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The World Scout Committee has announced the new Secretary General for the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Scott Teare from the United States of America is the new Secretary General of World Scouting. Scott is currently the Director of the...

The opening ceremony of the National Programme Development Workshop of the Sri Lanka Scout Association was held at the Lee Dasanayake Training Center in Mirigama, Sri Lanka on the 26th of September attended by 39 participants from 28 districts from...

More than 40 key leaders of Cambodia Scouts from different parts of the country are currently attending the four-day National Workshop on Building Management Capabilities, at the Council of Ministers complex, heart of Phnom Penh from 25-28 September...

Eurosea 11, the European Sea Scout seminar held 19-23 September 2012 when 41 leaders from 19 countries representing 21 national scout associations and 4 of the worlds regions gathered in Copenhagen for 5 days of networking. The theme was “How can I...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot in the Sea of Tranquility on Earth’s only natural satellite, the Moon, and said ‘That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind’. The Crew Commander of the Apollo XI lunar mission and the first...

Moldova Scouting was impacted by an inspiring Scout project ‘Re-Rovering’ – created by 4 Scouting friends who believed in an idea. ‘Re-Rovering’ came by as a response to the situation of stagnation in the growth of Rover Scouts (in terms of quantity)...

Scouts Canada is more than 100 years old, but is still playing with toy cars. As an old saying goes, ‘never lose the child within you’. The National Scout Organisation has teamed with ‘Hot Wheels’ on a two-year partnership that will see the Mattel...

On 21 September 2012 Messengers of Peace ran a fun online activity to get 10,000 Scouts to “like” our Peace Challenge. Please help us by “liking” our International Peace Day Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ScoutChallenge2012MessengersofPeace...

Following on from the huge success of e-Learning initiatives, Scouts Australia’s new digital platform, Scout Central, has been created solely to provide the best possible resources for Scout Leaders, helping them save time, become more efficient...

Communication technology has played a pivotal role in bridging distances and gathering momentum with a view to disseminate knowledge and bring a focus on key subjects and issues such as environmental problems, health awareness and child rights. In...

Scouts from over thirty countries gathered at the Bungere Scout camp in Gitega, Burundi from 28th July to 5th August 2012 for the 6th Africa Scout Jamboree. 29 African countries and 6 European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Italy and...

Located within the border region of Ireland, between Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan, the “Castle Saunderson International Scout Centre” will encourage greater levels of interaction amongst young people from different religious, ethnic and cultural...

The International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21st September each year. In the context of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development that took place in June this year, the UN General Assembly declared that the...

Recognizing the importance of extending Scouting outside the school system and bringing Scouting closer to the community, the second Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Community-Based Scouting (CBS) is being held in New Delhi, India from 21st to 24th...

The Association du Scoutisme Genevois (The Scout Association of Geneva) or 'Scouts de Genève' is celebrating its Centenary. To mark this occasion, early this morning scarves were hung around the necks of 20 statues standing in the city of Geneva...