World Scouting
Tomorrow, watch João Armando Gonçalves, World Scout Committee Chairperson as he speaks to Rover Scouts and Adult Volunteers at the International Volunteer Day celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic. You can view it here at 10:00 CET (GMT +1 hour) -...
Today is Education Day at COP21, the climate change conference in Paris, France. To recognise the importance of climate change education in combating the worrying effects of climate change on children, young people and their communities, the World...
World Scouting highly appreciates the time, energy and skills that volunteers have dedicated to the Scout Movement. What are some of the values that you appreciate most in your local Scout volunteers?
This week, nearly 150 world leaders from over 195 countries are gathered at COP21, in Paris, to talk about the environment and address climate change issues. Relevant and important decisions are being discussed and some are progressing, but the most...
The Conference of Youth (COY) and the Conference of Parties (COP) is currently taking place in Paris this week. Since 2009, World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has been actively participating in the conferences on climate change issues...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) today mourns the demise of a dear friend and Scout, Kim Kyu Young, former Regional Director of the World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Region. A Bronze Wolf holder, Kim dedicated two decades of his life...
The Conference of Youth (COY) and the Conference of Parties (COP) will be taking place from 26 November to 11 December, in Paris. Happening for the 11th year, COY is a conference for young people involved in climate change issues. COY is held just...
The region of South Kordofan has been suffering since a long time of both political and social conflicts, where the demographics of this area is a mixture of Arabs and Africans, and who wrangled over pasture and agriculture. That was the main point...
20 November marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. Scouting has always been taking responsibility to provide children...