World Scouting
Following a long-time tradition that happens every three years, Boy Scouts of America held the 2014 Omaha Beach Camporee from 25 to 27 April on the shores of Normandy, at Vierville-sur-mer, France. Around 5,000 Scouts and Leaders from the United...
From April 20 to 22, Scout Leaders from different countries in Africa participated in a Messengers of Peace three-day training held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue. Sixteen participants from Burundi, Congo...
Doina Postica (Moldova) and Jeremy Apert (France) represented World Scouting at the World Conference on Youth. The government of Sri Lanka organized the event from 6 to 10 May 2014 as part of the bigger process to evaluate the Millennium Development...
In 2012, Ukraine started implementing the national project, "Peace Platform: Scouting unites Ukraine." On the 100th anniversary of Scouting in Ukraine and as part of the project, many Scout groups of the National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine...
The United Nations are conducting their biggest survey in the history of the UN in order to gather the opinion of the world regarding the future goals, that will replace the current Millennium Developemt Goals (MDGs). Scouts are partnering with the...
This week is the Global Week of Action for “My World” – The United Nations Global Survey for a Better World. World Scouting has been actively participating in the global consultations and conversations around the processes to identify Post-2015...
World Scouting has been engaging strongly with the processes for identifying the Post-2015 development goals by the United Nations. MY World, the global survey for citizens led by the United Nations and partners, continues to capture people's voices...
The Circles of Existence project was first organized by The Israel Boy and Girl Scout Federation during 2011 and 2012 in order to empower youth to deal with diversity within the Israeli society and to engage in intercultural and inter-religious...
It is with great sadness that we announce the demise of Garnet de la Hunt, who was until the time of his death Chairman and Board Member of the National Scout Council, Scouts South Africa. He was also former Chairman of the World Scout Committee and...
The contest to design the logo for JOTA-JOTI 2014 will be launched tomorrow (23 April 2014). Entries will be able to be submitted via this website and via www.facebook.com/jota.joti.wosm