Europe

Two Conferences, held in Budapest, marked start of the European Year of Volunteering. Many events, exhibitions, live demonstrations and other activities will be taking place throughout Europe during the year. Hungary took over presidency of the...

What kind of messages do we want to spread to external audience about Scouting? What is advocacy and what should we advocate for? Why and how NSOs should look for funding? These are only few of the several questions which 19 participants from 10...

The President of the Federal Republic of Austria, H.E. Heinz Fischer, and representatives of the country’s federal and provincial governments recently met with Austrian Scouts and Guides who were amongst a large group of volunteers celebrating the...

The Unguvu Project has now fully entered the implementation stage. Unguvu, which means “strength through unity,” aims to strengthen existing and create new Europe-Africa partnerships. It is the first multilateral project of its kind between the...

Scouting Ireland is organising seminar is to share experiences in relation to the development and the implementation of Scouting Ireland's new youth programme for all age Sections (6- 21 year olds) and how the Woodbadge Training Scheme was changed to...

The 9th Euro-Arab meeting was officially opened in the Algerian capital of Algiers. Participants from 21 different countries meet to share their ideas about the development of youth empowerment and active citizenship and the important role Scouting...

The meeting was held in Algiers from 24 to 28 May, with arrivals from 23 May and some departures on 29 May. In total there were 23 participants from the Arab Region: Algeria, Kuwait, Qatar, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, Palestine, Tunisia...

On June 11 and 12, 1200 Scouts from all around Croatia gathered in Bistra to draw attention to the contribution made by volunteers to society. The activity was organised by Savez Izvidaca Hrvatske (Scout Association of Croatia), the Municipality of...

My name is Alexandru Iambroszki and I have come from Romania to experience working in another European situation as an intern at the Brussels office of WOSM. I am a proud Scout and a lucky one I could say! I got the opportunity to work in the...

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, received a motion for improving the social position of young people throughout the world. Ban-Ki Moon was visiting Pori, Finland on Friday July 15th to attend a seminar on global sustainability...