
External Relations

An Extended Executive Director Meeting is taking place in Kandersteg from 16 to 21 May 2011. 58 Executives of the World Scout Bureau Central Office and it's six Regional Offices are meeting in the wonderful setting of the Kandersteg International...

Geneva, 10 March 2010 -- On the 8th of March, the security service of the United Kingdom submitted to the National Archives three bundles of declassified documents covering a period extending from 1937 to 1944. The World Scout Bureau acquired these...

A new area for training opens today on Scout.org, for all the communication responsibles of the Scout Movement. The organization of the second series of regional communication Fora allowed to reinforce the training programme of those responsible for...

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...

“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...

European Voluntary Service (EVS) is a fantastic opportunity for young people. Through the Youth in Action Programme they can experience a volunteering period in a country other than their own. The Region will now open a position for one young person...

The Alliance of Civilizations held its first forum in Madrid, Spain on the 15-16 January 2008. An initiative of the United Nations Former Secretary-General, the Forum provided an opportunity to find new ways to bridge the growing divide between...

Barcelona, Spain based Eduard Vallory has just completed his two-year doctoral research on 'World Scouting as a global citizenship builder', as a Research Fellow (2004-06) of Fitzwilliam College - University of Cambridge. His remarkable thesis titled...

Scouting’s Sunrise is for every Scout at all levels of the Movement. This special occasion will be a worldwide celebration in unity, with the maximum involvement of members as well as the public. Find out more background information here. Tell us...