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22nd World Scout Jamboree

The 22nd World Scout Jamboree took place in RinkabyKristianstadScania in southern Sweden from 27 July to 7 August 2011. The theme was Simply Scouting. 40,061 Scouts, leaders and adult volunteers participated from 166 different countries.

Jamboree Site
The Jamboree was held on the fields of Rinkaby. In 2001, a national Jamboree took place here with 26,700 participants, and another national Jamboree, Jiingijamborii was held here from 14–22 July 2007. The camp area itself lies near the coast on sandy ground surrounded by pine woods. Sandy earth helps rain water run off and thus there is no risk of any parts of the camp area being waterlogged. The campsite is approximately 1.5 km by 1.5 km. Small areas of forest divide the campsite into smaller fields. The temperature is varying, average day temperature in the period is 22 degrees Celsius (72 °F), average night temperature is 17 °C (63 °F). The sun rises at 5 o'clock in the morning (05:00). Sunset is at 9 in the evening (or 21:00). Drinking water is available from wells at the field. There is already an extensive water and power system in the ground, dimensioned with the World Scout Jamboree in mind. In the southern part of the field there is space for the arena with a natural amphitheatre. There are sandy beaches near the camp area with sand dunes formed by the wind, creating their own particular type of landscape. The camp organised shuttle buses to the beach.

Opening And Closing Ceremonies

The opening ceremony took place on 27 July 2012. It included a history and geography of Sweden, with music including the jamboree song "Changing the world" performed by Daniel Lemma and Pär Klang. Also included was a procession of flags (one from each country) and the official handover from great Britain to Sweden, which involved Bear Grylls absailing down from the roof of the stage (he had planned to paraglide in but had to change due to bad weather).
The closing ceremony took place on 6 August 2012, with live music from rock band Europe, playing songs including "Final Countdown", as well as a female Belgian singer; halfway through her set a storm started with heavy rain. Every Scout reaffirmed the Scout Promise, including the king of Sweden.

Subcamps
Each Town contained six subcamps each consisting of 2,000 Scouts with its own programme of activities. Within the subcamps each unit consisted of 4 patrols; a patrol consisting of 9 youth and 1 adult. The three towns were:
The adult-only Town for IST members and other adults not affiliated with a Sub-camp or participant unit had its own programme of activities :
  • Spring

Module Activities
The Module Activities Department created and delivered all Module programmes for all the participants at the World Scout Jamboree.
The module activities programme was made up of 5 separate but interlinked strands:
  • "People"
  • "Quest"
  • "Global Development Village"
  • "Dream"
  • "Earth"
The Module Activities took place over seven days during the camp; every participating scout was able to visit every Module (five Modules in five days) as well as Camp-in-Camp (for two days). The Activities were approximately 4–5 hours long.
Module Activities Philosophy The Module Activities were meant to provide a memorable, inspiring and engaging scout programme. Every participant was given the opportunity to see modern and well planned activities which delivered new and exciting experiences, ideas and knowledge for everyone at the World Scout Jamboree.
Aim of the Modules Every Module had an individual aim and direction that gave the participating scouts some specific experiences and insights; some of the Modules focused on personal insight and some on knowledge and engagement with more global issues. Some Modules focused on the scout herself/himself, some on the scout patrol, and some on a wider group in society or the whole world. All the Modules offered several different thoughts, questions, experiences and feelings – contributing to a positive development for the Scout Movement as well as every scout at the jamboree.
The Module Activities contributed to a full and positive jamboree experience for the scouts from all different countries and cultures represented at the camp. An experience that was intended to be unique and fun for each scout and to contribute to their personal development by focusing on the five areas of personal growth through the use of the Scout Method. The Module Programme encouraged the young people to develop their skills and abilities in the following areas;
  • Initiative
  • Self reliance
  • Team work & cooperation
  • Planning & organisation
The Module Programme also provided a wonderful opportunity for all of the scouts to spend time with old friends and at the same time meet many new people and develop many new friendships. Through these new friendships, networks, shared experiences and feelings of solidarity the World Scout Movement continued to develop and prosper.
The activities of the Module Programme provided all scouts with an opportunity to experience nature, try new ideas that they could take home and to learn how to develop their own ideas from concept to reality. Through this process the scouts were encouraged and facilitated to challenge their expectations and assumptions and to develop new ways of thinking.
All the Module Activities had a clear objective. The Scout Method was fundamental in the preparation as well as the realization of the work; the Scout Law, “learning by doing” and personal progression wre all important to the programme. The Activities also contributed to awareness of nature. Most of the Activities were patrol based – sometimes the scouts would be in their own patrol and sometimes together with other patrols, or in an international patrol. This contributed to the scout's individual growth and identity within the group as well as developing the group as a whole. The programme encouraged the scouts to rethink, reflect and gain new understanding during the activities as well as afterwards.

International Service Team
The International Service Team (IST) was a group of about 10,000 adult volunteers who ran the jamboree.
Program modules for the IST included four themes:
  • Our world
  • Personal Development
  • Spiritual Experience
  • New Skills
IST members had to attend at least two activities from two different themes to attain the IST Experience silver badge and three activities from three different themes to attain the gold badge. A patrol of IST consisted of unit of from four to eight scouts from different countries. Each patrol was assigned to a specific task.
The ISTs from larger contingents lived in Spring town, 40 people from one contingent in a plot.

21st World Scout Jamboree


The 21st World Scout Jamboree was held in July and August 2007, and formed a part of the Scouting 2007 Centenary celebrations of the world Scout Movement. The event was hosted by the United Kingdom, as 2007 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of Scouting on Brownsea Island.
The event was held for 12 days between 27 July and 8 August, in Hylands ParkChelmsfordEssex. This site was selected because of the easy access to air and sea transport, and it is also near Gilwell Park, an important campsite and training centre for Scout Leaders.
Over 38,000 Scouts and leaders from 158 countries which have a recognised National Scout Organization (recognition is conferred by membership in the World Organization of the Scout Movement) camped for the event, while over 50,000 others attended for day visits. There were also over 8600 members of the International Service Team who also came from all over the world.
Participation
The event was open to all members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) who are between the ages of 14 and 17 at the start of the Jamboree on July 27, 2007. Members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts(WAGGGS) may have participated if the respective national WOSM member organization agreed. People who wished to attend must have been selected by their respective Scouting associations.
Adults were able to participate in support roles as members of the International Service Team, National Contingent Support Teams, Troop Leaders, National Representatives, Off-Site Program Workers, or members of the Build Team.
Day visitors of all ages were also welcomed to the event. However, the dates and the areas on which day visitors were able to visit were restricted to maintain park capacity limits.
The event was the second largest ever Jamboree held with 38,074 participants and IST attending, but with more countries than ever before., and more than 42,000 day visitors. The 3rd 'Coming of Age' Jamboree in 1929 was the largest held, with 50,000 participants.

Theme
Each Jamboree has a theme, and the 2007 Jamboree's is "One World, One Promise". This motto is incorporated on the Centenary badge and is available in the local language of all Scouting organisations who are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. This motto is also included in the lyrics of the Jambo Song.

Factfile
  • Between midnight on Thursday 26 and midnight on Friday 27 one coach arrived at Hylands Park every two minutes on average.
  • One roll of toilet paper was used up every minute.
  • Over 5 km of fibre Optic cable and over 45 km of Category 5 cable was used in the IT systems.
  • More countries took part in the 21st World Scout Jamboree than in the most recent Olympic Games.
  • Over 100,000 kg of meat was eaten during the course of the event.
  • Approximately 90 tankers of toiletry waste were taken away from the site every day.
  • Several activities in the 21st World Scout Jamboree attempted to break a Guinness World Record, this includes successfully launching 1032 model rockets at the same time, taking 500 kayaks into the water on the opening day and 384 pairs dancing a Polish national dance. Nevertheless, on 7 August 2007 at 19:30, Scouting was officially declared and certified by Scott Christie, record manager of the Guinness Book of World Records, as the largest youth organisation in the world.

Attractions
Key attractions, events and facilitions included:
  • Globuses. These were a series of London buses transformed to be a learning base. They featured topics on slavery, women's rights, children's rights, global travel, HIV/AIDS and water. A particularly famous bus was the women's rights bus which had a previous role in Spice World.



  • Opening ceremony: The camp was called to order in a special ceremony. Prince William and Duke of Kent (President of the UK Scout Association) attended and participated representing the Queen.
  • World Village: Six areas on the Jamboree site where Scouts could experience things like creativity, technology, and culture.
  • Gilwell Adventure: Adventurous and challenging activities were provided at Gilwell Park, the UK Scouting Headquarters.
  • Global Development Village: An exhibition that explored the world's key challenges through practical workshops run by specialists from the United Nations and similar organizations and charities like Oxfam.

  • Community Action Day: Known officially as 'Starburst', a day that was devoted to making a difference in the community through involvement which included activities like clearing thorn bushes & trees at Epping Forest and redecorating a children's home.
  • Daily Shows: Performed by the World Scout Jamboree cast from the UK, a group of Scouts and Guides who had auditioned to perform. There were a range of songs being performed, including a unique 'Jamboree Megamix', a song comprising favorite pop hits, as well as the official Jamboree Song.
  • Sunrise Ceremony: This event marked the 100 years of Scouting; all of the Scouts joined together to re-take their promise via a live video link to Brownsea Island, where the first Scout Camp took place. The cast also provided entertainment during and after this early morning event. Similar events occurred at 8am local time, August 1, all over the world. Lord Michael Baden-Powell, grandson of the founder of the Scout Movement, was also present; and he read out excerpts from letter that his grandfather wrote before his death. "I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so can enjoy life when you are a man...But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. "Be Prepared" in this way, to live happy and to die happy—stick to your Scout promise always—even after you have ceased to be a boy—and God help you to do it. Your Friend Baden-Powell"
  • Sunrise camp: Each participating country should nominate 2 members to the Sunrise Camp, Jul 27 to Aug 01.They will bedivided into 4 patrols and enjoy a series of activities at Brownsea Island, including help prepare and participate in the sunrise ceremony.
  • Adult Jamboree Friendship Award is introduced for International Service Team members and Adult Leaders.
  • Internet Cafes and WiFi hotspots.

Subcamps
Each hub contained four subcamps each consisting of 2,000 Scouts with its own programme of activities. Within the subcamps each troop had 36 participants. The four hubs were:
  • Tropical
    • Jungle
    • Lagoon
    • Mangrove
    • Rain forest
  • Ocean
    • Beach
    • Harbour
    • Fjord
    • Atoll
  • Desert
    • Oasis
    • Dune
    • Wadi
    • Tundra
  • Mountain
    • Volcano
    • Plateau
    • Glacier
    • Canyon
The adult-only hub for IST members and other adults not affiliated with a Sub-camp or participant unit and has own programme of activities at first time:
  • Island

Preparations
Preparations for the event have included a smaller scale Jamboree, EuroJam 2005, where 12,000 Scouts, from acrossEurope, camped in the same location. This dry run allowed the planners of the Jamboree to test a number of aspects of the event, including the control of the massive influx of the contingents into the area. The food and supplies for the EuroJam event also set a world record for the largest single internet order to a supermarket, with deliveries being made in large articulated trucks.
Scouts Shops Ltd, responsible for sourcing much of the equipment for the 21st World Jamboree, reported that the cost of steel on the world market increased as a result of the Jamboree placing its order.

International Service Team
The International Service Team (IST) were Scouts aged 18 and above who help to build large-scale Scouting events, the most notable being World Scout Jamborees. They arrived one week before the beginning of the actual event for preparation.
There were over 8600 members of the IST at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, and they helped to build, run, take down and maintain the events, activities and services on the Jamboree site. The IST were split in to two main sections, with four sub-sections, depending on their interests and qualifications:
  • On-Site IST looked after on-site services, events and activities.
  • Off-Site IST looked after Splash!, the water activities day, Gilwell Adventure, activities at the home of Scouting, and Starburst, the community projects day.
Including water, gas and electricity, the IST built and maintained the fifth largest city in Essex from a park in under a month.

UK Contingent Pre-Event Party
The entire UK contingent arrived one day before the rest of the world, and had a party on the Tropical Hub stage with performances fromLiberty X and Lemar, along with Radio 1 DJ Jason King and CBBC TV presenter Anne FoyPeter Duncan, UK Chief Scout, was also on the stage.





20th World Scout Jamboree


The 20th World Scout Jamboree took place in the naval base in Sattahip, Thailand. It was the second World Jamboree to be held in Southeast Asia after the Philippines hosted the event in 1959.
The Jamboree provided an opportunity for 30,000 Scouts from all over the world to spend 12 days camping together and attend activities designed for them in self-development and social responsibility, within the framework of the educational Scout method. The Jamboree fostered the progress and unity of World Scout Movement and strongly linked it to Asian culture, both in terms of activities, mainly Thai dancing, and method .
The theme of the 20th World Scout Jamboree was Share our World, Share our Cultures.
As with previous Jamborees, the standard troop size was 36 youths plus 4 adult leaders.
The 20th World Scout Jamboree was held in Sattahip, Chonburi Province, about 180 km southeast of Bangkok. The camp site was located on a beach on the Gulf of Thailand, covering 1,200 hectares and consisting of flat plains, foothills and a white sandy beach.
The emblem shows a typical Thai roof. The A-shaped gables in the roof represent Thailand's development of traditions and cultures and the sharing of these traditions from generation to generation.

19th World Jamboree


The 19th World Jamboree in Chile, the first ever in South America, took place at a 7,400-acre (30 km2) site in the foothills of the Andes, some 38 miles (61 km) south of the capital city of Santiago. For 11 days, from 27 December 1998, to 6 January 1999, approximately 31,000 Scouts and leaders from nearly every Scouting association in the world assembled for a festival of friendship and Scouting spirit.
The jamboree theme of "Building Peace Together" was evident everywhere. And when jamboree Scouts weren't busy making new friends and exchanging mementos, they participated enthusiastically in a program that included full days of patrol activities. These included:
  • The Global Development Village, with exhibits and workshops devoted to science and technology, cultural and artistic expression, environmental issues, and intercultural peace and understanding.
  • A tournament trail of physical challenges and typical games from all across the Americas.
  • A day of community service in nearby villages.
  • An overnight hike through the site's 5,700 acres (23 km2) of rugged and desert-like countryside.
  • Day visits to area farms, fruit-packing factories, and mining works — ending with a country barbecue and folklore activity in Rancagua, the region's capital city.

18th World Scout Jamboree


The 18th World Scout Jamboree was held August 1 to 11, 1995 and was hosted by the Netherlands on a polder nearDrontenFlevoland. 28,960 Scouts and staff members from 166 countries and territories participated in the event, the largest representation of countries to date, including 34 countries where Scouting was being born or reborn.
The event was officially opened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her husband Prince Claus. The theme was Future is Now and the Jamboree was also visited by Carl XVI Gustaf of SwedenPrincess Basma bint Talal of Jordan and Sadako OgataUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, who inaugurated the second Global Development Village, a major attraction, with Scouts from all over the world sharing experiences and learning more about other ways of life. Various activities and stalls at the Plaza, in the middle of the Jamboree site, provided lighter entertainment.
Some of the range of activities were the Jamboree Friendship Award, the interreligious ceremony on violence and peace, a Scout Forum and connection via satellite with Boutros Boutros-GhaliSecretary-General of the United Nations, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, with the participation of Scout associations, Non-governmental Organizationsand specialized agencies of the United Nations, in particular UNHCR and the United Nations Children's Fund.
The Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono is based on the Carta do Escutismo Lusófono (Charter of Lusophone Scouting), formulated during the Jamboree on August 6, 1995. The original signatory organizations were the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português, the União dos Escoteiros do Brasil, the Corpo Nacional de Escutas da Guiné-Bissau and theAssociação de Escuteiros de São Tomé e Príncipe.

17th World Scout Jamboree


The 17th World Scout Jamboree was held August 8 to 16, 1991 and was hosted by South Korea at Soraksan National Park, near the border with North Korea, and some 200 km, six hours by road, from Seoul.
Many Lands, One World was the theme, which brought together approximately 20,000 Scouts from 135 countries and territories, and in particular, Eastern European nations, as all the formerly communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union were developing Scouting in the months preceding the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Scouts from Czechoslovakia and Hungary participated as members of the World Scout Movement for the first time since 1947. Bulgaria,BelarusEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaPolandRomaniaRussiaUkraine and Yugoslavia each fielded contingents.
The Jamboree started with bad weather, with rain and flooding providing major problems. The opening and closing ceremonies were designed to rival those of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The Jamboree sported the first Global Development Village program, and was visited by Korean president Roh Tae-wooCarl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco.
The British contingent transported a replica Brownsea Island Scout camp to re-enact Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell's 1907 experiment in Scouting. It became the most photographed and filmed event at the Jamboree.
Scouts also experienced home hospitality in South Korea and Japan.

16th World Scout Jamboree


The 16th World Scout Jamboree was held 30 December 1987 to 7 January 1988, the first World Scout Jamboree held in the Southern Hemisphere, and the first to change the date from the traditional August to January to coincide with summer. The Jamboree was hosted by Australia at Cataract Scout Park a specially constructed Scout tent city situated on a 160-hectare site at Appin, New South Wales, near SydneyNew South Wales. 14,434 Scouts from 84 countries attended the Jamboree, with around 13,000 more in attendance on "Visiting Day". The theme was Bringing the World Together.
The course of New Year's Day passed during the Jamboree, and the opening ceremony of the Jamboree, at midnight on 31 December 1987, was the first official event of Australia's Bicentenary.
Highlights included the Challenge Valley obstacle course, and the Great Aussie Surf Carnival, for which all Scouts were shuttled in over 50 buses to Thirroul Beach.
The United Kingdom contingent included Betty Clay, daughter of the founder of Scouting, and eleven members of theBaden-Powell family, nine of whom were direct descendants of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. In addition 18 Ranger Guides attended, the first time members of the Guide Association were allowed to take part in a World Jamboree.

15th World Scout Jamboree


The 15th World Scout Jamboree was held in 1983 and was hosted by Canada at KananaskisAlberta, an area of Provincial Park 4,000 feet in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 80 miles west of CalgaryAlbertaThe Spirit Lives Onwas the theme of the World Jamboree, with a total attendance of over 15,000 Scouts from nearly 100 countries.
The name of the Jamboree refers to the idea that Scouting, and its spirit of international brotherhood, could overcome difficulties such as those which caused the cancellation of the 1979 Jamboree four years earlier.
The wild feel of the camp was enhanced by regular visits from bears and moose, which would wander in and out of the area.

15th World Scout Jamboree (Cancelled)


The 15th World Scout Jamboree was scheduled to be held in July 1979 and was to be hosted by Iran at Nishapur, but was cancelled due to political instability.
The 15th World Jamboree was to be held at the 10 square kilometre Omar Khayyám Scout Park, near the Afghan andTurkmen borders. The Second Asia-Pacific Jamboree was held at the site in preparation, in the summer of 1977. However, the destabilizing events of the Islamic Revolution caused the 15th World Jamboree to be cancelled near the end of 1978. Instead, the World Organization of the Scout Movement announced the "World Jamboree Year" by holding several international World Jamboree Year camps in AustraliaCanadaSwedenSwitzerland and the United States that took up the momentum. However, a number of commemorative items had already been made for the event, the demand for which and the value of which was greatly inflated by the Jamboree's cancellation. The few items of memorabilia in existence are of huge value to collectors when they, albeit rarely, come on the market.
The next Jamboree, hosted by Canada in 1983, was named The Spirit Lives On to show how Scouting's spirit of international brotherhood could overcome the setback of cancelling the 1979 Jamboree.
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