News and Stories
COP19/CMP9 - Jörn Becker, Ana Ferreira and Nhattan Nguyen, members of the World Scouting delegation, got an opportunity to meet with UN Secretary-General's Envoy of Youth Mr Ahmad Alhendawi at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP19 taking...
22-24 November, 500 Scouts from over 100 countries and territories will gather in Hong Kong for the 1st World Scout Education Congress. For three days, participants and experts will share, discuss and debate their experiences and expertise in...
(Tel-Aviv/IBGSF) - A recent article on the website of Israel 21, a national non-profit education foundation in Israel praises the inter-cultural leadership training run by the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation. Over many years Scouts and Guides...
Kenya - Kenya Scouts Association participated in a peace walk dubbed, “Education for Peace: Peace Begins with me”. The Walk was an initiative by the Peace Ambassadors Kenya, a national initiative of youths drawn from various institutions of higher...
For the first time in 50 years, Scouting in Myanmar is up and running with a training of Unit Leaders now on-going in Mandalay. After the initial visit of a high level delegation to Myanmar from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in...
The three Scout Associations in Bosnia-Herzegovina have finalised the draft of a common Youth Programme which will be submitted at the next general assembly for approval. An important step in the development of Scouting in that country, worth a three...
Scouts of China gave a heartwarming welcome to the members of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee who met at the Chien Tan International Youth Activity Center in Taipei on the 19th and 20th of October. For two days, the Regional Scout Committee...
UN Secretary General says the MDG's have helped cut world's poverty by half and he brings focus now on the Post-2015 development agenda with emphasis on sustainable development. How can we as Scouts help contribute to the global efforts in creating a...
On September 23, during the 83rd Saudi National Day in Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 7 Scouts from across the world were recognised as Messengers of Peace Heroes. This annual award was presented to the Scouts by His Highness Prince Faisal bin...
Twenty eight young scout leaders representing 21 state associations gathered at the National Headquarters, in New Delhi, for the “Team India - Messenger of Peace Gathering" from 25th to 29th September 2013. These leaders are well-oriented and...
Cambodia Scouts, a relatively young national Scout organization, made an impressive hosting of the APR Workshop on Branding and Image Management held on 25-28 September in Siem Reap, Cambodia. National level leaders and young volunteers worked...
In a wonderful natural conservationa area, the 3rd SCENES Seminar started on Sunday 29th of September 2013 in one of the first SCNESE centres ”Campo Escuela Nacional Iztarú” few kilometres away from the Capital city “San Jose” of Costa Rica. The...
Taking the opportunity of training events for leaders to promote and implement the Messengers of Peace (MoP) initiative, Regional Director J. Rizal C. Pangilinan with Director S. Prassanna Shrivastava met with Bharat Scouts & Guides (BSG) National...
The 34 NSOs that are the first Scout Region in the world, "Interamerica" (1946), are on their way to the beautiful city of Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina, to celebrate what will be its XXV Regional Conference. The host NSO, Scouts of...
From 16th to 18th of August, in the city of Comayagua, the Scout Association of Honduras developed a Level 2 Course for Adult Leaders and Trainers. Sixteen participants, coming from all over the country, attended the course to develop their skills in...