the 6 Regions -joined by João Armando and Mari Nakano, members of the World Scout Committee supporting Educational Methods, met in Thailand from 12 to 16 September to...

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More than 40 key leaders of Cambodia Scouts from different parts of the country are currently attending the four-day National Workshop on Building Management Capabilities, at the Council of Ministers complex, heart of Phnom Penh from 25-28 September...

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On 21 September 2012 Messengers of Peace ran a fun online activity to get 10,000 Scouts to “like” our Peace Challenge. Please help us by “liking” our International Peace Day Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ScoutChallenge2012MessengersofPeace...

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Scouts from over thirty countries gathered at the Bungere Scout camp in Gitega, Burundi from 28th July to 5th August 2012 for the 6th Africa Scout Jamboree. 29 African countries and 6 European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Italy and...

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Located within the border region of Ireland, between Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan, the “Castle Saunderson International Scout Centre” will encourage greater levels of interaction amongst young people from different religious, ethnic and cultural...

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The International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21st September each year. In the context of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development that took place in June this year, the UN General Assembly declared that the...

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Ten young leaders from different National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region are eyeing to be part of the region's Young Adult Members Group (YAMG) for the term 2012-2015. Nominations came from Bangladesh, Scouts of China, Hong Kong...

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Over 50 people took part in the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Global Network’s Community Leaders Training that was held in Alexandria, Egypt from 26 to 31 August 2012 in the backdrop of the 30th Arab Scout Jamboree. Participating youth were Scouts (14–17...

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Indonesian Scouts and leaders headed by Chief Scout and Indonesia’s President H.E. Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono celebrates Indonesia’s 100th anniversary of Scouting on 3rd September 2012 at the Cibubur Scout Complex, east of Jakarta, which was also...

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The Chairman of the ASEAN Scout Association for Regional Cooperation (ASARC) Dato’ Dr. Shahrum bin Osman from Malaysia visited the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on 4th September to register ASARC as an accredited member of ASEAN. ASARC was established...

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II Rovers Forum of NSAM was held in a picturesque place of Moldova – Saharna from 12 to 17 August. Nice weather, interesting activities and lots of rovers participated actively at the event. Rovers, the adult branch in NSAM had the chance to enjoy a...

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The 4th World Scout Inter-religious Symposium was organised from the 1st to 5th August 2012 at WonKwang University, Iksan, South Korea. There were over 70 participants from 16 countries coming from 8 different faiths and beliefs namely, Anglican...

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The Council of South Pacific Scouts Association (CSPSA) held its 7th Forum at a very impressive plenary hall of the South Pacific Commission Secretariat in Noumea. The Scouts and Guides New Caledonia hosted the forum on 16 July 2012. Twenty two...

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“Scouts play various roles in society. They are not only participants but also service providers, creators, constructors and contributors.” This was the statement of the Scout Association of Macau (SAM) Chief Commissioner Mr Leong Sio Pui as he...

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The objectives of the project: Improve mutual understanding and tolerance of the opinion of other brothers and sisters in Scouting during the development of a common educational programme for Scouts-members of NOSU-through training and workshops. The...

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