Continuing their four-nation visit in the Asia-Pacific Region, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) team visited Bhutan on 15th March 2010 and met with the President of the Scout Council and Minister of Education and Sports Lynpo Thakur S Powdyel.

“Preparing for the CNV has been a rare opportunity to synchronize our reports. We took a closer look at every department of the organization as part of an integrated whole”, said Hong Seung-Soo, Secretary General of KSA. Dr Young Joong Kang, President of KSA welcomed the Committee NSO Visit (CNV) team and encouraged a high level of sharing and transparency for CNV Korea which was held from 11th to 13th March.

16 November 2009, Jakarta -- The very first Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Disaster Management officially opened in Cibubur Scout Complex in Jakarta today which will run until 19th November 2009.

25th October 2009, Kuala Lumpur - Recognizing the importance of the role of the Chief Scout Executives on the growth of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), the World Scout Bureau/Asia-Pacific Region organized the very first Asia-Pacific Region Chief Scout Executives Meet on 25th October 2009 at Hilton-Kuala Lumpur.

See the exciting events we have in the Asia-Pacific Region.

On March 27th at 8.30pm millions of people, key cities worldwide, globally famous monuments and Scouts around the world will switch off their lights for one hour creating a big difference for our one and only planet.

The World organization of the Scout Movement/Asia-Pacific Region in collaboration with Boy Scouts of the Philippines is organizing the first APR Workshop on Community-Based Scouting to discuss and share policies, promising practices and exchange ideas and views on strategies on how community based Scouting can be an effective method for bringing Scouting closer to the communities thus
contributing to membership growth.

Empowering Young Adults

Rover Scouting, as the last age-group for young people, is a very important section for the Movement. If Scouting is to support the development of young people from adolescence into adulthood so that they can play a constructive role in society, the final age-section should provide a quality experience for young people that are relevant to their lives.

The 23rd APR Scout Conference endorsed “Young People” as a strategic priority area for the region. This strategic priority, among others, assists national Scout organizations in commencing or continuing regular youth programme review to improve the quality of Youth Programme, with emphasis on strengthening the Rover programme. One of the objectives of this strategic priority is "to assist national Scout organizations in developing a challenging and relevant Rover programme.” Therefore, we urge all NSOs to give due emphasis to this section in this triennium, initially by instituting a proper PROGRAMME for this section, which is currently missing in some NSOs.

Circulars issued in 2010