News and Stories
On 7th October, 2016 the VI Eurasia Scout Conference elected three new members of the Eurasia Scout Committee for the term 2016-2022, namely: Arthur Khachatryan (Armenia), Inna Harutyunyan (Belarus) and Sergiu Chirica (Moldova). Irina Pruidze...
Experts from 18 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) recently participated in a workshop on disaster mitigation, preparedness and response in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Held from 9 to 11 October 2016, the workshop was organised by the World Organization of...
SAVE YOUR SPOT! JOTA-JOTI 2016 campfires are now confirmed and registrations are OPEN! There are four campfires you can join, and each of them will be full of amazing conversations! SAVE YOUR SPOT now to get on board. The conversations will be about...
In the past years, several countries in the Asia-Pacific Region were hit by natural disasters such as tsunami, earthquake, forest fire, typhoon and others almost every year. And in any disaster, Scouts are always there to help. Living out the Scout...
In the period 30 september-3 October, in Armenia, took place the traditional youth engagement project for Eurasia- Excelscout. It was a very special edition since it was the 10th anniversary, but also because this year the participants to Excelscout...
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” 4 October is the day when Catholic Christians remember the life and works of Francesco d'Assisi. It was he who Robert Baden-Powell chose as patron for Cub Scouting...
Greetings, we are Caitlin, Seruya, Andriy, Nathaniel and Julius - your Scout Representatives who recently participated in the opening events of the United Nations General Assembly! We learned so much and told people from all kinds of backgrounds...
As environment is central to Scouting, Scouts are given opportunities to experience and connect with nature. In the Asia-Pacific Region, National Scout Organization of Thailand (NSOT) hosted the APR Workshop on Environment Education in Scouting at...
European International Scout Camps 2017 Most of you will only just have returned from your annual Summer Camp. Many will be in the middle of sorting out hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures capturing the different activities of your camp. Looking...
The Tanzania Scouts Association & UK Hampshire scouts have entered into a partnership in which Hampshire scouts will volunteer to renovate the Tanzania Scout National Training Centre known as Bahati Camp located in Morogoro region. About 115 Scouts...
Thai Scouts Promotion Foundation formed the World Heritage Scout Troop to run important activities at the Ayutthaya World Heritage site located at the former capital of Thailand. The Scout Troop completed the training on Cultural World Heritage Sites...
Scouts will be at the UN General Assembly between 16 and 26 September. The team of young people from across the world will be representing World Scouting at meetings in and around the UN Headquarters. Topics will range across sustainable development...
Last week, Dominik Habsburg-Lothringen, President of Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs , the National Scout Organisation in Austria, joined representatives of the Österreichisches Rote Kreuz (Austrian Red Cross) and the Steirische Landjugend...
September is the month to celebrate peace and each year the International Day of Peace (Peace Day) is observed around the world on 21 September. According to the United Nations, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to...
The same as “proficiency” validates a high level of English language knowledge, to find that a person has been a Scout in a personal CV guarantees that the person has essential skills to deal with the current job market. These are the ten strengths...