Eurasia News

Geneva, 9th March 2010 – A working group on issues related to the growth of the Scout Movement, is being held at the World Scout Bureau since Monday. This meeting brings together the professional staff of the World and Regional Bureaus who are in...

Every Year on the 8th of March, millions of women and men around the world join to celebrate International Women's Day. Since 1910 in Denmark, IWD has been internationally recognized as the day to honor women in our society as they play a great role...

World Scoutings Secretary General, Luc Panissod had the pleasure of meeting with Curacao's Prime Minister, Mrs Emily de Jongh-Elhage during a visit to the Interamerican Scout Region. He was accompanied by a delegation of Scouting Antiano, Frensel...

In January, 2010, Ten Young men and women from all over the country gathered for two weekends for the first time in Costa Rica to explore, respond and take action within the Scouts of the World Award. The Iztarú National Scout Centre, permanent...

After the commemoration of February 22, Founders day, which saw millions of Scouts get together think, remember and pay respects to the Founder of the Movement. We propose to continue in debating on the cause of Scouting by reacting to the following...

José Filipe Sousa, a young Leader of AEP - Portuguese Scout Association, was elected President of the Portuguese National Youth Council (CNJ) in the General Assembly held on 6-7 February. "Today, the CNJ can continue its development and make the...

In September 2009, a total of 938 official National Scout Organization (NSO) representatives registered in the WOSM directory were invited to participate in an electronic survey to rate the level of satisfaction with the services provided by WOSM to...

On the 3rd February Scouts across the globe took part in the World Bank’s global dialogue, the first phase in the Bank’s development of its 2010 Environment Strategy. The World Bank’s vision for its Environment Strategy is that it will lead to an...

A seminar for the SCENES Centres (Scout Centres of Excellence for Nature and Environment), will be organized from the 18th to the 23nd May 2010, in Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland. The aim of the seminar is to bring together...

Blumenau (Brazil), February 5th 2010 – After a stop in Curitiba, four youth advisors of the World Scout Committee, arrived yesterday evening in Blumenau, where the 11th Youth Forum will take place. Their task is to prepare the content of the forum...

Curitiba 5th February – Yesterday the World Scouting delegation continued their visit, in preparation of the upcoming World Scout Conference, by the evaluation of the conference center and all the lodging options. The afternoon allowed for some...

Curitiba, February 4, 2010 – A delegation of the World Scout Committee and the World Scout Bureau arrived in Curitiba, Brazil on February 1st to meet the 39th World Scout Conference organizing Committee. John Neysmith, Member of the World Scout...

Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world, killing more people than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Each year, 12 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million people die of cancer. If no action is taken, the...

You might expect to see Wilner Ulysse helping a little old lady cross the street. That’s the classic image of a dutiful Scout. But Wilner, age 23, has a much more important good deed for today. He is one of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides...

On the 27th of November 2009, Korean Scout Parliamentary Association (KSPA) members met with Polish representatives of the WSPU secretariat,at the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, in order to complete the handover of the WSPU secretariat to Korea and...