The Executive Directors of the World Scout Bureau – the six Regional Directors and the two Executive Directors in the Central Office – under the leadership of the Chief Operating Officer and the Secretary General, had their biannual meeting in Cartigny, Switzerland from 7 to 11 May 2012. The Executive Directors’ Meeting is a key occasion for the top management of WOSM to meet, discuss and plan their actions for the coming months. It is important to have this chance to get together at least twice a year to address the key issues.

The first Messengers of Peace Network training started yesterday in Singapore with an informal dinner hosted by The Singapore Scout Association. This morning an opening ceremony was held to welcome the 60 participants from 35 countries who will be trained over the next three days. The goal of the training is to create online community leaders for the Messengers of Peace Network. The participants of this training will form part of a nucleus of community leaders who will help kick start the momentum for the MoP Global Network.

In a tiny town called Toodyay, Samantha Connor of Scouts Australia, recollects “In December 2009, our Scouts were preparing for Jamboree when a bushfire swept through our town. Rover Scouts came to the rescue and posted the alerts on facebook on a group called ‘Toodyay December Bushfire’. One lady said that she found out her house was on fire when she read it on facebook! People fled their homes and it was a miracle that no lives were lost. One of our Scout Leaders, Rob, stayed to fight the fire and saved the two homes adjoining his property. Over five hundred people were evacuated from the area and remained in limbo, not knowing whether they had a home to return to – the Scouts arranged emergency accommodation with mattresses, swags and sleeping bags and put people in touch with each other. Eventually, three days later, people were allowed home to see what was left – there were forty homes lost and over 3000 hectares, including properties, livestock and sheds.”

The 21st World Scout Jamboree was an amazing experience, made even more special because it took place in 2007 – the Centenary of Scouting. We had the privilege of leading the planning, preparation and organisation of the Jamboree, but there is no doubt in our minds that it was only with the enthusiasm and huge efforts of many others – too numerous to list here – that nearly 30,000 young people had a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience.

The 4th World Scout Inter-religious Symposium (WSIS) will be held from 1st to 5th August 2012 at WonKwang University, Iksan South Korea. This event will be jointly hosted by The Korea Scouts Association and Won-Buddhism Scouts Council (WBSC). It is organized by members of the World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF), an informal network of religious groups/organizations in Scouting, and is supported by the World Scout Bureau.

The theme of this symposium is "Growing Scouting through Families and Communities"

Welcome to JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015! We want to take you on a journey to a new JOTA-JOTI in 2015.

Since many years scouts and guides enjoy their JOTA-JOTI event.The internet offers exciting new possibilities for JOTA-JOTI. On www.jotajoti.org we implemented a few things like the Weblog and JamPuz (Jampuz Evaluation). Some national organizations implemented very successful ideas, like the “Assignment Game” by the Brazilians or local initiatives like www.joti.tv. Great stuff, but a fraction of the possibilities to make JOTA-JOTI a truly exciting and interactive weekend.

With the Program “JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015” we want to jump forward. With this Program (a group of Projects) we want to create global activities for the weekend.

Our objective is to make JOTA-JOTI so exciting that 10% of all scouts and guides world wide will participate in the event.

That is 3,000,000 scouts and guides in 2015!

This page will host some blogs to help you to follow WOSM action in various places.

2011 has been another momentous year for the World Scout Foundation - with the largest gift ever received, thanks to the confidence shown in Scouting by His Majesty King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. In our Report this year, you will read of the spectacular launch of the Messengers of Peace Initiative and the World Scout Jamboree - the largest ever - which was held in Sweden.

Scouting has a universal responsibility worldwide but has an advantage in that it is both global and local. The famous slogan “Think globally, act locally” easily applies to the Scout Movement. World Scouting is active in many areas of global importance

Are we doing it right?: Addressed to those who help with and work in “voluntary” or non-profit” organizations.

Find some information and many questions designed to help you improve the management of your unit, group, association, organization – the way you and your colleagues get things done.

The best way to follow the Jamboree from home is to watch all the videos that are available on-line.

We have compiled below some of the various ressources that you can find in English and French.

This list will be updated when new episodes become available

Since the earthquake of January 2010, Haitians Scouts are mobilising to assist the affected population. Through this documentary production realised by Scouts and Guides of France and the National Association of Scouts of Haiti, Fabrizio Scapin, director of the film captures the experience of young scouts mobilized for their country.

He shows us true scouting embodied by these children, who, beyond their capacity for action, have shown a commitment and a sense of exemplary service to their community.

The following videos were created by the World Scout Foundation to support the "Messengers of Peace" initiative.

They have been displayed during the 39th World Scout Conference in Curitiba/Brazil in 2011

Dear Scouting friends,

Welcome to WorldInfo N°2! Thank you very much for your excellent reception of the renewed WorldInfo and our team is grateful for all the positive remarks and feedback that we have received. However, we are always open to any critical feedback or suggestions for improvement. It is our commitment to make WorldInfo a very powerful communication tool for World Scouting.

We are pleased to inform you that all Regional Offices are operational to support NSOs in applying for a grant through the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Support Fund.

Forms and Guidelines are available in the 5 official languages on scout.org/mop_supportfund. Here you will find all information and general guidelines from completing Applications. We highly recommend you read the General Introduction (Document 1), Introduction for Applicants (Document 2), and Additional Notes for Project Leaders (Document 3).

The Scouts Federation of the Democratic Republic of Congo comprises of 11 provincial scout Associations including the provincial town of Kinshasa. This division takes into account the political and administrative organisation of the country.