Events
Forty Scout leaders from diverse parts of the world gathered in Vienna (Austria), from 20 to 24 February 2014 for an inter-religious dialogue event organised by the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for interreligious and Intercultural...
23rd WSJ - Next year, 30 000 Scouts from all over the world will gather in Japan for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree (WSJ). Already last summer, 14 000 participants from 53 countries got a sneak preview of what is to come when participating in the Asia...
The 67th Baden-Powell World Fellowship Event took place from 26th to 30th November 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. The B-P Fellowship Chapter of Japan planned the entire event under the leadership of World Scout Foundation Board member Mr. Masaya Arao to a...
South Africa - Buntu Tsotsobe, Assistant Troop Scouter for 1st Liwa Scout Troop in Guguletu, was flown to Paris on a trip where he surprised King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on his 60th Birthday. In 2007 Buntu met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during...
The inaugural weekend of the World Centennial of Catholic Scouts and Guides took place in Mouscron (Belgium) on 12 and 13 January. Situated close to Belgium’s border with France (Lille), Mouscron is the place where 100 years ago the first troop of...
ovember 2012 saw three high profile Regional Scout Events with Scouts, Trainers and top Leaders of National Scout Organizations from all over the Asia-Pacific Scout Region coming together to Bangladesh. The Events gave Bangladesh Scouts a fantastic...
Göran Hägerdal is the newly appointed Executive Director, Strategy and Education at the World Scout Bureau Central Office in Geneva. In his new role, Göran has overall responsibility for the Strategy for Scouting, Educational Methods (Youth Programme...
Göran Hägerdal is the newly appointed Executive Director, Strategy and Education at the World Scout Bureau Central Office in Geneva. In his new role, Göran has overall responsibility for the Strategy for Scouting, Educational Methods (Youth Programme...
An update on progress made and challenges encountered by the Working Groups and Core Groups and a review of the budgetary process were major points on the agenda of the recent meeting of the European Regional Scout Committee at Gilwell Park, the...
The meeting was held in Algiers from 24 to 28 May, with arrivals from 23 May and some departures on 29 May. In total there were 23 participants from the Arab Region: Algeria, Kuwait, Qatar, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, Palestine, Tunisia...