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Last month, the 2nd Youth Work Convention, five years after the first, brought together some 500 participants active in the youth work field. The aim of the Convention - organised in the framework of the Belgian presidency of the Committee of...
The Interamerican Youth Involvement Policy, adopted in the 24th Interamerican Scout conference in 2013, says: “Youth are valued for their capacity to contribute new and fresh perspectives to the traditional ways of operating. When youth area excluded...
Together with hundreds of other young people from around the world, Scouts and Guides from Austria ( Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs, Poland ( (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, ZHP), the United States ( BSA Troop 427, of Vienna, Autria...
ZIMBABWE: National Scout Organizations of the Southern Africa Zone held their 41st Zonal Conference and 12thZonal Youth Forum between 28th April and 3rd May 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe; under the theme, “One Tree, Many Branches.” A total of 10 NSOs...
The 9th Eastern Africa Zonal Youth Forum was held in December 2015 at Ndera Minor Seminary in Kigali, Rwanda. The forum, among other things elected a new zonal youth committee led by Murtadhwa Rashid from Tanzania. While sharing the report of the...
In the week after the Easter holiday, WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare visited the Africa Scout Regional Office at Rowallan National Scout Camp in Nairobi, Kenya. Accompanied by Abdullah Rasheed, Consultant and Special Advisor to the Secretary...
The large public enjoying the beauties of Lake Treska and the nice weather over the bank holiday weekend at the beginning of May 2015 were witnesses of activities the country had not seen so often for a quarter of a century: Slobodan Naskovski and...
For the understanding of the Interamerican Youth Programme Policy is needed to start in its principles: · An updated Youth Programme. · A relevant Youth Programme. · A significant Youth Programme. · Young people as the center of the programme. · A...
Six months before the 8th APR Scout Youth Forum in Korea, the Scout Association of Macau organized its 3rd Macau Scout Youth Forum on 1-2 May 2015 at the Scout Headquarters, in Taipa. Thirteen Venture Scouts joined the group discussions and came up...
Youth for Change Workshop was held during May 1-3.
Scouts of China’s (Taiwan) Ms. Hung, Ping-Lan is the Gold Prize winner of the 13th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest-2015. Silver prize winners are Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia’s Ashari Muhammad Hisbulloh and Boy Scouts of the Philippines’...
This week, more than 150 Scouts from across Europe will gather in Antalya (Turkey) for the 8th European Scout Educational Methods Forum of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM. If you are not amongst those...
The welcoming was conducted by Mauricio Veayra, where young people are the heart of our Movement was reaffirmed. To this preceded the words of Leonardo Morales, Chairperson of Interamerican Scout Committee and Raul Arturo Sanchez Vaca, Regional...
It was in 2011 that we began to hear with greater regularity the phrase “Messengers of Peace”. From around the world came stories of what scouts were doing in their communities to Build a Better World. Soon the number of projects grew. Hours of...
Last week Scouts of the World Award team met in Paris with UNESCO World Heratige Education department. Together WOSM and UNESCO developed a badge that you can get along side the SW Award called the Patrimonito Scout Badge, if you complete your...