Useful ideas, advice and information from national Scout leaders who, in a series of interviews, have shared how their Organizations took a strategic approach to the Centenary of Scouting.

Resources and activities which can be used for national centenaries and moments of celebration.

A resource to help Scouts build on the success and learning from the world-level Centenary projects considering: vision and objectives, thinking strategically, communicating effectively, adapting to the local reality and challenging yourselves.

Documents, information and activity resources related to the 2007 Centenary of Scouting, including: Gifts for Peace, Scouting's Sunrise, Join-in-Centenary, Centenary news, Jamboree and International Congress.

You can still access the centennial Gifts for Peace projects at: http://giftsforpeace.scout.org

The 1st Panamerican Scout Moot will be held from December 27, 2008 to January 4, 2009 in Arani, Cochabamba - Bolivia.

Participation in the Moot is open to Rover Scout from 18 to 23 years old and Senior Scouts (Venture Scouts) from 15 to 17 years old, who are members of the Nationa Scout Organizations of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

The Moot’s educational proposal has been chosen within the framework of “The world we wish to create”, in line with the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the Millennium Development Goals and WOSM Scouts of the World Award. “The world we wish to create” requires the young people to engage in action, that is why the event’s motto will be “AMERICA IN ACTION”. We aim at making this event an effective opportunity to inform, to make aware and to engage young people in concrete action and projects to create a better world.

The 3rd World Scout Inter-religious Symposium (WSIS) will be held from 21st to 25th October 2009 in Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda. This event will be organised by the World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF), an informal network of religious groups/organisations in Scouting and will be jointly hosted by International Union of Muslim Scouts (IUMS) and The Uganda Scouts Association.

The Web edition of this database is sorted by date. Use the hyperlinks in the top of this page to jump to the beginning of a year. Alternatively, click on List by Country to get an overview of all events sorted by country or use the 'Search events' link to search for a specific event.

Submit an event you organise - Download full International Events List

World Scouting's communication theme for this year is environment, given our work and the worldwide focus on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen 7 - 18 December.

Therefore the “C3” is an excellent opportunity to show to the world the efforts of millions of Scouts to protect the environment and take positive action against climate change.

JOTI and JOTA are real testimonies to the international dimension of Scouting, where young people not only learn about new technologies, they can understand that there are millions of Scouts all over the world sharing the same vision: creating a better world!

You can chat about the Climate Change Challenge C3 in the JOTI chat room: #wosm-challenge

Welcome to the Radio-Scouting pages.

Other language, autre language, andere Sprache, otro idioma, andere taal ? Use the Google translator ==>

The next World Scout net is on: 6 February 2010 at 22:00 hrs GMT.

The 52nd World JOTA Report is now available for download in the on-line radio-scouting library.

Find out all about WOSM's largest world-wide event.

Welcome to our on-line library. Here you can find all sorts of programme resource material. It can be used to prepare your JOTA weekend or for other occasions, e.g. large summer camps.

WOSM's voice on the air

The amateur radio station of the World Scout Bureau was active from Geneva on all short-wave and VHF bands during the full JOTA weekend with the Bureau’s call sign HE8S. In addition, HE8S used the Echolink network to connect to distant radio stations.

Weekly or monthly nets exist in which licensed Scouts meet on the air:

Amateur radio stations have been set up at each World Scout Jamboree since 1957. They provided a live-link from the Jamboree to the home countries of the participants, directly over short-wave radio. For many years, this was the only direct contact back home a Scout could have.

The World Jamboree radio stations provided a glimpse of the Jamboree live to other Scouts world-wide as part of the Join-in-Jamboree programme. Ths station team also ran daily programmes for the Scouts on the Jamboree site. To many of them, their first encounter with short-wave radio.

A radio-scouting seminar is held in Europe every 3 or 4 years. Participants from all over Europe discuss JOTA organisation, devise further policies and exchange radio-scouting ideas and views. Participants are National JOTA Organisers, International Commisioners and National team members.

Need help? Find it here !

The World Scout Youth Forum provides an opportunity for young members of World Scouting to discuss and express their views on issues of interest to them. Through preparing inputs and making recommendations to the World Conference and to the World Scout Committee, to which the Forum is linked, participants will develop the skills necessary to strengthen their capacity to take part in decision-making processes.

The World Scout Conference is the governing body, the "general assembly" of Scouting, and is composed of all the members of the Organisation: the National Scout Organizations.

Its function is to consider the policy and standards of the Scout Movement throughout the world, formulate the general policy of the World Organization, and take the action required to further the purpose of the Movement.

The World Scout Jamboree is the largest regular event organised by the Scout Movement.

It takes place every four years in a different country. It is above all an educational event to promote peace and understanding among young people all over the world.

World Scout Moots are gatherings of members of senior branches of National Scout Associations (traditionally called Rovers) and other young adult members.