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29 September 2010 – The sixth series of Regional Communication Forums within world Scouting opens today in Bhutan. Over twenty participants from 13 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) together with 17 local participants inclusive of national...
Tokyo-Monday, September 13 2010, Scouts and Scout leaders from the Scout Association of Japan (SAJ) were invited to an event, welcoming astronauts who spent time at the International Space Station (ISS). The Tokyo American Center located at the...
This year Scouts will be joining millions across the globe in cleaning up their local parks, waterways and forests in an effort to restore and protect nature in this year’s Clean Up the World Weekend (CUW). The World Organization of the Scout...
The Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides has run 3 Scouts of the World Discoveries in 3 Environment protected areas. These discoveries was through 3 years (2008 – 2010) as part of the Egyptian trial for the Scouts of the World Programme...
A new area for training opens today on Scout.org, for all the communication responsibles of the Scout Movement. The organization of the second series of regional communication Fora allowed to reinforce the training programme of those responsible for...
We, Scout Association of Hong Kong are lucky to have the blessing of the Chinese Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong, and have their utter trust and confidence in conducting scouting activities in China in scout uniform. These functions...
Monday 23rd August, marked the beginning of the long awaited World Youth Conference 2010 which is taking place in Léon, Mexico. The event ran from the 23rd August to the 27th of August. The World Youth Conference (WYC) was an initiative of the...
In December of 2009, the United Nations General Assembly in New York proclaimed, in resolution A/RES/64/134, that August 12 2010 – August 12 2011 will be the International Youth Year. This also coincides with the 25th anniversary of the first...
Preparation for the 39th World Scout Conference and the 11th World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) are well underway. The Conference will be held from the 10th to the 14th of January 2011 at the Estação Embratel Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil. The...
As the world went about its daily activities, history was being written at the Rowallan Scout Camp in Nairobi Kenya on July 28th, 2010. It is now official that Kenya is the first African country to host a World Scout Moot. After a chilly night that...
In the past few years there has been a growing awakening to the need to preserve our environment, our natural habitat. Arguably some of these notions might be attributed to the mainstreaming of climate change and climate-related issues. However, this...
UNICEF is looking for contributions to the State of the World Children’s Report (SOWC) and a companion report which will be written and edited by young people under 20 years of age. This report will explore the situation of adolescents from their own...
The 3rd Regional Communication Forum took place in the Scout Centre of Krasnokamenka, Ukraine from 3rd to 5th June. Seven, out of the eight countries in the Eurasia region, were present. The goal of this event was to support National Scout...
In the Clean up the World Report for 2009, World Scouting receives recognition for its support to Clean up the World (CUW). CUW works in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and in its Global Activity Report, launched to...
MANZINI - From 20 to 23 May 2010, the second in a series of communication forums was held in the Kingdom of Swaziland. This training that targeted anglophone National Scout Organizations (NSOs) brought together all NSOs of the southern region of...