World Scout Conference
Cambodia Scouts, aiming for safe and responsible Scouting, is having their National Risk Management Workshop in Phnom Penh from 18 to 22 July 2016. With 45 participants from 25 provinces and local councils, most of them are Scout Leaders who are...
WOSM is recognised with a Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), making us an Observer organization and allowing us to participate in key global events such as international conferences, UN consultations and...
Good Morning! It is an honour for me to be here with you today and share a few thoughts about Scouting and the impact it has on young people and the communities where they live. Let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the Guides and Scouts...
Skautský svět (The Scout World) features the World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves in its February-March 2016 issue. The bi-monthly magazine by Junák – Czech Scouting covers João Armando’s visit to Prague, Czech Republic last year...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes Scouting Antiano and Scouting Aruba as new members, and congratulates the Palestinian Scout Association for acquiring full voting rights. The announcement was made by the Secretary General...
20 November marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. Scouting has always been taking responsibility to provide children...
The Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) is today the sixth largest National Scout Organization in the world, with more than one million members. Since 2013, the membership of KSA has grown steadily by 702,498 to reach the current 1,026,427 members. In his...
The 25th Asia-Pacific Region Scout Conference happening at the Kimdaejung Convention Center from 3-8 November 2015 in Gwanju City shows Korea’s rich experience in hosting world and regional Scouting events.
The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, received the World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves, and WOSM Secretary General Scott A. Teare, at the Presidential Palace on 29 September 2015. During their meeting, WOSM...
Chief Scout Stein Løvold lived a full life. He was a husband, father, friend, Scoutmaster and an educator. He recited his Scout Promise at age seven, and committed to it as well as the Scout values throughout his life and career. From a troop leader...