During the Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting, which took place from 25th to 27th of May 2011 in San Diego, World Scout Committee Chairperson Simon H.-B. Rhee was awarded the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Silver World Award. An active Scout...

2011 will mark the celebration of the fourth-year of Alliance Jointly with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Clean Up the World (CUW) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). The campaign runs for a calendar year and...

Every year the world celebrates World Environment Day (WED) on the 5th of June. This is an occasion for all scouts around the world to demonstrate their commitment to preserving the environment. This year, WED supports the UN’s International Year of...

The planning of the Jamboree has been going on for several years, mostly in front of computers, through e-mail and weekend meetings. But in a week from now Scouts from all over the world will start to build one of the largest cities in southern...

On 12th June, the International Labour Organization (ILO) invites everyone to celebrate the World Day against Child Labour. The ILO’s most recent global estimate is that out of 250 million working children, 115 million children are involved in...

On 15th July 2011, in the middle of Stockholm at its busiest point, a full outdoor photo exhibition telling the story of the new Messengers of Peace programme has been revealed. The Honorary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation, HM The King of...

We are very pleased to announce a new way to access World Scouting information on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch mobile devices. SCOUTS is our new application available for download from the Apple App Store and is compatible with iOS 4 or later. Scouts...

We are pleased to inform you that the World Organization of the Scout Movement has been awarded the Calouste Gulbenkian International Prize by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal ( http://www.gulbenkian.pt ). The prize was also awarded...

Gilbert Mussumba is a member of the Regional Committee of the Africa Scout Region and is the Project Manager of Amahoro Amani. He is from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is currently based in Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi where...

Last Thursday 1st September, the Costa Rican government declared the Guides and Scouts Association a Meritorious Institution. This is the highest governmental distinction that can be given to an Institution. The Costa Rican congress based its...