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Some fifty Regional Volunteers, Committee members and members of the staff of the World Scout Bureau Europe Support Centres of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) spent a long weekend at the European Youth Centre Budapest. On the busy...

32 Scout leaders made a “look up” pose at the Rangzhikhar Gonpa during a spiritual hike as part of the ALT training in Bhutan. (Photo credit: Bhutan Scouts Association)

WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare, welcomes fellow members to the meeting of The Alliance of Youth CEOs in Kuala Lumpur. They are: - Anita Tiessen (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) - Johan Vilhelm Eltvik (The Young Men's Christian...

After the launch of several “Erasmus-Scout” initiatives by National Scout Organisations (NSOs) and National Scout Associations (NSA) in the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) over recent years, the delegates...

the 7th Africa Scout Jamboree will be held in from 1st – 10th August 2016 in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire. The event, organized by the Africa Scout Region and hosted by Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme, is expected to attract over 6, 000...

Just right after National Strategic Planning Workshop, Myannmar Scouts is now holding a Workshop on Youth Program Development still in Yangon, from 31 January to 5 February 2016. At the opening ceremony, Mayor of Yangon region government, U Hla Myint...

On 2nd February, Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) began a process of undergoing a mock audit of the Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT) conducted by the staff of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre. The primary focus of this mock audit...

If you know Scouts with special needs, or young people and leaders in your Scout association helping in this area, Scout Association of Japan is inviting them to be part of the 12th Nippon Agoonoree, happening on 12-16 August 2016. The event will...

The Australia Day Honours announced that Paul Parkinson OAM, Regional Chairman, is awarded the Medal of the Order (Queensland) and Reg Williams AM (South Australia), member of APR Monitoring Task Force, with the Member of the Order. The General...

“It is our duty as Scouts and human beings to do everything we can to ensure that hope is not extinguished or lost”, wrote Θοδωρής Κεφαλάς, Chief Scout, in his message to members of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (the Scouts of Greece, members of the World...

Last weekend, the Scouts and Sea Scouts of Lesvos (GR) (members of Scouts of Greece and the World Organization of the Scout Movement) celebrated the 103rd anniversary of Scouting on the island. The first Scout activities had taken place in #Mytilene...

Myanmar Scouts is currently holding a six-day National Strategic Planning Workshop at Yangon. The workshop, dubbed as ‘National Strategic Planning Workshop for Myanmar Scouts’’ is running from 24 to 29 January 2016. The workshop is geared towards the...

"In reality, I had no group in which I could grow," says Morlaye Soumah, National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of Guinea, on his 6-year-old self. The Scouts "allowed me to be in a group... allowed me to have friends, brothers." From Ebola to the...

Together with a group of twelve other Scouts from FOS Open Scouting (one of the National Scout Associations in Belgium and member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement) Annemie, Klaas and Luc had decided to spend a weekend in northern...

Scouts of Cambodia shook hands with Chief Scout and Prime Minister Hun Sen, Kingdom of Cambodia, as they joined the celebration of Cambodia’s historical victory against the Khmer Rouge regime on 7 January 2016. Scouts joined representatives from the...