Eurasia News

After an extremely powerful earthquake hit the Tohoku Region on 11 March 2011, triggering several meter high tsunami waves that caused massive loss of lives and properties in areas along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan, especially in Miyagi, Iwate...

23 June, Male’, Maldives – Today is the launch of the four-day Adults in Scouting workshop at the Maldives Centre for Social Education in Male’ with nearly 30 participants. The workshop aims to improve the management of volunteer adults, which has...

In commemoration of the 100 years of scouting in Sri Lanka, the association will host the 29th Asia Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree in the historic town of Dambulla situated about 4 hrs from the international airport. This will be held in the first...

Scout Leaders from ten National Scout Organizations celebrated the World Environment Day on 5th June at Cibubur Scout Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia. They were participants of the International Seminar on Environment Education & Biodiversity, the...

Minister of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof.Dr. Gusti Muhammad Hatta, officially opened the International Seminar on Environment Education and Biodiversity at the National Scout Complex in Cibubur, Jakarta on 4th June 2011. The event...

3 June, Kuala Lumpur – In supporting the Scouts Association of Malaysia to strengthen its Adult Resources Management to deliver a qualitative Youth Programme to its members and a better managed organization, a 4-day workshop on Adults in Scouting is...

27th May 2011, Singapore - A moment of reflection opened the Committee NSO Visit (CNV) at the national headquarters of the Singapore Scout Association (SSA). SSA President Mr Noel Hon welcomed the visiting team comprised of 1st Vice Chairman Prakorb...

Scouts under the Ticket to Life (TTL) project in Karachi, Pakistan made a declaration that they are a friend of the environment during a tree planting activity on 14 May 2011. This activity was a kick off ceremony to launch the Tree Plantation...

A simple ceremony opened the Committee NSO Visit (CNV) at the Polynesia Scout Council on 5th May led by Roger Marama, President of Des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses Unionistes in Tahiti. The President of Polynesia Scout Council Leone Revault welcomed the...

In the National Strategic Planning Workshop from 30 April to 4 May 2011 at the National Headquarters in Suva, 25 key leaders of Fiji Scouts Association (FSA), including the council members and district commissioners, drafted their Vision 2020. The...

President of the Republic of Fiji HE Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in as Chief Scout of the Fiji Scout Association (FSA) after his investiture on Saturday, 29 April at the Government House in Suva, Fiji. Key leaders witnessed the ceremony...

The CNV mission to Bhutan was held at the Centenary Youth Village in Thimphu on 28 April led by the Vice Chairman of the Regional Scout Committee Dr Mukhyuddin Sarwani with a five-member team from the Asia-Pacific Region. Bhutan Scouts Association...

The Committee NSO Visit (CNV) to Nepal Scouts as the 21st mission around the Asia-Pacific was held from 23 -25 April at National Headquarters in Kathmandu. The review of eight key indicators covered in the CNV involved very healthy discussions and...

The Regional Scout Committee, at its meeting on 16 April in Makati City, accepted for the first time a framework for the region’s strategic planning exercise. They agreed on a key decision that membership growth is the goal of the strategic plan for...

The Regional Scout Committee met in Makati City, Philippines on 16-17 April 2011 and tackled numerous issues of regional interest. One of them is the approval of the new implementing guidelines for recognizing youth events, in particular, the Asia...