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Scouts and Guides all over Poland are providing help during all the events in Warsaw to commemorate victims of the government plane crash in Smolensk (Russia) on Saturday, April 10th. All 96 passengers including Lech Kaczynski, President of Poland...

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Junak – the Association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic is looking for a motivated young international volunteer that would like to commit for the development of Scouting in the Czech Republic, in particular joining and supporting the...

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Also in 2010 the European Scout Region has been granted with an important financial support for its work and administration of the Brussels office from the EU Commission through the Youth in Action Programme and from the Council of Europe through the...

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On April 23-25 European youth organisations met in Brussels on the occasion of the European Youth Forum’s (YFJ) Council of Members. Based on the proposal of European Scouting the Forum adopted a set of priorities for the International Youth Year 2010...

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The triennial network meeting of National Programme Commssioners from European Scout associations – the European Programme Developers Summit – took place at Château de Jambville, near Paris, between 6 and 9 May 2010 and was attended by 21...

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The first European Region Podcast is online. It is about the Survival strategies for the 21st Century , a philosophy which is used by many different organisations and which we have broken down to make it accessible for Scouting. Please have a look at...

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The Scout Organization of Serbia in cooperation with Green list of Serbia organised a national Cub Scout event called “5th of June – My Day” in the capital city of Belgrade and celebrated the World Environment Day.

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Over 1 Billion people live in extreme poverty today, they cannot wait. Despite the MDGs, the aid given, the strong political commitments - their situation has changed. What can you do? You can enter the “Music against poverty” contest 2010. How you...

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At the end of a busy afternoon attending different preparatory sessions and various network meetings, everybody left the Conference venue. It was time to celebrate. Representatives of Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique, led by its President, Laurent...

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On the afternoon of the 19th July 2010 the 20th European Scout Conference elected the following volunteers as members of the European Scout Committee for the term 2010-2013; Andrea Dermarmels (Switzerland), Christos Hatzidiamandis (Greece), Christian...

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The African University on Youth and Development (AUYD) took place from 4 to 12 July in Cape Verde and brought together approximately 150 Youth leaders, mainly from Africa and Europe. The University, organised by the North-South Centre of the Council...

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Take the opportunity to join a humanitarian experience and discover the reality in the field of how young people are acting in the reality of situations of violence and armed conflict. This competition is organised in collaboration with national Red...

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50 Participants from all around Europe met at Guadarrama, near Madrid, Spain for the Training Commissioners Network Meeting. A very intensive and active event produced a lot of exchanges and new ideas for work and cooperation. The Training...

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More than 100 representatives from Youth Organizations and National Youth Councils met about the same number of governmental and institutional delegates and discussed together how the dramatic situation of youth un-employment in Europe can be tackled...

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Board game for young people to play in Patrols. "Among the elements of the Scout Method, the Patrol System is one of the most important, as it emphasizes peer education and collaboration as well as strengthening social skills, leadership and...

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