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Over the weekend of 6-8 November, Bandalag íslenskra skáta (BIS) held a "national academy" in their training centre at Laugar in Saelingsadl. Approximately 100 leaders attended the weekend, representing all of the Scout Groups in Iceland. Workshops...

Falko Mohrs, representing WOSM, was elected as a board member during the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum which took place in Kiev, Ukraine from 18 to 20 November 2010. WOSM has been active and committed to the work of the Forum and has...

From 26 to 28 November, youth leaders from African and European Youth Organisations met in Tripoli, Libya, to advise the Heads of States of the African Union and the European Union. Over a period of three days they worked together and produced a...

On the 2nd of December, the European Commission officially launched the European Year of Volunteering 2011. After almost 3 years of commitment from Scouting, and other civil society organisations, we finally start seeing the results. This year is our...

A first seminar for the second level instructors (equivalent to a Course for Assistant Leader Trainer) was held from 25 to 28 November 2010 in Panonija, small village in the North of Serbia, as part of tailored support to Serbia which was extended by...

Between Friday 12 and Sunday 14 November, the Scout Association of Malta held a Training weekend at its Training and Programme Department in the Island Head Quarters in Floriana. Five members from the department together with various Training...

Scouting Netherland hosted representatives from National Scout Associations interested in a designing the project on learning in Scouting. Scouting Netherland, in close cooperation with the WOSM - European Region, invited National Scout Organisations...

On November 19th, in the National Congress of Paraguay, was held the conference: "Scouts, building citizenship”, which had as its keynote speaker Hector Carrer from the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region. This activity was sponsored by the...

During 22nd and October 23 was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the XVI Central America Scout Summit, which brought together 21 scout leaders from Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama and the host country Honduras. Also some young people from...

The World Scout Bureau, Interamerican Region, in partnership with Scouts of Argentina has successfully completed the first on-line course for Designers and Developers of Youth Programme of the Region. The course provided almost entirely through...

On September 17, 2010 Scouts of El Salvador attended to the Salvadoran National Television through the morning show "Morning Live" which airs daily from 8-11 am. That day the program was entirely devoted to Scouting. Presenters dressed Salvadoran...

The 24th Interamerican Scout Conference was held from 14th to August 19th at the premises of the Convention Center of the City of Knowledge, Panama.