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The 12th World Scout Youth Forum taking place from 4 to 7 August in Rogla, Slovenia, today elected 6 new Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee for the triennium 2014-2017. World Scouting congratulates and welcomes the new Youth Advisors: Mr...

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Ahmad Alhendawi

Day Two of the 12th World Scout Youth Forum started with a keynote address by Ahmad Alhendawi, the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in conjunction with the session on “Society changes Scouts”. Alhendawi referenced Scouting to the My World...

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Better World Magazine is the official publication of WOSM’s flagship initiative - Messengers of Peace. A new special edition is being launched at the 12th World Scout Youth Forum and 40th World Scout Conference, in Slovenia, and is now available...

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We are pleased to present you the Annual Report of the European Scout Committee’s work covering the period August 2013 to July 2014. In the report, we look back at the progress made since the 21st European Scout Conference in Berlin, Germany...

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After each World Scout Conference, the World Scout Committee develops a Triennial Plan based on resolutions adopted at the Conference and other ongoing projects. For the 2011-2014 triennium, the four Priority Areas have been: 21st Century Leadership...

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“Over the last triennium, the Youth Advisors had the opportunity to participate in the meetings of the World Scout Committee, served as members of several key world-level working groups, task forces and sub-committees. At each of these meetings, the...

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João Armando Gonçalves, member of the World Scout Committee, in his welcome speech, applauded the participants and their National Scout Organizations for making the 12th World Scout Youth Forum, the biggest ever to date. “Your participation in this...

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More than 177 Scouts from 80 countries are in Rogla, a mountain resort in Slovenia, for the four-day 12th World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) that began today. The strong support from the National Scouting Organizations in sending their delegates to the...

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The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is very happy to announce its candidate running for a second mandate in the Board of the European Youth Forum and keeping up the good work done for youth organisations: "I am very honoured to be...

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UGANDA - Rovers from the Uganda Scout Association embarked on a sensitization campaign through a cycling expedition. The main objective of the expedition was to educate the Lwengi District communities on how to prevent and control the spread of...

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NIGERIA - The Scout Association of Nigeria, celebrated the 2014 National Scouts Conference under the theme, “Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony”, in Uyo, the transformational City of Akwa Ibom State. The conference was attended...

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An international high level conference of Safe from Harm! in Brussels (Belgium) marked the end of a 18-month project run by the European Scout Region with financial support from the DAPHNE III programme of the European Union. Speaking to more than...

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My name is Eva M. Haunerová. I am a Czech Scout and came to Belgium four months ago to work in the Brussels Office of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). This happened because my National Scout Organisation...

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Greetings have been pouring in from well-wishers around the world in relation to the opening of the new World Scout Bureau Office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Below are a selection: "The 18th of June 2014 , thanks to the generous support of the...

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Today the World Scout Bureau opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These are the words I shared with our guests at the Grand Opening: - The Honourable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia - Simon Rhee...

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