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Eighty-nine participants from 26 countries are currently attending the 8th WSPU General Assembly at the Swedish Parliament. The WSPU aims to strengthen National Scout Organizations and World Scouting through the influence of parliamentarians who...
Delivered by Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth I am pleased to send warm greetings to brother and sister Scouts gathered today at Roverway 2016 in France. Congratulations to the 5,000 young people taking part, and thank you to...
More than 1,200 Scouts from 14 African and 2 non-African nations have converged on Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the 7th African Scouts Jamboree (#7ASJ2016). The biggest Scout event on the continent in 2016, the Jamboree aims to further empower...
We are in the middle of the European summer - the traditional period of Scout Camps in our Region. Here is just a short list of some of the many national and regional Jamborees taking place in Europe this summer (some have already finished while...
Yamoussoukro, August 1, 2016: Scouts from all over Africa have began streaming into Lycee Moderne Bad in Yamoussoukro, the venue for the 7th Africa Scout Jamboree, which kicks off today until the 10th August in Cote d’Ivoire. The Jamboree opens...
The International Training of Trainers (ITT) in Jambville, France welcomed 34 participants from 23 member countries last Sunday. For the past week, they have been engaged in various sessions on training systems, the assessment of their effectiveness...
30 July 2016, Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire: In two days time, over thousands of Scouts from all over Africa and beyond will converge in a tented city in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the Africa Scout Jamboree that will be held from 1 - 10 August...
Want to attend a Scout Jamboree without travel? Want to attend every year instead of waiting four years? Try JOTA-JOTI, which is active every year, the third weekend of October, and involves over 150 countries and typically one million Scouts. It...
15 July 206, UN Headquarters New York - UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) published the World Youth Report entitled: "Youth Civic Engagement". The World Youth Report on Youth Civic Engagement, compiled by the UN Department of...
Twenty four participants including male and female cub scout leaders, Scout leaders and Rovers attended a workshop focused on young people with special needs in Scouting from 25-29 June 2016, at the national campsite in Bat-Sumer, about 3 hours west...
Wild working weekend follows the intense working week. We report that we are alive, and still kicking. Preparing the sessions on strategy work for the Regional Conference.
National Programme and World Programmes Commissioners, Messengers of Peace team members, collaborators and Scout leaders working on related areas are invited to attend the World Scout Seminar on Messengers of Peace (MoP), from 12–16 October 2016, at...
Do you have a great community service idea but lack the funding to turn it into a reality? Then you mustn’t miss this opportunity to apply for the Global Youth Empowerment Fund. A partnership of JCI and the SDG Action Campaign (formerly the UN...
Purpose The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) hosted an exhibition at the 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly that was held at the United Nations Office in Nairobi from Monday 23 to...
Did you know that we are over 40 million Scouts today? If we took one another by the hand, we could circle the globe! Messengers of Peace is a global programme that invites Scouts worldwide to action, to support their communities and other people. A...