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3 June, Kuala Lumpur – In supporting the Scouts Association of Malaysia to strengthen its Adult Resources Management to deliver a qualitative Youth Programme to its members and a better managed organization, a 4-day workshop on Adults in Scouting is...

27th May 2011, Singapore - A moment of reflection opened the Committee NSO Visit (CNV) at the national headquarters of the Singapore Scout Association (SSA). SSA President Mr Noel Hon welcomed the visiting team comprised of 1st Vice Chairman Prakorb...

Scouts under the Ticket to Life (TTL) project in Karachi, Pakistan made a declaration that they are a friend of the environment during a tree planting activity on 14 May 2011. This activity was a kick off ceremony to launch the Tree Plantation...

A simple ceremony opened the Committee NSO Visit (CNV) at the Polynesia Scout Council on 5th May led by Roger Marama, President of Des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses Unionistes in Tahiti. The President of Polynesia Scout Council Leone Revault welcomed the...

In the National Strategic Planning Workshop from 30 April to 4 May 2011 at the National Headquarters in Suva, 25 key leaders of Fiji Scouts Association (FSA), including the council members and district commissioners, drafted their Vision 2020. The...

President of the Republic of Fiji HE Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in as Chief Scout of the Fiji Scout Association (FSA) after his investiture on Saturday, 29 April at the Government House in Suva, Fiji. Key leaders witnessed the ceremony...

The CNV mission to Bhutan was held at the Centenary Youth Village in Thimphu on 28 April led by the Vice Chairman of the Regional Scout Committee Dr Mukhyuddin Sarwani with a five-member team from the Asia-Pacific Region. Bhutan Scouts Association...

The Committee NSO Visit (CNV) to Nepal Scouts as the 21st mission around the Asia-Pacific was held from 23 -25 April at National Headquarters in Kathmandu. The review of eight key indicators covered in the CNV involved very healthy discussions and...

The Regional Scout Committee, at its meeting on 16 April in Makati City, accepted for the first time a framework for the region’s strategic planning exercise. They agreed on a key decision that membership growth is the goal of the strategic plan for...

The Regional Scout Committee met in Makati City, Philippines on 16-17 April 2011 and tackled numerous issues of regional interest. One of them is the approval of the new implementing guidelines for recognizing youth events, in particular, the Asia...

Volunteering is very much part of Scouting. For this year, out of the 107 photographs submitted by 10 National Scout Organizations, Mr Arvind Danapalan from Malaysia bagged the gold prize. Mr Sarwar Shahriar of Bangladesh and Mr Nino Christopher...

Strengthening youth programme is the core business of Cambodia Scouts. With the support of Asia-Pacific Region Programme Sub-committee, a workshop on programme development was held exclusively for Cambodian leaders on 17-20 March 2011 at the...

On a rare occasion, the newly appointed Minister of Youth and Sports of the Government of Nepal Hon. Barsha Man Pun, met on 20th March the regional scout colleagues from the Asia-Pacific who made a stop over in Kathmandu on their way to Bhutan for...

The 2nd preparatory meeting for the 24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference was held at the Bangladesh Scouts National Training Center in Mouchak on 17th March 2011 under the chairmanship of Habibul Alam of the Host Organizing Committee (HOC)...

It was a rare occasion in Phnom Penh in the presence of His Excellency Im Sethy, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia, where a group of 43 adult leaders received their Wood Badge and Gilwell scarf on 16 March 2011, marking a new...