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Situated in the Swiss Alps, Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) played host to the 2012 annual Management Meeting of the staff from the World Scout Bureau – Central Office and 6 Regional Offices. With a packed agenda focusing on key topics...

On this seminar the members of the National organization of Scouts of Ukraine studied how the scout movement can help to unite Ukrainian youth. What might Nil Armstrong, Stiven Spilberg, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Gere, John Kennedy, Paul...

The Asia-Pacific Region Ticket to Life Evaluation and Planning workshop begins today at the National Training Centre in Cibubur, Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop was inaugurated by Air Marshall Eris Herryanto, Vice Chairman of Gerakan Pramuka. He...

At the recent 24th APR Scout Conference, many individuals across the region were presented with awards as a way of recognizing their significant services and contributions to Scouting. The awards are in different categories, one of which is the APR...

On December 13-17, 2012 GOSM is conducting Leadership and World Scout Environment Programme Trainings for its members. 23 participants of the training (from Tbilisi, Rustavi and Shida Kartli) will acquire group building, communication, activity...

Situated in the heart of the Balkans in South-East Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina is a country very often perceived as torn by conflicts on ethnic basis. Hana Pasic, International Commissioner of the “Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and...

ovember 2012 saw three high profile Regional Scout Events with Scouts, Trainers and top Leaders of National Scout Organizations from all over the Asia-Pacific Scout Region coming together to Bangladesh. The Events gave Bangladesh Scouts a fantastic...

The 55th Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and 16th Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) was held during the weekend of 20 and 21 October 2012. About 1 million Scouts from 150 countries took part in the event, a participation number that has been stable for many...

Girls and boys belonging to the Guide and Scout Movement of La Plata - Argentina, got together on Saturday 3 November 2012 for a procession in their town to raise awareness about issues that are important for all inhabitants of this beautiful planet...

The Kenya Scouts Association’s National Youth Representatives, Grace Michuki and Nelson Opany, have mobilised Scouts and young people in Kenya to join the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Kenya Chapter. Grace also happens to be the current Chairperson of...

Messengers of Peace Platform: Scoutmessengers.org The Messengers of Peace Platform is now open and available to all Scouts who want to make a commitment to action as a “Messenger of Peace”. The Platform is operating in 'Beta' mode as the process to...

Libyan Scouts played a very efficient role at national level during the recent revolution events that has affected the country. During the revolution, Scouts were active in offering first-aid and care for the wounded and provided many community...

As part of the implementation of the 2nd strategic priority of the Eurasia Regional Strategy Action plan (2010-2013), “Better Scouting for more young people: an attractive youth programme and membership growth”, the Scout Center “Krasnokamenka”...

Barely a month after Hurricane Sandy devastated Haiti, Cuba and the United States of America, and following a year full of storms, floods, droughts, earthquakes, forest fires, volcanic eruptions and every other natural disaster we can imagine...

5th of December was set as the International Volunteer Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. The theme for 2012 is ‘Celebrate Volunteering!’. International Volunteer Day offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual...