News and Stories
Over 3,000 participants participated in a vibrant Opening Ceremony, with brass bands, a few short speeches, noteably from the Camp Chief, the Chief Scout of Iceland and the representatives of the European Scout Committee and Europe Committee WAGGGS...
At the conclusion of a very successful European event, we are pleased to recommend the Roverway site - www.roverway.is - for continuing information about the event.
CNGEI Scouts involved in the rescue of valuable collection of books from earthquake damaged University Library The first stage of the work of recovery of the books in the University of L'Aquila Faculty of Arts Library was completed on 24 June 09. The...
On Monday 3 August 2009 at 18:10, 13 Scouts and 2 Leaders of the 1st Lerapetra Scout Group were injured in the region of Koutsouras, South-East Crete. The Scouts were victims of a road accident involving a car and a motorbike, when the car driver...
“Let’s Slogo!”: The official competition for a logo and slogan for the European Year of Volunteering 2011 launched. The Alliance has launched today the “Let’s Slogo!” competition on www.eyv2011.eu to call for proposals for logos and slogans. This...
The European Committee has just published its Annual Review for the year July 2008 till July 2009. This is the second such report which reflects the achievements made and the challenges faced. Continuing the spirit of openness which was evident last...
The official competition for a logo and slogan for the European Year of Volunteering 2011 is getting to the “crucial phase”: you can vote on www.eyv2011.eu your favourite Logo/Slogan! Public online voting on proposals will be opened from 1st to 16th...
AGESCI launches the first Scout Centre in Rome. FIRST SCOUT CENTRE IN ROME AGESCI launches Roma Scout Centre, a guest house providing accommodation for more than 120 people and a number of meeting rooms for conferences and seminars from 20 to 250/300...
The World Scouting is present during the flagship event that showcases Development and its actors in Europe, the European Development Days in Stockholm from 22 to 24 October 2009. Don’t hesitate to visit the stand! With the support of the Swedish...
On Sunday 1 November, after all the sessions were finished, all Scout participants departed from the Hotel Sport in Kralupy. Most “academics” headed home but for a few, they had a great chance to visit nearby Prague. A big "THANK YOU" again to all...
The Network meeting in Firenze was held from 6 to 8 November 2009 with lots of new participants joining longer established ones making the event a special one. Besides the Growth Network experienced participants, there were some new members this time...
The Scout Association of Mexico has announced a new date for the 13th Panamerican Scout Jamboree, which will now be held from 10 to 18 July 2010 in Toluca, Mexico. In view of this new date, the selection process for the environment projects...
In March 1909, the founder of Scouting himself, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, made a presentation to an audience of Chilean society influential people gathered at the Honour Room of the University of Chile and motivated them to work for the youth...
One of the main items dealt with in the last edition of the Iberoamerican Magazine for the Youth, destined to “Youth cultures” and edited by the Iberoamerican Organization of Youth (IOY/OIJ), is to reflect on the multiple cultural expressions of the...
As is now public knowledge, the Scout Association of Mexico, in consultation with the Interamerican Scout Committee and with its support, has postponed the 13th Panamerican Scout Jamboree that was scheduled to be held from 26 December 2009 and 2...