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On December 13-17, 2012 GOSM is conducting Leadership and World Scout Environment Programme Trainings for its members. 23 participants of the training (from Tbilisi, Rustavi and Shida Kartli) will acquire group building, communication, activity...

Situated in the heart of the Balkans in South-East Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina is a country very often perceived as torn by conflicts on ethnic basis. Hana Pasic, International Commissioner of the “Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and...

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...

The 55th Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and 16th Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) was held during the weekend of 20 and 21 October 2012. About 1 million Scouts from 150 countries took part in the event, a participation number that has been stable for many...

Girls and boys belonging to the Guide and Scout Movement of La Plata - Argentina, got together on Saturday 3 November 2012 for a procession in their town to raise awareness about issues that are important for all inhabitants of this beautiful planet...

The Kenya Scouts Association’s National Youth Representatives, Grace Michuki and Nelson Opany, have mobilised Scouts and young people in Kenya to join the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Kenya Chapter. Grace also happens to be the current Chairperson of...

Libyan Scouts played a very efficient role at national level during the recent revolution events that has affected the country. During the revolution, Scouts were active in offering first-aid and care for the wounded and provided many community...

As part of the implementation of the 2nd strategic priority of the Eurasia Regional Strategy Action plan (2010-2013), “Better Scouting for more young people: an attractive youth programme and membership growth”, the Scout Center “Krasnokamenka”...

Barely a month after Hurricane Sandy devastated Haiti, Cuba and the United States of America, and following a year full of storms, floods, droughts, earthquakes, forest fires, volcanic eruptions and every other natural disaster we can imagine...

5th of December was set as the International Volunteer Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. The theme for 2012 is ‘Celebrate Volunteering!’. International Volunteer Day offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual...

A mix of thanksgiving, recognition and celebration flooded the plenary hall of Bangabandhu International Conference Center ( BICC ), in Dhaka, Bangladesh as the 24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference came to a close on 29th November 2012. In his...

27 November 2012, Dhaka -- National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region voted for the five new members of the Regional Scout Committee for 2012-2018. Newly-elected members are Mr. Janaprith Fernando (Sri Lanka), Mr. Paul Parkinson...

In the period of November 24-25 the scout master group of Yerevan held “B” rank school-jamboree in Byurakan campsite. The main goal of this event was to give new scout knowledge to the participants. During the school-jamboree a number of lectures...

Scouts Australia has reinforced their commitment to fight child abuse and welcomed a recent decision by their Federal Government to establish a national Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child abuse in...

Thirteen Chief Scout Executives (CSEs) and seven representatives from 15 National Scout Organizations gathered at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22nd November 2012 and discussed the role of NSO and how they...