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Trends In Voluteering - Ebook


The Adults we Need

Looking at how societies trends affect European Scouting.
Society and trends in an ever-changing world can have a great affect on Scouting. This publication looks at this affect and, in turn, what effect Scouting has as a movement and form of education on society. It is designed to be an aid to National Scout Organisations (NSOs) to help them utilise the changing trends for their benefit.

Scouting In Practice - Ebook


For all Scout leaders worldwide. Its purpose is to recall the basics of Scouting to all those who take inspiration from the Scout Method for contributing to the development of children and adolescents
this booklet is intended to help everyone interested in gaining a greater understanding of how Scouting works as an educational system.

It has been been written as a tool for the Youth Programme and Adult Resources teams at national level, but it is hoped that it can be of use for all those at other levels who do their best to provide support to Scout leaders.




Scouting an Educational System - Ebook


This booklet is intended to help everyone interested in gaining a greater understanding of how Scouting works as an educational system. It has been been written as a tool for the Youth Programme and Adult Resources teams at national level, but it is hoped that it can be of use for all those at other levels who do their best to provide support to Scout leaders.
Scouting: An educational system is intended for use by those responsible for ensuring that the Scouting offered to young people is the rich and multi-faceted learning experience that it is meant to be.
A large proportion of the publication is devoted to the Scout method in particular, because it is the Scout method that encapsulates Scouting's educational system as it is experienced by young people. The publication explains each of the elements of the Scout method and illustrates how they interact and complement each other as a system.



Achieving the Mission of Scouting - Ebook


A strategy for Scouting from Durban to Thessaloniki

This document builds on "1. Understanding the Mission Statement", described above. Understanding the mission statement and using it within each Scout association is an important step. However, the next step towards achieving Scouting's mission in today's world requires examining the key challenges that face our Movement, considering the issues that underlie each of the challenges and taking action.
This new document presents six key challenges (a synthesis of the concerns and hopes expressed during working groups at the World Scout Conference in Durban); a number of key issues related to each challenge; and a number of concrete questions to ask.
The six key challenges are:
  1. Relevance: meeting the needs and aspirations of young people;
  2. Complementary nature: making a distinctive contribution to the education of young people, in particular through the Scout Method;
  3. Membership: reaching out to more young people;
  4. Adults: attracting and retaining the adults we need;
  5. Relationships and partnerships: working with others to better serve young people;
  6. Unity: pursuing a common purpose at all levels.

The document provides an outline of a 2-day workshop to help key leaders at all levels of a Scout association to start (or review) the process of making sure that Scouting really achieves its mission in today's society - throughout the world.


Understanding the Mission Statement - Ebook


A strategy for Scounting from Durban to Thessaloniki

This document examines Scouting's mission statement and offers a variety of ways of looking at the text. The aim of this document is to help WOSM's national Scout associations around the world to understand, translate and disseminate the mission statement in their own language and culture.


For the first time, the World Scout Conference, meeting in Durban in July 1999, adopted a mission statement for Scouting. The adoption of the mission statement is the latest milestone in the work undertaken by the World Organization of the Scout Movement on the development of a Strategy for Scouting. The statement, which is based on WOSM’s Constitution, is intended to reaffirm Scouting’s role in today’s world.
The Conference also adopted Resolution 3/99 requesting that appropriate follow-up be made at all levels of the Movement to facilitate the implementation of the Mission.

The World Programme Policy - Ebook


Contains the policy statement adopted by the 32nd World Scout Conference, and relevant background material. The policy defines youth programme, describes the process of programme development, comments on programme delivery, and outlines the responsibilities of national Scout associations and the World Organization of the Scout Movement in this field.



DEFINITION OF YOUTH PROGRAMME
Youth Programme is the totality of what young people do in Scouting (the activities), how it is done (the Scout method) and the reason why it is done (the purpose)
Totality: Youth Programme covers the complete span of a young person's experience in the Movement. It is a progressive process of education and personal development.
What: Youth Programme encompasses all activities in which young people in Scouting take part. They must be attractive and challenging to young people.
How: Youth Programme, fundamentally, uses the Scout method in carrying out its activities.
Why: Youth Programme is the means of achieving the purpose of Scouting, based on its fundamental principles.

The Essential Characteristics of Scouting - Ebook


On the basis of WOSM’s Constitution, this paper provides a compact but comprehensive overview of the key elements which characterize our Movement and its mission.
Within the framework of the work on the Strategy for Scouting, the World Scout Committee, through its Strategy Task Force, prepared this paper on “The Essential Characteristics of Scouting”. On the basis of WOSM’s Constitution, the paper provides a compact but comprehensive overview of the key elements which characterize our Movement and its mission.

WOSM Constitution - Ebook


Accredited representatives of National Scout Associations, which had adopted and practised the Scout Movement founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907, assembled in Paris, France, in July 1922 and established the International Scout Conference for the coordination of the Scout Movement throughout the world, together with an Executive Committee and a Secretariat.
The present Constitution, as amended in January 2011, governs the operation of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in a kindred spirit of world cooperation and friendship.



SCENES Guidelines - Ebook


A Scout Centre of Excellence for Nature and Environment (SCENES) Centre is a very special place. It is a centre that has made a long term commitment to protect the environment and promote environmental understanding.
A SCENES Centre is committed to protecting its natural environment, minimising its environmental impact and enabling all who are connected with the centre to engage with nature and become empowered to make their own personal commitment to the environment.



A SCENES Centre leads by example and acts as a positive role model to other Scout and non Scout centres, to its guests and to its local community. It can provide real hands-on educational activities for Scouts and training opportunities for leaders, equipping them with an enthusiasm for nature and a desire to do something positive for the environment in their home-life.
SCENES was developed during the 1990’s as an initiative of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Nine Scout centres around the world developed environmental management practices and education programmes and became formally recognised as SCENES.
The ideas at the heart of SCENES are now widely accepted as important among Scout centres around the world. SCENES, through its support network and accreditation system, enables centres to achieve their environmental goals and benefit fully from their commitment to environmental excellence.

World Scout Environment Programme - Ebook


Activities & Factsheets

The World Scout Environment Programme offers tools, resources and initiatives to help Scouts all around the world work together for the good of the local and global environment. This World Scout Environment Programme resource book contains Programme Activity Resources in Section 1 and Factsheets in Section 2 to help implement the programme in Scouting throughout the world.




The fifteen Programme Activity Resources relate to each of the five aims for environment education in Scouting and three broad age ranges. A symbol has been used to help illustrate which of the aims the activity is focusing on. These activities are presented to you as examples for how the framework could be implemented amongst local level Scout Groups, though there are many ways to present activities for the World Scout Environment Badge. Wherever possible the programme should be presented outdoors, allowing the Scouts to explore for themselves and discover the natural world.

Empowering Young Adults - Ebook


Guidelines for the Rover Scout Section

This is a document with guidelines and ideas for programme developers on how to develop and implement the Rover Scout Programme within the Rover Scout section. Rover Scouting is the learning environment that Scouting offers to those who follow the last part of the "path" leading to the adult life. It's the final stage of Scouting's "educational offer". This document has been developed in the framework of the Strategic priorities “Youth Involvement” and “Adolescents”.
The Youth Programme in Scouting covers the complete span of a young person's experience in the Scout Movement. It starts when the youngest members join the Scout Movement, typically somewhere between the ages of six and eight, and ends when the oldest members leave, usually between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. It is a progressive process of education and personal development through largely recreational means.
As any Youth Programme in Scouting the Rover Scout Programme is the totality of: the reasonwhy it is done (the purpose and aims), how it is done (through the Scout Method) and whatyoung adults do in the Rover Scout Section (the activities). These Rover Scout Guidelines are divided in three main sections: Why, How and What.
In the chapters of these guidelines the different elements of the “ Why” (purpose and aims), the “ How” (Scout Method) and the “ What” (activities) are adapted to the Rover Scout Programme, as follows:
Section 1 - “WHY”
  • Chapter 1 - Purpose and aims of the Rover Scout Section. Providing young adults with opportunities to undertake their personal development through the six areas of growth. Helping the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
  • Chapter 2 - Who are the Rover Scouts: Characteristics and needs of young adults.The Rover Scout Programme must be based on the characteristics and needs of young adults and the fundamental elements of Scouting. Each association must find the most suitable method to take in consideration the characteristics of their own young people when building the Rover Scout programme.
Section 2 - “HOW”
  • Chapter 3 - Law and Promise. A conscious commitment to the way the Rover Scout chooses to live his/her life, according to a value system proposed by the Scout Law, and a promise to do his/her best to achieve that.
  • Chapter 4 – Learning by doing. Learning by doing reflects Scouting’s active approach to education. This includes the many different experiences young adults have as members of the Rover Scout community: learning from the roles they play, the responsibilities they have as well as the activities they choose and realize.
  • Chapter 5 - Team system. The Team System is more than a structure; it is another educational opportunity provided by Scouting. It allows insights into group dynamics, leadership, and participation. Adults take on the role of advisors and facilitators.
  • Chapter 6 - Symbolic Framework. The concept of the ’road‘, the ’route‘, the ‘journey’ is often used to illustrate Rover Scouting. Rover Scouting is a journey towards adulthood. The symbolic framework highlights mobility and the new things that we discover when moving from one place to another; it matches with the natural desire of young adults to travel, to discover new realities and perspectives and meet new people.
  • Chapter 7 - Nature. Nature provides the perfect setting for a considerable number of Rover Scout activities: it challenges our abilities, gives us the opportunity to consider respect for and protection of the environment; it enables to develop physical skills or an adventurous spirit and to enjoy the experience of the spiritual dimension.
  • Chapter 8 - Educational objectives and personal progression. The progressive scheme values the acquisition of skills and knowledge, which will facilitate direct access to adult roles and the acceptance of responsibility in society. It is a way of measuring the stage of personal development (towards the agreed educational objectives) and of acknowledging the “tools” each one has acquired to help them to deal with the challenges they will face.
  • Chapter 9 - Adult Support. Adult support and the relationship between Rovers Scouts and their leaders is an important part of Scouting. Adults in the Rover Scout section are facilitators or advisors. They help Rover Scouts to live meaningful experiences that contribute to their full development, walking with them rather than pushing or pulling.
Section 3 - “WHAT”
  • Chapter 10 - Activities in the Rover Scout section. Activities provide fun, adventure and challenges for young adults, leading to the development of skills for life. The activities in the Rover Scout section put special focus on active travelling and multicultural experiences, adventures in the wilderness, community service, and social and economic integration.

Climate Change -Ebook


A guide to supporting the local actions of children and young people, with special emphasis on girls and young women.

The world’s population is young, with some 2.2 billion people under the age of 18. Children and young people have unique insights into solving problems in their communities, and often play a key role in the survival of their families in the event of natural disaster. We believe that by recognizing the rights and capacities of girls and boys, young women and young men, the challenges posed by climate change can be turned into opportunities for sustainable development.
This guide originates from a lively and ongoing programme of cooperation between The Alliance of Youth CEOs1 and UNICEF. We have joined together with other United Nations and nongovernmental (NGO) partners2 to build on and complement existing initiatives at global, national and local levels. The contributing organizations are committed to supporting children and young people to engage as members of society in ways that acknowledge and respond to gender roles.

30 Million Voluteers - Ebook


Scouting has a universal responsibility worldwide but has an advantage in that it is both global and local. The famous slogan “Think globally, act locally” easily applies to the Scout Movement. World Scouting is active in many areas of global importance



Global Support - Ebook



An opportunity to grow together!

The Global Support Consultant’s Network comprises Scout Leaders invited by their respective National Scout Organizations (NSOs), who are able to provide professional advice, services or support in priority areas listed below or other areas identified.
They will form a common ressource pool. All NSOs around the world will be able to tap into the pool when requiring expert advice.



Members of the network, according to their competencies, skills, knowledge and experience, should have the capacity and be open to provide ad-hoc and/or formal consultancy, conducting workshops, seminars and forums at national or regional level, when invited to join a specific Global Support Project.
Recruitement to the Global Support Consultant’s Network will be a permanent process. The focus is to extend the invitation to more and more competent Scout Leaders, non-Scout Leaders, e.g. external supporters will also be considered!



Messengers of Peace



The Messengers of Peace Initiative

The Messengers of Peace initiative is a call to action made in a whisper and inspiring millions to action! Sharing the message of peace with 20 million young people in over a million local communities in over 160 countries ... to create a better world!



Scouting - Education for Life


The visually compelling and carefully worded document is targeted at a large audience to help showcase multiple facets of Scouting and aims at demonstrating what Scouting does to transform the lives of children and young people.




Wood Badge Framework - Ebook


WOSM’s “Wood Badge” framework contributes to offer “Better Scouting” and “More Scouting” through the permanent improvement of quality training for adults involved in the Movement, and by strengthening their sense of unity. The long training’s history confirms the sustainability of both goals.


Adults in Scouting - Ebook

World Policy

Adults in Scouting: is a systematic programme of adult resources management, to improve the effectiveness, commitment and motivation of the leadership in order to produce better programmes for young people and a more effective and efficient organization.
In 1990 the World Scout Conference agreed an approach for the effective management of Adults in Scouting and in 1993 the World Adult Resources Policy was adopted with the key purpose of supporting Adults in Scouting through a systematic programme of adult resources management.
Since 1993, National Scout Organizations have adopted and implemented (fully or partially) the World Adult Resources Policy, with some encountering cultural and language difficulties. The proposed amendments to the World Adult Resources Policy strengthen the key purpose of the policy, which is to support adults through training, encouragement and ongoing support and to ensure that there are appropriate systems in place to make this happen.
The new version of the World Adult Resources Policy, entitled World Adults in Scouting Policy is integrative, incorporating other relevant

WOSM policies, encouraging a team approach to supporting adults and building on the principles of learning organisations.

The World Adults in Scouting Policy can also be used as a framework to manage professionals in Scouting.
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