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Yamoussoukro, August 1, 2016: Scouts from all over Africa have began streaming into Lycee Moderne Bad in Yamoussoukro, the venue for the 7th Africa Scout Jamboree, which kicks off today until the 10th August in Cote d’Ivoire. The Jamboree opens...
The World Scout Bureau (WSB) Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur welcomes Sebastian Tay who commenced work as the Finance Manager on 2 August 2016. Sebastian holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Otago, New Zealand and brings with him...
The International Training of Trainers (ITT) in Jambville, France welcomed 34 participants from 23 member countries last Sunday. For the past week, they have been engaged in various sessions on training systems, the assessment of their effectiveness...
30 July 2016, Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire: In two days time, over thousands of Scouts from all over Africa and beyond will converge in a tented city in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the Africa Scout Jamboree that will be held from 1 - 10 August...
The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS call for participants for The Academy 2016, scheduled to take place in Larnaca, Cyprus, from 1 to 6 November 2016. What is The Academy? The Academy is the European Scout Region's and the...
Want to attend a Scout Jamboree without travel? Want to attend every year instead of waiting four years? Try JOTA-JOTI, which is active every year, the third weekend of October, and involves over 150 countries and typically one million Scouts. It...
The Secretary General of WOSM, Scott Teare will retire from his position later this year. For the past four years, Scott has played a pivotal role in the restructuring and management of the WSB throughout the six Scout regions. Scouting continues to...
As announced earlier, we will be organising a live Q&A session on what is like to intern with the World Scout Bureau this Monday 25 July at 8:30 am CET / 14:30 MYT. Talk to Caitlin Wood, the former intern of Youth Programmes - Scouts of the World...
Luc Panissod, former WOSM Secretary General, is currently at the WSB Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Still very much involved in Scouting, he is here to participate in weeklong meetings with various staff teams that he is supporting as a...
Cambodia Scouts, aiming for safe and responsible Scouting, is having their National Risk Management Workshop in Phnom Penh from 18 to 22 July 2016. With 45 participants from 25 provinces and local councils, most of them are Scout Leaders who are...
In June 2015, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue ( KAICIID) hosted the first Dialogue for Peace Training of Trainers (ToT)...
“Drafting a National Training System is vital for Scout Leaders who are supporting the delivery of quality youth programme,” said Regional Director J. Rizal C. Pangilinan to the 42 participants from different provinces attending the Workshop on...
15 July 206, UN Headquarters New York - UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) published the World Youth Report entitled: "Youth Civic Engagement". The World Youth Report on Youth Civic Engagement, compiled by the UN Department of...
The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre (WSB Africa), within the auspices of delivering Quality Assured Scouting (QAS) in the Africa recently conducted a regional training for Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT) facilitators from 23 African...