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Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, received a motion for improving the social position of young people throughout the world. Ban-Ki Moon was visiting Pori, Finland on Friday July 15th to attend a seminar on global sustainability...
Preparation for the 39th World Scout Conference and the 11th World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) are well underway. The Conference will be held from the 10th to the 14th of January 2011 at the Estação Embratel Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil. The...
The last Scouts of the World Discovery Workshop in 2009 saw new partners and participants for the Singapore base. In order to better accommodate the participants, the workshop was held at a new venue – the National Community Leadership Institute...
Scouting has many strong examples of youth-led environment projects from around the world which demonstrate how Scouts are contributing in practical ways to 'Creating a Better World'. Volvo Adventure recognises environmental projects conducted by 13...
CAPE VERDE - The African University on Youth and Development (AUYD) took place from 4th yo 12th July in Cape Verde and brought together approximately 150 Youth Leaders, mainly from Africa and Europe. Scouts and Guides organized two and participated...
In close cooperation with Sudan Scout Association, the Arab Scout Regional Office organizes the 26th Arab Scout Conference during the period 22-28/1/2010, Khartoum- Sudan Registration forms: Accomodation Form 423.57 kB Participants Form 432.18 kB...
Under a patronage and sponsorship of H.E. Shaik Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad El- Qasemmi the governor of Sharjah, the Arab Regional Office & United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) Scout Association organize the 4thInternational Gathering for "Scouting & the...
Three major natural disasters hit Indonesia in October 2010 claiming hundreds of lives. First, a flash flood in Wasior District, West Papua Province on 5th October 2010. Hundreds of Scouts from the West Papua Provincial Headquarters, in collaboration...
At the 8th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest, the photo entry “Nothing is Impossible” photographed by Frederick Bonifacio from the Philippines bagged the Gold Prize from among the 125 entries received from nine countries, namely, Australia...
Location: Moldova, Orhei (45 km north from Chisinau) Transport: Chisinau can be reached by bus, train or plane. In Chisinau the members of the organizing committee will meet all the participants. The place where the Jamboree will take place can be...
A while ago, to our great honor and pleasure, we had participated at the 1st Forum of Innovations from Ukraine, which set as a purpose the Promotion of volunteering in the CSI states through scout methods, which for over a century brings its...
The African University on Youth and Development (AUYD) took place from 4 to 12 July in Cape Verde and brought together approximately 150 Youth leaders, mainly from Africa and Europe. The University, organised by the North-South Centre of the Council...
On the 2nd of December, the European Commission officially launched the European Year of Volunteering 2011. After almost 3 years of commitment from Scouting, and other civil society organisations, we finally start seeing the results. This year is our...
Many people have a difficult time accessing information from the World Wide Web. In a lot of cases, a weak local telecommunications infrastructure means that connections to the Internet are very slow, making downloading information from many graphic...
The first official Scouts of the World Award Discovery in Thailand took place during 21-23 August 2009 by the Thai Rover Scout Association and National Scout Organization of Thailand (NSOT) at Kaengkrachan Riverside Scout Camp (KRSC). The SW...