Asia-Pacific News

For the first time in 50 years, Scouting in Myanmar is up and running with a training of Unit Leaders now on-going in Mandalay. After the initial visit of a high level delegation to Myanmar from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in...

Again a highlight at a gathering of Scout and Guide Leaders from all over Europe: participants attending the European Region's Academy 2013 enjoyed watching a short video produced in 2010 by the Flemish speaking Scout Associations in Belgium (and at...

Salt Lake City, 29th October - Over 20,000 Scouts, parents and friends joined leaders of the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) for an amazing show to celebrate 100 years of LDS participation in the Scout...

The three Scout Associations in Bosnia-Herzegovina have finalised the draft of a common Youth Programme which will be submitted at the next general assembly for approval. An important step in the development of Scouting in that country, worth a three...

Scouts of China gave a heartwarming welcome to the members of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee who met at the Chien Tan International Youth Activity Center in Taipei on the 19th and 20th of October. For two days, the Regional Scout Committee...

The Forest Challenge Badge and the Ending Hunger Challenge Badge are now available in the scout.org library. These YUNGA programme materials, supported by WOSM, can be used to empower Scouts to have a greater role in society, support UN related...

Demonstrating the international dimension of the Scout Movement was at the centre of activities in the Flemish part of Belgium and in Portugal this weekend, organised by Internacional CNE and Internationaal - Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen, respectively...

During the last week of October, more than fifty representatives of different European Scout and Guide Centres are gathered at the Neihaischen Scout Centre in Luxembourg for the 13th European Guide and Scout Centre Managers Conference. Another...

In 2005, a group of European Scouts travelled to Mongolia. During a visit to a rural elementary school, the Scouts noticed that the children asked many questions in English and were very eager to learn. But the school‘s library was empty - no books...

UN Secretary General says the MDG's have helped cut world's poverty by half and he brings focus now on the Post-2015 development agenda with emphasis on sustainable development. How can we as Scouts help contribute to the global efforts in creating a...

The new scout.org was launched on October 15, welcoming Scouts from all over the world to connect with each other. For 72 hours (starting at 12.00 GMT today) you will be met by JOTA-JOTI when you visit scout.org, an event that gives you the...

“HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS IN SCOUTING?” – this is a challenge posed by many donors to the World Scout Foundation. Its Honorary Chairman, the King of Sweden, in response, tells a wonderful story of a thirteen-year-old boy he met in 2004, in the...

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On the afternoon of the 18th August 2013 the 21st European Scout Conference elected the following volunteers as members of the European Scout Committee for the term 2013-2016. Elected members of the European Scout Committee for the term 2013-2016 are...

As with the first report published in 2011, the primary purpose of this report is to give NSOs/NSAs an insight into the membership data of the European Scout Region. The findings are based on data the European Scout Region has received from...