Instituted in 1973, the Basic Management Course in the Asia-Pacific Region marks its 50th series this year. The 50th APR Basic Management Course for Scout Executives is being held at the State Training Centre in Kolkata, India, from 4 to 14 February...

Rabbi Peter E. Hyman, an Eagle Scout, the son of a Scoutmaster and father to two Eagle Scouts, gave an inspiring keynote speech at the 2015 World Scout Bureau (WSB) Management Team Meeting in Kuala Lumpur recently. His views on World Scouting and his...

Congratulations, World Scout Bureau – Interamerican Region Office, for being accorded the status of “International Mission” by the Government of the Republic of Panama. This is another example how World Scouting is recognised by governments around...

“As Scouts and Scout Leaders from the Africa Region, We say thank you to a true Scout in heart, spirit and action. He believed in us and entrusted us with the obligation to enhance world peace as "Messengers of Peace". We promise to keep his dream of...

On Thursday 15th January 2015, leaders of Sierra Leone Scouts Association held a meeting with the UNICEF country representative, Mr. Shane O’Connor at his office in Freetown. The essence of the meeting was to discuss the rolling our of the U-Report...

FREETOWN - As the Ebola Virus Disease continues to ravage the nation, Sierra Leone Scouts Association supported by the Chinese Center for Disease Control in Sierra Leone has trained 300 Scout Volunteers in Freetown as Messengers of Peace/Change...

ANTANANARIVO - According to the latest report from the BNGRC (National Office for Risk Disaster and Risk Management), the cyclone Chedza in Madagascar from 16 to 18 January 2015 left 51 people dead and nearly 130,857 victims in the big Island nation...

ADDIS ABABA - February 11, 2015 will be the day for the official launching of a two-year long project in partnership with SIDA: Initiative Africa. The launch of the project titled ‘SCOUTS: Building a Lifetime of Skills and Confidence’ will be hosted...

NAIROBI - The Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau, in collaboration with members of the Network of International Youth Organizations in Africa (NIYOA), jointly hosted the 6th African University on Youth and Development in Nairobi, Kenya...

As we are approaching 22 February 2015, the anniversary of the joint birthdays of Robert and Olave Baden-Powell, one of the Spanish National Scout Associations, ASDE Scouts de España is launching the second edition of "Haiku Scouts". Scouts are...