Known for its active involvement in community service, Bangladesh Scouts hosted the International Centenary COMDECA from 7th to 14th December 2007 in the Cox’s Bazar, southeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh giving the local and overseas participants a taste of nature and environment, local inhabitants, health and environment development activities.

The capital city of Pakistan served as the gathering point as 28 Scout Leaders from different countries took part in the Asia-Pacific Regional Youth Programme Development held from 10th to 14th of December 2007.

Members of the Regional Governance Review Task Force and some members of the Regional Scout Committee and other Scout Leaders in the region met in Manila from 15th to 16 December 2007 and discussed the required preparations for the forthcoming World Scout Conference in Korea in July 2008.

In his official residence, Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed welcomed the regional team and conferred the highest award of Bangladesh Scouts, the Silver Tiger, to Past Chairman and APR Scout Foundation President Mr Eric Khoo and Regional Scout Committee Vice-Chairman Mohammed Ali Khalid.

The promise of the regional solidarity reigned at the 22nd Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference held from 18th to 23rd October in Tokyo, Japan.

A total of 123 participants from 26 National Scout Organizations including guests from Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia gathered together to celebrate the biggest Scout Youth Forum ever held in the region from 12th to 15th October at the National Youth Center in Tokyo, Japan.

As an ancillary event to the 22nd Regional Scout Conferencem, the 5th APR Course for Leader Trainers became a melting pot of disparate training style and culture as 35 Leader Trainers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Scouts of China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong and French Polynesia, gathered and worked together from 10th to 16th October at the National Youth Center in Tokyo, Japan.

The workshop, covering the direct link of ICT in major Scouting operational areas, is hosted by Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (The Scout Association of Malaysia) right at the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5-9 September 2007.

Having known the fact that Scout leaders at the unit level have a pivotal role in the actual demonstration of Scouting’s educational objectives, 29 Unit Leaders from 11 countries attended the APR Unit Leaders Roundtable from 5-8 June in Tarlac City, Philippines.