Eurasia News

Over 1 Billion people live in extreme poverty today, they cannot wait. Despite the MDGs, the aid given, the strong political commitments - their situation has changed. What can you do? You can enter the “Music against poverty” contest 2010. How you...

At the end of a busy afternoon attending different preparatory sessions and various network meetings, everybody left the Conference venue. It was time to celebrate. Representatives of Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique, led by its President, Laurent...

On the afternoon of the 19th July 2010 the 20th European Scout Conference elected the following volunteers as members of the European Scout Committee for the term 2010-2013; Andrea Dermarmels (Switzerland), Christos Hatzidiamandis (Greece), Christian...

The African University on Youth and Development (AUYD) took place from 4 to 12 July in Cape Verde and brought together approximately 150 Youth leaders, mainly from Africa and Europe. The University, organised by the North-South Centre of the Council...

Take the opportunity to join a humanitarian experience and discover the reality in the field of how young people are acting in the reality of situations of violence and armed conflict. This competition is organised in collaboration with national Red...

50 Participants from all around Europe met at Guadarrama, near Madrid, Spain for the Training Commissioners Network Meeting. A very intensive and active event produced a lot of exchanges and new ideas for work and cooperation. The Training...

More than 100 representatives from Youth Organizations and National Youth Councils met about the same number of governmental and institutional delegates and discussed together how the dramatic situation of youth un-employment in Europe can be tackled...

Board game for young people to play in Patrols. "Among the elements of the Scout Method, the Patrol System is one of the most important, as it emphasizes peer education and collaboration as well as strengthening social skills, leadership and...

Ever since its inception, The Academy has grown in many perspectives, with the edition just held having more than 200 participants and many learning opportunities delivered through 25 different sessions. Looking at this 3rd edition of The Academy...

A four-day Training of Trainers course was organised in the period 3-7 November, 2011 in an old monastery of St. Joakim Osogovski near the town of Kriva Palanka in the north eastern part of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The training was...

Over the weekend of 6-8 November, Bandalag íslenskra skáta (BIS) held a "national academy" in their training centre at Laugar in Saelingsadl. Approximately 100 leaders attended the weekend, representing all of the Scout Groups in Iceland. Workshops...

Falko Mohrs, representing WOSM, was elected as a board member during the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum which took place in Kiev, Ukraine from 18 to 20 November 2010. WOSM has been active and committed to the work of the Forum and has...

From 26 to 28 November, youth leaders from African and European Youth Organisations met in Tripoli, Libya, to advise the Heads of States of the African Union and the European Union. Over a period of three days they worked together and produced a...

On the 2nd of December, the European Commission officially launched the European Year of Volunteering 2011. After almost 3 years of commitment from Scouting, and other civil society organisations, we finally start seeing the results. This year is our...

A first seminar for the second level instructors (equivalent to a Course for Assistant Leader Trainer) was held from 25 to 28 November 2010 in Panonija, small village in the North of Serbia, as part of tailored support to Serbia which was extended by...