Interamerica News

September is the month to celebrate peace and each year the International Day of Peace (Peace Day) is observed around the world on 21 September. According to the United Nations, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to...

Following the announcement by Scott Teare of his retirement from the position of Secretary General, the World Scout Committee has started to work on the process to select a new person for this important position. In a recent letter to National Scout...

The European Scout Region would like to remind you of three deadlines for major events in the European Region this autumn: The Academy 2016 Larnaka (CY), 1-6 November 2016 -Further information: Event announcement - Event website - Event registration...

The same as “proficiency” validates a high level of English language knowledge, to find that a person has been a Scout in a personal CV guarantees that the person has essential skills to deal with the current job market. These are the ten strengths...

We join World Scouting and the family of the late Atty. FRANCISCO S. ROMAN in paying our final salute to a great Scouter and outstanding civil leader. Fondly called by friends as Frankie, his rise to World Scouting was phenomenal, with the strong...

Dear friends, Brothers and sisters, The WSB Eurasia Support Center and the Eurasia Scout Committee regrets to report: 7th September 2016 has passed away a great man, our friend and colleague - FRANCISCO S. ROMAN, Member Emeritus of the BSP National...

Managing risk is essential in any organization like Scouting. To highlight this, an APR Forum on Risk Management is currently held at the International Youth Centre in Kuala Lumpur, gathering 39 Scout Leaders from seven countries – Brunei Darussalam...

Asia-Pacific Region’s Financial Resources Sub Committee members met for two days in Singapore to review their achievements and discuss their targets for the 26 remaining months of their term. Sub-Committee Chairman David Jones presided over the...

Following Mary Waweru’s promotion to the position of Directors of Operations with the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre, we are glad to report that the recruitment of her replacement in the position of Development & Partnerships Support...

As our colleague Mercyline Busolo will proceed on maternity leave in October 2016, we have hired the services of Beryl A. Okuku, to temporarily relieve her until she resumes work in February 2017. Beryl has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance...

Back to back Sub-Committee meetings of APR Adult Support Sub-Committee in Macau and APR Financial Resources Sub-Committee in Singapore. Both Sub-Committees reviewed their triennial objectives and trained on the web-based monitoring tool...

Eighty-nine participants from 26 countries are currently attending the 8th WSPU General Assembly at the Swedish Parliament. The WSPU aims to strengthen National Scout Organizations and World Scouting through the influence of parliamentarians who...

The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS are launching this Renewed Call for Bids to host The Academy 2017 due to the withdrawal of the sole bid received following the original call. The Academy is a joint event of WOSM and...

The UNE-TL workshop for designing the National Strategic Plan started on Monday, 29th of August, with the opening ceremony held at the Peony Hotel in Dili. Amongst the 45 participants are the key Scout Leaders from UNE-TL, young Scouts and group...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes Myanmar Scout, the National Scout Organization of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. WOSM currently has a total of 164 National Scout Organizations in more than 220 countries and...