News and Stories
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the International Dialogue Centre ( KAICIID) had recently completed an extensive survey on the role of “Spiritual Development in Scouting”. The survey, which poled feedback from 116 National...
Dear friends, During the past three years, the leadership of WAGGGS and WOSM have been undertaking a fruitful dialogue and collaboration. Following the good discussions held in the WAGGGS-WOSM Consultative Committee, there have been many...
On 1 – 3 July 2017, the Chairperson of the World Scout Committee, João Armando Gonçalves, representing the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), and Nicola Grinstead, the World Board Chair of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl...
From July 3-5, a conference on the future on the European Volunteer Service is taking place in Tallinn, in the frame of the EU Estonian Presidency. The aim of the conference is to establish trends in youth work and volunteering and translate those...
The Scout Association in Tunisia, Les Scouts Tunisiens, will receive several special guests this weekend. The Chairperson of the World Scout Committee, João Armando Gonçalves, representing the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), will be...
Highlights For its third regular meeting in the current triennium the European Scout Committee met in Venice, Italy. The Coordinators of the Areas of Operation were present, too, and joined the Committee for discussion of parts of the meeting’s...
In September 2003, a delegation from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) visited Timor-Leste for the first time and began to coordinate the establishment of União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor...
On 17 June, a series of deadly wildfires erupted across central Portugal, killing or injuring over 100 people. More than 1,700 firefighters nationwide were dispatched to put out the blazes. Scouts, who are often among the very first to respond in...
Big win for Scout Association of Hong Kong (SAHK) for being the 1st runner-up in Hong Kong’s Youth Award Scheme Kayaking on 18 June 2017. Young leader Chung Tsz-kin and Rover Tsang Sze Wai represented HKSA in this competition participated by 222...
The European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the Europe Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is pleased to call for participants for The Academy 2017, which is scheduled to...
On World Refugee Day, we reflect on the story of Omar and Saad, #Scouts who were serving the refugees when the Syrian civil war broke out, before they themselves became refugees. In 2014, they were forced to flee Syria with their family for fear of...
"I love Scout Camp. I’ve been a “camp guy” for the better part of 30 years, in just about every capacity. I’ve been a camper. A Scout leader. A scout camp commissioner, an administrator, instructor, inspector, and a lifeguard… and it’s been an...
Around 50 Rovers and Scouters of Khagrachori and Rangamati are working with the district disaster team on rescue and relief operations on a shift basis, after a series of landslides hit three districts of Bangladesh. In another location at Kaptai...
On World Refugee Day 2017, WOSM launches its new project “Time to be Welcome”. This event is run in collaboration with the European Youth Forum, and implemented thanks to the European Union and the Council of Europe partnership on youth affairs. This...
PAR - the Refugee Support Platform has been awarded the European Citizen’s Prize 2017 by the European Parliament. PAR - Plataforma de Apoio aos Refugiados is a Portuguese platform of civil society organisations involved in refugee work in Portugal...