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Scouts do some amazing things, from simple community actions to large-scale projects. In some of the most difficult conflict areas in the world, Scouts are coming together in local communities to make a difference. In this Messengers of Peace Special...

Report to the World Scout Conference: Scouting is a Movement of young people, supported by adults. From WOSM’s total membership of over 40 million, more than 82% are young people. They are in their formative years; acquiring knowledge, skills and...

As a way to celebrate the country’s centenary of Scouting, in 2013, the Asociación de Scouts de Colombia started a challenging Messengers of Peace project aimed at supporting families living in vulnerable conditions. Under the theme “100 Dates, 100...

The 40th World Scout Conference started this morning in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Nearly 1400 participants and support team members from 130 countries have gathered for what is the largest international event in the history of Slovenia. In the first...

The 12th World Scout Forum, themed “One Tree, Many Branches”, came to a close on 7 August. The four-day event challenged 185 youth participants from 75 countries to think and act beyond their comfort zones; it challenged them to think about the...

Watch the 40th World Scout Conference on live stream, engage on social media with #ScoutConf and do your part in “shaping a common future". Please note if you are accessing this page with your mobile device and you don't see live player, please watch...

Dear Brother and Sister Scouts It is a great, inspiring and motivating moment for me to join you on the last day of the 12th World Scout Youth Forum. For the first time, I am participating in a Youth Forum as your Secretary General. Let me first take...

Highlight of Day Three was the election of the new Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee for the Triennium 2014-2017. Congratulations to Daiana Neil (Argentina), Montaser Hosny Abdelmaged (Egypt), Jérémy Apert (France), Máire Fitzgerald...

Inside Messengers of Peace – How have you made a difference in your community? Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony Scouting made me the man I am today A Mapping and Impact Assessment of Scouting and Guiding’s Contribution to the...

The 12th World Scout Youth Forum taking place from 4 to 7 August in Rogla, Slovenia, today elected 6 new Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee for the triennium 2014-2017. World Scouting congratulates and welcomes the new Youth Advisors: Mr...

Day Two of the 12th World Scout Youth Forum started with a keynote address by Ahmad Alhendawi, the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in conjunction with the session on “Society changes Scouts”. Alhendawi referenced Scouting to the My World...

Better World Magazine is the official publication of WOSM’s flagship initiative - Messengers of Peace. A new special edition is being launched at the 12th World Scout Youth Forum and 40th World Scout Conference, in Slovenia, and is now available...