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Communication
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The World Scout Bureau welcomes Dong-Wook Lee, the new Global Director of Communications and External Relations. Dong-Wook holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, as well as a...
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Wrapping up the weeklong Asia-Pacific events in Bangkok, the National Scout Organization of Thailand hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee meeting on 15-16 October 2016 in Bangkok. In the evening of 15 October, Regional Committee members...
Telling stories of Scouting through various media channels was a key topic at the APR Workshop on Strengthening Internal and External Communications held in Bangkok on 11-15 October 2016, hosted by the National Scout Organization of Thailand. For...
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Opening ceremony of the APR Workshop on Strengthening Internal and External Communications in Bangkok, Thailand with representatives from 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific Region.
On 4 October 2016, Haiti was struck by Hurricane Matthew, which the United Nations confirmed is the country’s worst disaster since its 2010 earthquake. So far, hundreds of lives have been lost and the numbers continue to rise. In the southern part of...
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Scouts will be at the UN General Assembly between 16 and 26 September. The team of young people from across the world will be representing World Scouting at meetings in and around the UN Headquarters. Topics will range across sustainable development...
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The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS are launching this Renewed Call for Bids to host The Academy 2017 due to the withdrawal of the sole bid received following the original call. The Academy is a joint event of WOSM and...
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30 July 2016, Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire: In two days time, over thousands of Scouts from all over Africa and beyond will converge in a tented city in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the Africa Scout Jamboree that will be held from 1 - 10 August...
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The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS call for participants for The Academy 2016, scheduled to take place in Larnaca, Cyprus, from 1 to 6 November 2016. What is The Academy? The Academy is the European Scout Region's and the...
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As announced earlier, we will be organising a live Q&A session on what is like to intern with the World Scout Bureau this Monday 25 July at 8:30 am CET / 14:30 MYT. Talk to Caitlin Wood, the former intern of Youth Programmes - Scouts of the World...