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On 10 June 2022 a small ceremony was held in the Charlemagne building of the European Commission at the presence of Stefaan De Rynck, Head of the European Commission Representation in Belgium, Ciril Stokelj, Director for Visitors at the European...
GENEVA/BRUSSELS, 7 April 2022 – UNICEF and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) today launched a regional cooperation agreement to provide critical care and support to children and families fleeing the war in Ukraine.
This International Women’s Day 2022, we in the European Scout Region wish to highlight how crucial gender equality is to our society and in Scouting specifically. Gender equality is a key priority encompassed in the diversity & inclusion work of the...
Every two years Scouting Nederland organizes Scout-In, an event aimed to thank and inspire the thousands of volunteers active in the country. This past summer, as many other groups and organisations, they faced the challenge of organising live events...
A delegation of Scouts from around the world attended the COP26 in Glasgow to take a stand on the global climate crisis and advocate for urgent climate action. Among them was also Caillum, External Representative of the European Region. We met...
Scouts of Greece have been on the front line to alleviate as much as possible the environmental and human repercussions of the ongoing wildfires. Over the last two months only, over 500 fires have erupted in Greece, causing the destruction of more...
The Portuguese Scout Federation together with the National Youth Council and the Ministry of Health launched a campaign called “It's our turn. Take care of yourself. Take care of Portugal". The initiative is aimed at raising the awareness of young...
A few weeks after a tornado devastatingly affected the lives of several villages in South Moravia, a region in the East of Czechia, local Scouts together with other young volunteers are still on site to support the disaster areas. The members of the...
Since the beginning of the pandemic, given the worsening of the economic and health crisis situation, many students had to face particularly difficult circumstances. Marie, a 21-year-old Scout leader in Beaupréau-en-Mauges in Western France, launched...
Devastating floods inundated parts of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands throughout the first half of July 2021. As the affected communities start to pick up the pieces, Scouts rush to provide relief aid, while showing an outstanding...