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109 years ago today, B-P brought together 20 boys for the first-ever Scout camp on Brownsea Island. Despite coming from different social backgrounds, the boys had an edifying and exhilarating time, learning vital practical skills using techniques...
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...
The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS call for participants for The Academy 2016, scheduled to take place in Larnaca, Cyprus, from 1 to 6 November 2016. What is The Academy? The Academy is the European Scout Region's and the...
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...
As announced earlier, we will be organising a live Q&A session on what is like to intern with the World Scout Bureau this Monday 25 July at 8:30 am CET / 14:30 MYT. Talk to Caitlin Wood, the former intern of Youth Programmes - Scouts of the World...
In June 2015, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue ( KAICIID) hosted the first Dialogue for Peace Training of Trainers (ToT)...
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...
We are looking for an ambitious, sharp and dynamic intern who will enhance our current efforts to promote Diversity and Inclusion within the Movement. This person should · be committed to the promotion of equality, inclusion and diversity · have a...
Here it is an update for the National Scout Organizations about great resources available to celebrate the Cub Scout Centenary - Cub Scouting Centenary Activity Kit for National Scout Organizations, you will find new tools and ideas to promote the...
The World Scout Bureau Global Support Centre in Kuala Lumpur is looking to recruit three skilled, enthusiastic and hard working interns to support our digital engagement developments. Send us your application if you - are enthusiastic about the power...
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...
The Academy is a joint event of WOSM and WAGGGS working in partnership at European level, with key participation of volunteers and staff from both the Europe Region WAGGGS and the European Scout Region. Interested associations, NSOs or MOs, are...
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.