Asia-Pacific News

To celebrate the 105th anniversary of Hong Kong Scouting, and to promote environmental protection through Scouting, Scout members aged between 12 and 25, and adult leaders aged 18 or above are invited to attend the Hong Kong Scout 105th Anniversary...

We are happy to share with you the May 2016 issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter. Enjoy your reading! / Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous l'édition du mois de Mai 2016 de Kudumail, le bulletin de la Région Afrique du...

Risk management is essential to safe Scouting where members are provided with training, resources and practical guidance on how best to prepare, respond to and recover from disaster.

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...

National Programme and World Programmes Commissioners, Messengers of Peace team members, collaborators and Scout leaders working on related areas are invited to attend the World Scout Seminar on Messengers of Peace (MoP), from 12–16 October 2016, at...

Tanzania to host Africa Scout Day celebrations year 2017

Thirty Junior Scouts across Brunei Darussalam, including Scouts with special needs, participated in the 7th National Patrol Leaders Course at the National Scout Training and Activity Centre in Gadong from 27-29 May 2016. The training was jointly...

Do you have a great community service idea but lack the funding to turn it into a reality? Then you mustn’t miss this opportunity to apply for the Global Youth Empowerment Fund. A partnership of JCI and the SDG Action Campaign (formerly the UN...

World Scouting is happy to announce that the GSAT (Global Support Assessment Tool) Self-Assessment guidelines for NSOs are now available. GSAT is a Quality Standard owned by WOSM that assesses the compliance of an NSO towards international best...

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...

Emmanuella Ayisi-Lartey (Ella) from Ghana has joined the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre on a two-months internship period from 7th June to 29th July 2016, on her own initiative. She is a student at Zenith University - Ghana pursuing a...

The Asia-Pacific Region in collaboration with the General Association of the Scouts of China is organizing the APR Workshop on revisiting The Scout Method. This is to contribute to achieve the targets under “Innovating Scouting” of the WOSM’s global...

Purpose The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) hosted an exhibition at the 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly that was held at the United Nations Office in Nairobi from Monday 23 to...

To celebrate 100 years of Cubs, Scouts New Zealand provided a challenge for Cubs throughout the country to hold campfires. The Mahurangi Zone (Auckland) Cub Leaders decided to hold a Zone Campfire and the Cubs were to make and wear a Campfire scarf...

The Asia-Pacific Support Centre is taking a new approach to strategic planning and monitoring with the introduction and utilization of StrategyConnect, a web-based application designed to help organizations develop, implement and monitor their...