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Contents 1 United Nations-World Scouting and the United Nations 2 useful images 3 WAGGGS world map 4 WOSM world map 5 WOSM establish

[edit] United Nations-World Scouting and the United Nations

http://www.scout.org/en/about_scouting/partners/united_nations/world_scouting_and_the_united_nations The relationship between Scouting and the UN has a long history. Since the early days of the United Nations, Scouts at all levels have been involved in various programmes, initiatives and projects with different UN bodies. This is also part of the Strategy for Scouting.

Today, WOSM is one of the 134 International Non-governmental Organisations with General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council. Scouting is regularly invited to express its views on the topics being discussed in the United Nations, and participates in numerous consultations related to the situation of young people in the world. In addition to this, the location of the World Scout Bureau enables World Scouting to be in close relations with many UN agencies based in Geneva. (Conference Report, Tunisia 2005) - For further information download the guide .

Acting Locally with the UN Locally, Scouting is heavily involved with the UN in many areas, such as:

Child labour Clean water and sanitation Drug abuse prevention Emergencies and humanitarian relief Health HIV/AIDS Life skills training Peace and reconciliation When there is something to do, someone to help, to serve or to rescue, you can always find a Scout ready to make a constructive contribution. The United Nations recognised this great capacity by signing several Memorandums of Understanding with the Scout Movement. All of these agreements are helping Scouting to improve programmes and reach out to the community more effectively. The World Scout Bureau has also recently published a document entitled “Scouting and the United Nations” which gives information on how to work with the UN at the national level.

Advocating Globally The impact of the Scout Movement is not restricted to actions at the local level. World Scouting plays an important role in advocating for improving global policies which are affecting young people. For example, The World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY), adopted by all Member States of the UN in 1995, is being reviewed and monitored with active involvement of the Scout Movement. The fact that the United Nations has adopted its own Youth Policy is recognition of the special attention young people enjoy in countries all over the world. The work on advocacy has been successful in many areas, for example:

Cultural diversity Environment Gender opportunities Humanisation of globalization Millennium Development Goals Non-formal educational Peace and sustainable development The rights of the child Youth employment Youth empowerment Youth policies The cooperation between the UN and Scouting benefits young people all over the world. Through the social force of Scouting and its constructive contribution to the community, we will work to achieve our goals in partnership with the United Nations. We must contribute to strengthen this relationship to make a difference and build a better world. (Conference Report, Tunisia)

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[edit] WAGGGS world map

These maps will be more in line with Wikipedia styles-that is, white bodies of water, grey land in periphery of article topic, and colored land for topic of the article; to incorporate the useful information and thematic elements into and once the WAGGGS regional articles are done, will be used in pastel, on regional maps

for the WAGGGS-Europe Region	for the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region	for the WAGGGS-Arab Region	for the WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region
for the WAGGGS-Africa Region

[edit] WOSM world map

This map will be more in line with Wikipedia styles-that is, white bodies of water, grey land in periphery of article topic, and colored land for topic of the article; and incorporate the useful information and thematic elements into the World Organization of the Scout Movement map template at and for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts regional articles, the same color schemes, in pastel, will be used on regional maps

for the European Region	for the Asia-Pacific Region	for the Eurasia Region maybe later use 00e080	for the Arab Region
for the InterAmerican Region	for the Africa Region
			trim out Antarctica and move Iceland to the other side with Europe where it belongs

[edit] WOSM establish

Stecker (USA)Mr. Evert Jan Hendrikus Volkmaars(Netherlands)Dr. Adolfo Aristeguieta Gramcko (Venezuela)Mr. Ken Harada (Japan)Mr. Masaru Ibuka (Japan)Mr. Sten J. Kyhle (Sweden)Mr. George Ma Cui (Philippines)Mr. John MacGregor (Canada)Mr. Salomon Matalon (France)Mrs. Lakshmi Mazumdar (India)GONE HOME© Copyright 1999World Organization of the Scout MovementBox 2411211 Geneva 4Switzerlandemail: worldbureau@world.scout.orgweb pages: www.scout.orgtel: (41 22) 705 10 10fax: (41 22) 705 10 20Reproduction is authorized to national Scout associations which are members of the WorldOrganization of the Scout Movement. Credit for the source must be given.Requests by others for reproduction should be sent to the addresses above. - Page 4 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 3Gone Home... p. 2The Chairman’s message... p. 4The Secretary General’s message... p. 5Overview of the triennium... p. 6New publications and videos... p. 12World Scout Committee... p. 14Members... p. 14Educational Methods Group... p. 15Finance and Support Group... p. 15Audit Committee... p. 16Honours and Awards Committee... p. 16Constitutions Committee... p. 17Strategy Task Force... p. 17World Guide and Scout Consultative Committee... p. 18WSF/WOSM Coordination Group... p. 192007 Task Force for the Centenary of Scouting... p. 1934th World Scout Conference: Oslo... p. 20World Scout Bureau... p. 21Africa Region... p. 21Arab Region... p. 23Asia-Pacific Region... p. 25Eurasia Region... p. 27European Region... p. 29Interamerican Region... p. 32Educational Methods Division... p. 35Finance and Support Division... p. 37Legal Bodies... p. 40World Scout Foundation... p. 41Working with Others... p. 45Member countries and their membership... p. 47Present and potential WOSM membership... p. 48Photo creditsContentsTRIENNIAL REPORT 1996–1999 - Page 5 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 4THE CHAIRMANFrom this Triennial Report you will see that much has happened in ourMovement in the past three years. Being Chairman during this time has beenvery demanding, but it has also been exciting, as well as rewarding.During the past three years, I have visited 31 countries and made 44 missionsas Chairman of the World Scout Committee, not to mention that Geneva hasbecome a second home. I and my fellow members of the World ScoutCommittee have travelled extensively and actively participated in importantevents.Two events are very special in my mind:• The creation of the Eurasia Region was a milestone in the growth anddevelopment of Scouting. It was an emotional moment to be present at thenew region’s first meeting in Yerevan, Armenia.• The World Scout Jamboree in Chile was a great event. I shall never forgetNew Year’s Eve, feeling a bit sorry to be away from my home. Then it hit me!I told the 30,000 Scouts and leaders: “Tonight I think of my children backhome as you think of your own families. But I am not alone: you are mychildren; you are my family!” I will never forget the joyous cheers. Nor canI forget the closing evening when we all renewed our Scout promise.The image and visibility of Scouting have always been of special interest tome, and we have taken several steps in this area: I encouraged theintroduction of the new WORLD SCOUT PIN to increase our visibility whenwe are not in uniform. (And I expect that everyone attending the conferencein Durban will be wearing the new pin!)For the first time, World Scouting has produced four television advertisingspots, thanks to financial help from the World Scout Foundation and itsChairman Klaus Jacobs. These have been shown worldwide on CNN inEnglish and Spanish, and are now being used in many countries.In addition, World Scouting is fully on-line and is providing information andservices on the Internet. This is important for helping strengthen the unity andincrease awareness of the World Scout Organization.Our financial resources remain a concern. It was a great victory in Oslo toadopt a new registration fee system, after years of work. The system isfunctioning very well, but the Asian financial crisis has created problems.Fortunately we were able to get some emergency help from the World ScoutFoundation to help countries which were making the effort to pay their fees,and for this I am very appreciative.We have had an impressive number of new national Scout organizationsqualify for membership - and it has taken a lot of work by the Bureau to makethis possible - but it disturbs me that during the same period we have hadto provisionally suspend some members for not paying their fees, in spite ofhaving worked very hard to avoid taking this step.During our World Scout Conference in July, we will deal with severalimportant issues, including the Mission of Scouting, and I hope all memberassociations will come to Durban prepared to actively participate in the work.I want to thank my fellow members of the World Scout Committee, theSecretary General and his staff, and most of all my wife Evelyn for helpingto make these three years a great experience.Franciso S. RomanChairmanWorld Scout Committee - Page 6 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 5THE SECRETARY GENERALI invite you to read this Triennial Report because we have accomplished a lot in thelast three years. I believe that we have used our resources wisely, frugally, andproductively. By all standards, I think we have been excellent custodians of theresources provided to us, and our performance speaks well for itself.We would not have these achievements without the partnerships we have formedand the support received from many other organizations. They are mentionedthroughout this report, and listed on page 45.I want to thank Abdoulaye Sar, who retired at the end of 1996, and Mateo Jover whoretired in March 1999, for their many years of dedicated service. They, and their skills,are missed but we have not had the resources to replace them.At long last, we have strengthened our administration with a new deputy director foradministration, and added staff support in the area of information technology. Wehave been too vulnerable in these areas for quite some time.Although we have addressed these particular needs, there are many more. The staffis smaller now than it was when I arrived 11 years ago, 24 now and 29 then, yet wehave 32 more member countries, and a new region, and there are 37 countriesworking to qualify for membership. Meanwhile, in real terms, our budget hasremained essentially frozen!In Durban, I will speak about some ways of keeping Scouting meaningful and strongin the years to come. I’ll mention them very briefly here:It is my conviction that Scouting has been, can be, and should be an active agent ofsocial change. As Baden-Powell said, we must “leave the world a better place thanwe found it.”B-P wanted young people who were autonomous and responsible, committed andsupportive; young people who, today and tomorrow, would make a difference insociety, a society of which one could say that it was better thanks to the fact that theseyoung people had been Scouts or Guides. But do we really see ourselves as aMovement that should improve society?Do we in Scouting sufficiently understand that we have unique and successfulmethod of non-formal education, which is not provided by schools, or the family.Do we make the world and national leaders sufficiently aware of today’s globaleducational deficit, and tell them that Scouting, Guiding and other non-formaleducational youth movements can help overcome this deficit?But Scouting alone cannot influence the opinions of world and national leaders. Wemust build long-term strategic alliances with those other worldwide youth move-ments which share many of our ideals and some of our objectives. This kind ofadvocacy is exactly what we have done with my colleagues, the Chief ExecutiveOfficers of WAGGGS, YMCA, YWCA, the Federation of Red Cross and Red CrescentSocieties, the International Award Association and others to produce The Educationof Young People and its new complement on National Youth Policies . (see page 9)Thinking toward the future of Scouting, we must also consider our 100th Anniversaryin 2007. Work is well under way at the world level, but I am disappointed that so fewcountries have started themselves on the project.Finally, to keep Scouting strong in the coming years will require more “reaching out”,to young people who can benefit from Scouting. They may be in low-income, inner-city or rural areas, children with special needs, or children in countries whereScouting is just starting. They need us.Together we face the next millennium in good spirit and confidence.Jacques MoreillonSecretary GeneralWorld Organization of the Scout Movement - Page 7 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 6AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRIENNIUMs Withthe focusonthe theme “LookingWider”,more than1,000 participantsfrom 108 member countries met in Oslo, Norway, for the 34th World ScoutConference in July, 1996.Nine countries were recognized as new members of WOSM: Czech Republic(1996), Estonia (1996), Latvia (1993), Mongolia (1994), Niger (1996), Palestin-ian Scout Association (1996), Poland (1996) Slovenia (1994), and Yugoslavia(1995).s Following the Oslo conference, national Scout organizations in thefollowing countries have become members of WOSM: Angola (1998),Armenia (1997), Belarus (1998), Bulgaria (1999), Georgia (1997), Lithuania(1997), The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1997), Moldova (1997),Slovakia (1997), and Tajikistan (1997). (As at 1 May 1999.)s The 6th World Scout Youth Forum was held in Moss, Norway in July 1996,just prior to the World Scout Conference. There were 116 participants - onethird female - from 49 countries. This represented a 40 percent increase inattendance, and a 25 percent increase in countries attending. Seventy-fivepercent of the Forum participants also attended the World Scout Conference,leadingtoa fourfoldincrease inyouthparticipationinthe Conference.Eighty-six percent felt the objective of “discussing issues of interest” had beenachieved. The working sessions on Scouting for what? and Scouting forwhom? were highly rated.s The 10th World Scout Moot was held in Sweden in July 1996. It wasinaugurated by His Majesty the King of Sweden, and attended by 2,200participants, aged 18-24 years, from 78 countries. Evaluation forms showedthat participants particularly liked: 1) the creation of international patrols fora four-day hike at the beginning of the Moot; 2) the total absence of alcohol;and 3) the Forum, a kind of Global Development Village adapted to the Moot.These conclusions have been strongly recommended to the organizers of thenext World Scout Moot in Mexico, in 2000.s The 19th World Scout Jamboree was held in Chile from 27 December 1998to 6 January 1999. It was the first World Jamboree ever to be held in LatinAmerica, and it attracted 31,000 Scouts and leaders from 157 countries andterritories. Never before has a World Jamboree offered such a panoramicwindow for learning about and understanding the world with its problems,issues and injustices, as well as education for peace. Eleven United Nationsagencies and many other governmental and non-governmental organizationscontributed to the Jamboree programme.The theme of the Jamboree was Building Peace Together. Operation LosAndes financially supported the Jamboree participation of Scouts from 56countries and territories.We give special thanks to the Jamboree Organizing Committee headed byPatrick Lyon, a member of the World Scout Committee, and to the Asociacónde Guías y Scouts de Chile.s Nearly every Scoutat the Jamboreevisitedthe GlobalDevelopmentVillage(GDV) and the World Scout Centre to participate in day-long activities.This was the third World Scout Jamboree to have a GDV and this one wasbigger and better than ever. Its main features included: workshops, activitystands and cultural centres. UNESCO was the main guest at the GDV. Theyfeatured four subjects with exhibits and activities which they also financed:• Culture of Peace: through an interactive computer game participantsdiscovered the eight treasures of a Culture of Peace. (The game is also on theInternet.)34th World ScoutConference - OsloGlobal DevelopmentVillage and the WorldScout CentreNew membercountries6th World ScoutYouth Forum10th WorldScout Moot19th World ScoutJamboree - Page 8 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 7• Violence on the Screen: participants learned about the results of researchon this subject which had been carried out with the help of Scouts in manycountries, and they watched film sequences to discover the differencebetween several types of violence.• Cultural Heritage: an exhibition about UNESCO’s work to protect culturalheritage. Scouts in several countries, including Korea and Egypt, are activein this work.• Street Children: this stand was run by a patrol of Scouts from Honduras whohad once lived as street children before joining Scouting.UNESCO also financed the jamboree participation of two Amerindian Scoutpatrols, one from the Huilloc indigenous community in the sacred valley ofthe Incas in Peru, and one from the Tarahumara community in northernMexico. - Page 9 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 8AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRIENNIUM, continueds All six regional Scout conferences met during 1998, and all will continueto meet on a triennial basis in the year preceding each World ScoutConference. (In the case of the Eurasia Region, it was their ConstitutiveConference.) The Strategy for Scouting was the focus of each conference.s The Jamboree-on-the-Air is the largest event on the World Scoutingcalendar. It is organized each year during the third full weekend of Octoberand regularly attracts over 500,000 participants, including members of theWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It is anopportunity for Scouts and Guides of all ages, anywhere in the world, toparticipate in a World Scouting event, at little or no expense and withouthaving to travel. The 40th JOTA in 1997 celebrated its anniversary byoperating the World Scout Organization call-sign from the Scout hall inReading (UK) where the first JOTA was held in 1958. The advisor on Radio-Scouting is Yves Margot (Switzerland) and the consultant in charge of theannual report is Richard Middelkoop (Netherlands).s The first official Jamboree on the Internet was held in October 1997, at thesame time as the Jamboree-on-the-Air. In 1996 the World Scout Bureauexperimented with some aspects of Internet activities which had beenpromoted during the JOTA weekend, and in November 1996 the World ScoutCommittee decided to make JOTI an official event. During the experimenta-tion in 1996, the Bureau had some 8,000 contacts. These increased to 100,000in 1997, and nearly a million in 1998. The World JOTI coordinator is DannySchwendener (Switzerland).s Scout organizations in 23 countries participated in the largest study everundertaken concerning TV for children. The project entitled “The perceptionof young people on violence on the screen” was a partnership of UNESCO,the University of Utrecht, and WOSM. Scouts were responsible for pre-testingquestionnaires in 14 languages, and distributing the final questionnaires,usually inschools.More than5,000, 12-year-oldstudentswere surveyed.Prof.JoGroebelensuredthe scientific direction,UNESCOprovidedseedfundsandWOSM was responsible for the methodology.The results were presented to the press at a luncheon hosted by Dr. FedericoMayor, Director General of UNESCO, held in Paris in February 1998. Theresearch also featured prominently in the Global Development Village at theWorld Scout Jamboree in Chile: an interactive exhibition, a series ofworkshops and a round-table discussion were held on this subject during theJamboree. An additional survey of young people was taken at the Jamboree.WOSM hasreceivedpraise inmany quartersforitsinvolvementinthisproject.Its success has been possible only thanks to the cooperation and support ofmany hundreds of committed volunteers in the 23 Scout associationsconcerned.s Scouts in many countries continue to work with the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees. In August 1995 a Memorandum of Understand-ing was signed by Sadako Ogata, High Commissioner for Refugees, andJacques Moreillon, Secretary General of WOSM. A programme kit wasprepared by UNHCR and the World Scout Bureau and sent to all nationalScout organizations. It included a simulation game about refugees titledPassages. In early 1997, Scout associations in 30 countries reported havingactivities to aid refugees, usually in conjunction with UNHCR.RegionalconferencesJamboree-on-the-AirJamboree-on-the-InternetViolence on thescreen studiedwith UNESCOScouts helprefugees withUNHCR - Page 10 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 9s The importance of the non-formal education of young people has broughttogether the chief executive officers of five of the largest worldwide, nonformal education organizations under the leadership of HRH the Duke ofEdinburgh, Chairman of the International Award Association.Other partners in the project are the World Alliance of Young Men’s ChristianAssociations (YMCA), The World Young Women’s Christian Association(YWCA), The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), TheWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Today these organizations actively involve more than 100 million youngpeople, and during this century have contributed to the education of morethan one billion young people.The group developed and published The Education of Young People: astatement at the dawn of the 21st century. It expresses the CEOs’ belief thatit is necessary to recognize the universal validity of non-formal education.The purpose of education as a whole is to contribute to the full developmentof an autonomous, supportive, responsible and committed person.“Although the document has been a joint effort with other organizations, andalthough the Statement itself does not mention Scouting specifically, every-thing in it relates directly to our Movement,” explained Jacques Moreillon,Secretary General of WOSM.This document has been distributed widely within the partner organizations,and presented to top national and international officials with responsibilitiesfor the education of youth. The booklet was reprinted in 1999 to meetcontinuing demand. The group continues to meet regularly and is nowpublishing a new document on National Youth Policies.s The 2nd General Assembly of the World Scout Parliamentary Union(WSPU) was held in Manila, Philippines in August 1997. The 185 participantsincluded 80 parliamentarians from 41 countries. The assembly was chairedby Hon. Kim Chong-Hoh (Republic of Korea), the Chairman of WSPU.Agenda items included Scouting’s contribution to national and internationalyouth policies. The keynote address was given by Fidel W. Ramos, Presidentof the Philippines. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee was Hon.Dante Liban.The Assembly adopted The Manila Declaration focusing on the need torecognize, at all political levels, “the universal value of non-formal educationfor young people, and in particular, the work accomplished by youthorganizations such as Scouting.” The new executive committee and officersare: Chairman: Aleksander Luczak (Poland); Vice-Chairmen: Tarek Abd elHamed el Gendy (Egypt) and Dante V. Liban (Philippines); Secretary:Ryszard Paclawski, Chief Scout of the ZHP Scout association in Poland. The3rd General Assembly will be in August 2000 in Warsaw, Poland.s At the Jamboree an anti-personnel mines partnership agreement wassigned by Handicap International and World Scouting. A special kit contain-ing simulation games, a video, andother programme material was distributedto each Jamboree contingent and sent to national Scout associations. (seepage 13)The education ofyoung peopleWorld ScoutParliamentaryUnionAnti-mines projectlaunched - Page 11 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 10AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRIENNIUM, continuedScouts battleleprosy withWHO and AHMChild Protections A Memorandum of Understanding to implement the strategy for theelimination of leprosy as a public health problem was signed at the WorldScout Bureau in July 1997 by three parties: the World Health Organization(Action Programme for the Elimination of Leprosy); the Munich based AHMLeprosy Relief Organization, and the World Organization of the ScoutMovement. Partner organizations in ten countries, where leprosy is stillprevalent, have been provided with material to implement this agreement:Bangladesh, Brazil, The Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia,Madagascar, Nepal, Philippines, Sudan and Tanzania.Scouting’s Involvement in the Elimination of Leprosy: Resource Material forNational Scout Organizations has been prepared and circulated to associa-tions concerned. The document highlights the educational dimension of thisactivity both for the Scouts and the communities involved.s In a message sent to all national Scout associations, the World ScoutCommittee expressed its concern that the Scout Movement - in every country- must actively work to protect all Scouting members, especially youngpeople, from physical, sexual and emotional harm.All Scout organizations are expected to have policies and procedures whichare intended to protect members by means of the recruitment and training ofsuitable leaders, and provisions for the removal of leaders found to beunsuitable.Responses to the World Committee message show that several national Scoutassociations have well developed protection programmes, and some of theseare being used as models for adoption by other organizations and agencies.Some Scout associations indicated that they are presently reviewing theirpolicies and procedures; unfortunately some Scout associations have notresponded at all. It has been noted that some widely publicized cases of childabuse related to “scouting” were in groups calling themselves “scouts” butwhich are not members of the recognized national Scout association in theircountry; and there are also cases involving “former Scout leaders” whoseoffences had nothing to do with Scouting and who had been removed fromScouting - often many years ago - precisely because protection programmeswere effective.The feedback is being reviewed to consider if more can be done at the worldlevel tohelpnational Scout organizationshaveeffectiveprotectionprogrammes.Using the theme Scouts can help cure,Scouts in India and other countries arehelping teach people how to recognizeand test for early stages of leprosy. - Page 12 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 11s Since 1923, when Lord Baden-Powell’s dream of a “permanent mini-jamboree” became a reality, tens of thousands of young people have visitedthe “internationalhome ofScouting”asKanderstegInternationalScoutCentrerightly describes itself. In 1998, the centre celebrated its 75th birthday witha special series of events.Since June 1996, when the chalet extension project was completed, over27,000 guests from more than 40 different countries have stayed at the centre.The centre continues to develop andplace a very strong emphasis on offeringa high-quality activity programme based on the themes of internationalfriendship, alpine high adventure, and the environment.s The 7th World Youth Forum will be held at Michaelhouse, Balowan, SouthAfrica, from 19 to 22 July 1999. For the second time, it is being held inconjunction with the World Scout Conference.The Forum will focus on three main topics: The essential characteristics ofScouting, the policy on the involvement of young members in decision-making, and a vision for Scouting.The World Conference voted to strengthen youth involvement in thedecision-making process of the World Organization in Bangkok in 1993. Theresolution emphasizes that Scouting is not only a Movement for youngpeople but also a Movement of young people.s The 35th World Scout Conference will be held in Durban, South Africafrom 26 to 30 July 1999. The Conference is the governing body of the WorldOrganization of the Scout Movement, and is composed of all national Scoutorganizations. It meets every three years.With the theme Making the Most of our Mission the programme of theConference will emphasize the mission of Scouting which will become thebasis of the Strategy for the Movement in the future. Two days will be devotedto group work for the formulation of a mission statement which is faithful tothe purpose, principles, and method set forth in the World Scout Constitution,and which will provide the Movement with a clear direction as it enters thenext millennium.s The Zawisza Czarny (Black Knight) will sail the Mediterranean in Augustand September 1999 on a unique Peace Cruise. It will visit ports in Egypt, thePalestinian Authority, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Turkey, and Greece. Thecruise is divided into four, 10-day legs. On each leg a new group of 24 youngpeople will join the cruise. During their voyage they will learn skills inmediation and conflict resolution. At each port of call, Peace Events will beorganized by youth groups and with local officials.The Peace Cruise was conceived by the European Scout Region, in coopera-tion with the Arab Scout Region, working in partnership with the EuropeanUnion, the North Scouth Centre of the Council of Europe, UNESCO, and theEuropean Youth Forum. The organizing committee is chaired by JacquesMoreillon, Secretary General, WOSM. The ship is ownedby ZHP, the nationalScout organization in Poland.s The 11th World Scout Moot will be held in different sites in central Mexicofrom 11 to 24 July 2000. Its theme is Tradition for Tomorrow.s The 20th World Scout Jamboree will be in Thailand from 28 December2002 to 8 January 2003.s The 8th World Scout Youth Forum will be held in Ancient Olympia,Greece in 2002.s The 36th World Scout Conference will meet in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2002.KanderstegInternationalScout CentreFuture eventsWorld Youth ForumWorld Scout ConferenceOther eventsPeace Cruise - Page 13 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 12NEW PUBLICATIONS and VIDEOSs First distributed at the World Scout Conference in Oslo, this bookletinforms leaders of national Scout organizations how their organization is partof the worldwide Movement, and explains the benefits which come frombeing a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It alsoexplains the relationships between WOSM, one of the largest internationalnon-governmental youth organizations, and other international organiza-tions. (This document is currently out of stock and will be updated andreprinted.)s The Global Development Village at the 18th World Scout Jamboree in theNetherlands was a great success, and ideas from it have subsequently beenusedat otherworld, regional and national Scouting events. Asa result of theseexperiences, a planning guide has been published jointly by ScoutingNederland and the World Scout Bureau. It is entitled: How to Organize aGlobal Development Village. The ideas in this 60-page publication can beadapted to a variety of Scouting events, not just large jamborees or camps.A GDV can be very popular with young people, as well as leaders, parents,and the general public.s Organizing and Running a National Workshop on Scouting for what?Scouting for whom? is published on behalf of the World Committee’s StrategyTaskForce, chaired by Bertil Tunje. This document resulted from the workingmethods used for the two commissions at the World Scout Conference inOslo. These new working methods were highly rated by Conferenceparticipants.This is the first step in the process of getting national associations and regionsinvolved in the process leading to the formulation of a mission statement atthe World Scout Conference in South Africa.s Youth Programme: A Guide to Programme Development - Overview. Tohelp national Scout associations update, revise or design their youthprogramme. This introductory booklet describes the essential steps that needto be followed in the process of programme development. Future publica-tions in the series will describe each of the steps in more depth and suggestpractical ways to carry them out.s Policy on Involvement of Young Members in Decision-Making. Based onthe policy adopted by the 33rd World Scout Conference in 1993, this bookletprovides additional background material. The policy emphasizes the impor-tance of youth involvement in decision-making, both within the youthprogramme and in management structures of the Movement.s Guidelines for Organizing Scout Youth Forums. Scout youth forums canbe organized at national and local levels in conjunction with statutorymeetings such as general assemblies. Youth forums are one means ofcomplementing the genuine participation of young people in decision-making processes in Scouting.s Thispublicationisforpolicy makersresponsible forensuringthatScoutingisthe richandmultifacetedlearningexperience thatitismeanttobe.Ina user-friendly style, the 61-page booklet explains the main components ofScouting’seducational system-and,inparticular, the ScoutMethod-andhowthese components must interact if Scouting is toaccomplish its mission. Thesebasics are enshrined in the Constitution of the World Organization of theScout Movement, but this new publication builds upon the constitution anduses the findings of the independent research published in 1995 by theResearch and Development Committee and funded by the Johann JacobsFoundation.WOSM Serving itsMembersOrganizing a GlobalDevelopment VillageOrganizing ScoutYouth ForumsInvolving Youth inDecision-MakingYouth ProgrammeDevelopment GuideScouting for what?Scouting for whom?Scouting: AnEducational System - Page 14 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 13s SCENES is the name of the World Scouting project to establish a networkof “Scout Centres of Excellence for Nature and Environment”. The conceptwas introduced at the World Scout Conference in Bangkok in 1993, at theinitiative of Klaus Jacobs. The purpose of SCENES is to strengthen thefundamental roles of nature and the environment in Scouting. These are:educationthroughnature andthe environment;learningaboutnature andtheenvironment, and action for nature and the environment.s MINES! An awareness game on the problem of Anti-Personnel Mines waspublished in 1999 by the World Scout Bureau and the Landmines Team of theGeneva Scout Association. This team of Rovers invented the games andinitiated the programme. The booklet explains some of the problems of anti-personnel mines andsets forth a game to help Scouts and other young peopletounderstandthisseriousproblem.The game hasbeenplayedwithhundredsof Scouts in Switzerland, and was used with success at the World ScoutJamboree in Chile.s Together, we can make a mine free Earth is the title of a video cassettecontaining two productions. One is Landmine Games, which was producedfor television by Yves Godel (Switzerland). It reports on the landmine gamesdeveloped by Geneva Scouts, and it follows a Scout to Mozambique to seethe tragedy of landmines first-hand. (21’ 15”)The cassette also includes Dirty Mine, produced by Handicap International(10’30”). The cassette is available in English, French, or Spanish.s TheEducationofYoungPeople:astatement atthedawnofthe21stcenturyis a booklet written by the chief executive officers of five of the world’s largestyouth organizations: YMCA, YWCA, WOSM, WAGGGS, and the Red Cross,along with the support of the International Award Association. The bookletis available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic. (The project is describedon page 9.)s National Youth Policies: towards an autonomous, supportive, responsibleand committed youth, is being published in May 1999 by the groupmentioned above. It is a call to governments to establish and implementnational youth policies that recognize the value and role of organizationswhich provide non-formal education of young people.s The Undaunted is a 420-page book about the survival and revival ofScouting in Central and Eastern Europe. It has been written by Piet J.Kroonenberg (Netherlands) and published thanks to the financial support ofthe late Claude Marchal (Switzerland).s Four advertising spots about Scouting have been produced with thesupport of the World Scout Foundation and its Chairman Klaus Jacobs, for useon television, in exhibits, etc. Each spot has a theme: Environment: makinga difference; Reaching out to marginalized youth; Scouting: Fun... with apurpose; and Peace. Each spot is in short (30’) and long (60’) versions. Theyare available in English, German, or Spanish.s World Scouting’s openedits Internet site in September 1995 andever sincethat time it has continued to grow and develop. Its first purpose is to servenational Scout organizations, and secondly to provide information about thethe World Scout Movement, and Scouting, to members of national associa-tions, and to the general public.SCENES Start-Up KitMINES!The non-formaleducation of youngpeopleMINES! - videowww.scout.orgWorld Scoutingvideo spotsThe UndauntedNational youth policies - Page 15 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 14WORLD SCOUT COMMITTEE 1996 – 1999The “new” World Scout Committee held its first meeting during the 34thWorld Scout Conference in Oslo. Francisco S. Roman was elected Chairman,and John R. Donnell, Jr. and Jocelyne Gendrin were elected Vice-Chairmen.Pierre de Morsier remains Treasurer, and Olivier Mach remains Legal Advisor.The Committee has held six other meetings: November 1996 (Kandersteg,Switzerland), April 1997 (Gilwell Park, UK), and in Geneva in September1997, April-May 1998, September 1998, and March 1999. It will meet againprior to the World Scout Conference in Durban.The Steering Committee, comprising the Chairman, the two Vice Chairmenand the Secretary General met on numerous occasions.The chairmen of the six regional committees are invited to attend meetingsof the World Scout Committee and to provide input to the sub-committees.Mr. Ivo Stern Becka (Mexico)Mr. Abdourahmane Sow (Senegal)Mr. Constantinos Tsantilis (Greece)Dr. Jacques Moreillon (Switzerland),Secretary General, WOSMMr. Pierre de Morsier (Switzerland),TreasurerMr. Olivier Mach (Switzerland),Legal AdvisorMr. Francisco S. Roman (Philippines), ChairmanMr. John R. Donnell, Jr. (USA), Vice-ChairmanMrs. Jocelyne Gendrin (France), Vice-ChairmanMr. Cham-Son Chau (Hong Kong)Mr. Garnet de la Hunt (South Africa)Mr. Stein Løvold (Norway)Mr. Patrick Lyon d’Andrimont (Chile)Mr. Garth Morrison (UK)Mr. Abdullah O. Nasseef (Saudi Arabia)Frontrow,lefttoright:DavidBull,Chairman,EuropeanRegion;MohamedTriki,Chairman,ArabRegion;AbdourahmaneSow; John R. Donnell, Jr., Vice Chairman; Francisco S. Roman, Chairman; Jocelyne Gendrin, Vice Chairman; JacquesMoreillon, Secretary General; Patrick Lyon d'Andrimont; Garth Morrison.Back row, left to right: Mario Farinon, Chairman, Interamerican Region; Pierre de Morsier, Treasurer; Ivo Stern Becka;Garnet de la Hunt; Stein Løvold; Constantinos Tsantilis; Abdullah O. Nasseef; Cham-Son Chau.Members - Page 16 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 15WORLD SCOUT COMMITTEEs Within the World Committee are the Educational Methods Group, and theFinance and Support Group, as well as a number of committees.The Educational Methods Group, chaired by Jocelyne Gendrin, includes thechairmen of the Programme and Adult Resources Committees.s The World Programme Committee is chaired by Mostafa Salem (Libya).The committee, which deals with all matters related to the youth programmepriority of the Strategy, has continued to work on the implementation of theWorld Programme policy adopted in 1990 and the policy on the involvementof young members in decision-making, which was adopted by the WorldScout Conference in Bangkok. The committee met twice and will meet againat the World Scout Conference.s The WorldAdultResourcesCommitteewasformally establishedfollowingthe adoption of the World Adult Resources policy in Bangkok. Under thechairmanship of Christos Lygeros, the Committee met twice and will meetagain in Durban. The committee developed a work plan to support theimplementation of the Adult Resources policy and, at every meeting, checksthe progress made at regional and national levels in its implementation.In addition, specific tasks have been distributed amongst members todevelop ideas and prepare draft materials on various subjects related to thepolicy and its implementation. These include: the place and scope of trainingand support as part of the overall system of the management of adultresources, and the changes to be introduced at national and regional levelsto adapt their structure (Training Committees, Training Commissioners,Training Teams) to the provisions of the policy. Other tasks are related torecruitment, introduction to the task, modular training, evaluation andperformance appraisal, with a view to gradually introduce, in a non-threatening way, new practices to improve the management of adultresources, as a corporate responsibility, within each member association.s The Finance and Support Group is chaired by John R. Donnell, Jr., Vice-Chairman of the World Scout Committee. The group met in Geneva inSeptember 1997 and September 1998, and will meet again in Durban.Information about the Bureau’s accounts and budget, as well as otheradministrative and financial matters, are regularly shared with members ofthe group.The group has focused on monitoring the functioning of the new fee systemwhich was adopted in Oslo. Reports on fee payments are made to everymeeting of the World Scout Committee, and following several meetings theBureau was instructed to take specific action with a number of countries.Work is continuing to improve the financial management in each of theregional offices. The aim is to ensure more consistency and frequency ofreporting, as well as to train staff members in the use of the computerizedaccounting system.s For many years the World Scout Bureau and the World Scout Foundationhave used the same auditors. The Finance and Support Group felt it was timeto consider proposals from several international firms, including the onewhich we had been using. Following personal presentations by representa-tives of five firms, Arthur Andersen & Company was selected as auditors forthe World Scout Bureau, including its regional offices, and for the WorldScout Foundation. Their work for the Bureau will begin with the audit of the1998-1999 accounts.EducationalMethods GroupAdult ResourcesCommitteeProgramme CommitteeFinance andSupport GroupAuditors - Page 17 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 16s Upon the recommendation of the Finance and Support Group, the WorldScout Committee created an Audit Committee. It is composed mainly of non-World Scout Committee members, and “its task is to comment on the efficacyand to safeguard the credibility and objectivity of the external financialreporting and to ensure that, in the presentation of the financial statements,the World Scout Committee has exercised the necessary care, diligence andskill prescribed by law and the WOSM Constitution.” John Donnell, Jr., whowill retire from the World Scout Committee in Durban, was appointedchairman-designate. This committee, along with the new Audit Committee ofthe World Scout Foundation, met together in February 1999 in Geneva. Staffsupport is provided by Sonia Kunz, Luc Panissod, and Doreen Taillenss Scout Resources International (SCORE) is the new World Scout shop. Itsells a growing variety of products bearing the World Scout Emblem, mostWorld Scouting publications, as well as outdoor equipment. In 1999 SCOREopeneditsshopontheInternetforon-lineshopping:www.worldscoutshop.orgThe main SCORE services include: promoting the use of the World Scoutemblem, assisting national Scout organizations to obtain favourable pricesthrough bulk purchases with other countries; and to provide products,especially uniforms, and technical assistance to small national Scout shops.Neil Westaway (Australia) is Chairman of the Board. Bernard LeRoux isManaging Director.s The Honours andAwards committee is chaired by Dimitri (Rann) Alexatos(Greece) with executive support provided by Jim Sharp. The committeemeets once a year to consider nominations for the award of the Bronze Wolf.It makes its recommendations to the World Committee, whose membersdecide by secret ballot who will receive the award. Following the Osloconference 23 awards have been made:Audit CommitteeWORLD SCOUT COMMITTEE, continuedScout ResourcesInternational(SCORE)Honours andAwards CommitteeBetty Clay (United Kingdom)Billy Goh (Singapore)Gilberth Gonzàlez U. (Costa Rica)Baldur Hermans (Germany)Mateo Jover (World Scout Bureau)Hon. Kim Chong-Hoh (Korea)Kun-Bae Park (Korea)Vladimir Lomeiko (Belarus)Salomon Matalon (France)Malick M'Baye (Senegal)Jack McCracken (Canada)Nicolas Ambroise Ndiaye (Senegal)Sutham Phanthusak (Thailand)Jere Ratcliffe (USA)Sumon Samarsam (Thailand)Abdoulaye Sar (World Scout Bureau)Francis Small (New Zealand)Daniel Tagata (Peru)Fayeq Hambi Tahboub (Palestinian Authority)Teiji Takemiya (Japan)Mohamed Triki (Tunisia)Geoffrey Wheatle (Canada)Morris Zilka (Israel) - Page 18 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 17s The Constitutions Committee advises the World Committee on all mattersof constitutional policy. It also assists national associations in ensuring theproper expression and implementation of Scouting, and carries out researchrelated to the fundamentals of Scouting and other matters of policy.The committee met in September 1997 and 1998 and will meet again at theDurban Conference. The committee considered some 24 constitutions ofnational Scout associations, particularly in Central and Eastern Europeancountries, and reviewed the constitutions of several regions, in addition toadvising the World Scout Committee on a number of policy and constitutionalmatters. It also worked on the production of guidelines to assist associationsthat are preparing or revising their constitutions.The Chairman of the Constitutions Committee is John Beresford (UK) and theexecutive in charge is Malek Gabr, Deputy Secretary General.s The new Strategy Task Force set up by the World Scout Committee in Oslo,met near Geneva at the end of October 1996. It was chaired by former WorldCommittee Vice-Chairman Bertil Tunje and attended by the three othermembers: John Beresford, Jocelyne Gendrin and Garnet de la Hunt, plusseveral members of the Bureau staff. It met again in September 1997, andSeptember 1998.Its mandate is to enable the World Scout Committee to implement Resolution3/96 calling for the development of a mission statement based on theConstitution of WOSM for the World Scout Conference in Durban. In fact,Scouting’s mission is clearly stated in Chapter I of the Constitution of WOSM,mainly under the definition and purpose of the Scout Movement (Article 1).These provisions are perfectly valid and correct and there is no reason, orintention, of reconsidering them or questioning them in any way. However,the wording of the constitution is, by its very nature, too abstract.For example, the word “education” appears in the definition of Scouting, andeveryone agrees that Scouting is an educational movement. But doeseveryone understand the word “education” in the same way? How manyassociations realize that education means the development of the abilities ofthe mind and the development of attitudes, and that it is quite different frominstruction or teaching?Another example is the statement in the constitutional definition that Scoutingis “opento all” who agreeto conform with its purpose, principles and method.But how many associations have actually gone beyond the middle and upper-middle classes and addressed the needs of the less-favoured young peoplewho need Scouting most?These are the types of issues which the task force felt needed to be consideredwithin the framework of the Strategy, not with the slightest intention ofchanging the mission but, on the contrary, in order to strengthen it by makingit more concrete and better understood.The task force requested and reviewed the feedback from associationsregarding the new kit dealing with the mission-related question of Scoutingfor what? Scouting for whom? which had been developed for the work on thestrategy in Oslo. The document has been translated into several languages.Theyalso determined the ways in which this subject was to be handled at eachof the regional conferences in 1998.Inview ofthe successofthe outdoordiscussiongroupsatthe Osloconferencethe taskforce felt thata similarprocessshouldbe usedforproducingamissionstatement at the Durban conference. This would ensure that participantsdiscuss the question thoroughly and will have a sense of ownership of aConstitutionsCommitteeStrategy TaskForce - Page 19 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 18finished product, which would not be the case if a draft mission statementwere produced prior to the conference.Consequently, the task force concentrated on developing the tools thatwould facilitate the discussion in Durban by producing a major newdocument entitled The Essential Characteristics of Scouting, which explainsin detail the key concepts underlying the terms used to describe theMovement in WOSM’s Constitution, and constitutes the common ground onwhich the worldwide mission statement will be based.It has been sent to all associations as a conference document with additionalinformation about what a mission is - and is not - and explaining the workthat should take place in national associations prior to Durban. The task forcealso developed the working methods which will be used in Durban, basedupon the very positive experiences in Oslo. These working methods aredescribed in the conference documents.s This committee is composed of an equal number of representatives fromboth organizations. The WOSM members are World Committee ChairmanFrancisco S. Roman, Vice-Chairman Jocelyne Gendrin, Committee memberGarth Morrison, and WOSM Secretary General Jacques Moreillon, withDeputy Secretary General Malek Gabr as the resource and permanent liaisonperson with WAGGGS.The group met in London in November 1996, in Geneva in September 1997,and in London in September 1998. These meetings were held in a spirit ofopenness, with a desire to find positive solutions to the issues that concernboth WAGGGS and WOSM. Following each meeting, a report was sent to allWAGGGS organizations and all WOSM organizations.A numberof projects of mutual interest were addressed, including: the “CEO”project to promote the importance of non-formal education provided byScouting, Guiding, and other youth organizations; the UNHCR/WAGGGS/WOSM Refugee Project; the Nobel Peace Prize; and the new anti-personnelmines campaign.The committee agreed that WAGGGS/WOSM Statement on Relationships,signed in May 1992, needed updating to meet the needs and challenges ofboth World Organizations today. This will be considered again following theforthcoming World conferences of the two organizations.The subject of Scout and Guide National Organizations (SAGNOs) wasregularly discussed. Traditionally, and by contractual agreement betweenWAGGGS and WOSM, the male members of SAGNOs belong to WOSM andthe female members belong toWAGGGS. In1998 the WAGGGS World Boardadopted a statement which allowed boys in SAGNOs to also becomemembers of WAGGGS, while at the same time retaining their membership ofWOSM if they so wished.Thisrendered the long-standingdefinitionof a SAGNO obsolete. Asa result, theWorld Scout Committee concluded that SAGNOs females could becomemembers of WOSM (while at the same time retaining their membership ofWAGGGS if they so wished), subject to fulfilling all conditions of membership.For those SAGNOs who wish their female members to remain members ofWAGGGS only, a document has been prepared for the World ScoutConference explaining the background (this question was the subject ofresolution 6/96 adopted in Oslo) and proposing a policy to be adopted at theDurban conference.WORLD SCOUT COMMITTEE, continuedStrategy TaskForcecontinuedWorld Guideand ScoutConsultativeCommittee - Page 20 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 19s This group meets informally to discuss matters of common interest to theWorld Scout Foundation and the World Organization of the Scout Movement.These meetings help to strengthen the relationshipsbetween the twoorganiza-tions, and improve the coordination of fundraising. The group usually meets inconjunction with the World Scout Foundation’s annual board meeting.s After more than a year of work with The Scout Association (UK), the WorldScout Committee took a number of decisionsduring its meeting in April in 1997at Gilwell Park, concerning the celebrationof the100th Anniversary of Scoutingin 2007:• First, it was agreed - apparently for the first time officially - that Scouting wasbornon1stAugust1907,theopeningdayofBaden-Powell’sexperimentalcampon Brownsea Island.• The centenary is to be celebrated throughout the year 2007 and especiallyon Wednesday 1st August 2007;• In2007, thebirthofScoutingshouldbecelebratedinternationallyinthebirthplace of the Movement, the United Kingdom, and nationally throughout theworld in each country that has a WOSM organization.• The Committee noted that Founder’s Day, 22 February 2007, is also acommemorative date in many countries, and that this date will be the 150thbirthday of Scouting’s Founder Robert Baden-Powell.A2007TaskForce wascreatedatworldlevel,composedexclusivelyofex-officiomemberssoastoensureitscontinuity.ItisheadedbytheChairmanoftheWorldScout Committee. The Chief Scout of The Scout Association is Vice-Chairman.The World Scout Foundation is also represented.The task force has met three times: January 1998 at Schloss Marbach, Germany;September 1998 in Munich, Germany; and March 1999 at Baden-Powell Housein London. It will meet again in Durban.In July 1977, just before the 90th anniversary of the Brownsea Island camp, aresourcekitwassenttoallScoutassociationsexplainingthedecisionstakenandsuggesting ideas for worldwide celebrations. Each national association wasencouraged to also form an ex-officio task force to begin planning andbudgeting for 2007.A newsletter entitled Towards 2007 was published in April 1998, and additionalinformation will be made available in Durban, where the formal launching willtake place.WSF/WOSMCoordination Group2007 Task Forcefor the Centenaryof ScoutingBrownsea Island, the birthplace ofScouting, was visited by somemembers of the World ScoutCommittee and regional chairmen inApril1997,followingtheirmeetingatGilwell Park (UK). At that meeting anumber of decisions were takenregardingthecelebrationofScouting’s100thbirthdayin2007.FromtheleftareMohamedTriki,AbdullahNasseef,Patrick Lyon, Garth Morrison, FrankieRoman, Ivo Stern, Garnet de la Hunt,and Stein Løvold. - Page 21 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 2034thWORLD SCOUT CONFERENCENew membersElections andappointmentsResolutionss The 34th World Scout Conference was held from 8 to 12 July 1996 at theFolkets Hus Congress Centre, in Oslo, Norway. It was hosted by the NorwegianScout association, Norges Speiderforbund, and was attended by 1,026 partici-pants from 108 countries.Looking Wider was theme of the Conference, based on a quotation fromScouting’s Founder Robert Baden-Powell. The Strategy for Scouting was thefocus of the conference, as it was at World Scout Conferences in 1990 and 1993.In Oslo, new emphasis was placed on the mission of Scouting, as a leitmotifwhich should permeate the entire Strategy, to give it more substance and betterclarity.Two full-day commissions examined the mission-related questions of Scoutingfor what? Scouting for whom?.The World Scout Committee appointed the following conference officers: NeilM. Westaway (Australia) as Chairman and Bertil Tunje (Sweden) and John R.Donnell, Jr. (USA) as Vice-Chairmen.s Nine countries were recognized as new members of WOSM: Czech Republic(1996), Estonia (1996), Latvia (1993), Mongolia (1994), Niger (1996), PalestinianScout Association (1996), Poland(1996) Slovenia (1994), and Yugoslavia (1995).s Six members of the World Committee completed their terms of office: NeilM. Westaway (Australia), Bertil Tunje (Sweden), Garth Morrison (UK), Jean-LucDe Paepe (Belgium), Kun-Bae Park (Korea) and Mostafa Salem (Libya). Allserved six-year terms, except Garth Morrison who had been elected in Bangkokto serve a three year term created by a vacancy.Duringtheconference, sixpeoplewereelectedtotheWorldCommittee: Garnetde la Hunt (South Africa), Stein Løvold (Norway), Patrick Lyon d’Andrimont(Chile), Garth Morrison (UK), Dr. Abdullah Omar Nasseef (Saudia Arabia) andConstantinos Tsantilis (Greece)s The conference adopted 14 business resolutions on the following subjects:1) Palestinian Scout Association, 2) new registration fee system, 3) Strategy forScouting, 4) 6th World Youth Forum, 5) females and males in WOSM, 6) Scoutand Guide national organizations, 7) the World Association of Girl Guides andGirlScouts,8)organizationsofScoutsinexile,9)theMarrakechCharter,10)inter-religiousdialogue,11)costsofworldevents,12)leprosy,13)educationforpeace,and 14) the 90th anniversary of Scouting.s TheconferencevotedtoaccepttheinvitationofMexicotohostthe11thWorldScoutMootin2000.InvitationswereacceptedfromGreece tohostthe36thWorldScout Conference in 2002, and from Thailand to host the 20th World ScoutJamboree in 2002/2003.s The World Scout Committee elected Frankie Roman (Philippines) as Chair-man, and John R. Donnell, Jr. (USA) Vice-Chairman, Support; and JocelyneGendrin (France) as Vice-Chairman, Educational Methods. Pierre de Morsier(Switzerland) remained Treasurer, and Olivier Mach (Switzerland) remainedLegal Advisor.MostafaSalem(Libya) becamethenew Chairmanof theProgrammeCommittee,replacing Lars Kolind (Denmark). Christos Lygeros (Greece) became Chairmanof the Programme Committee, replacing Jocelyne Gendrin (France).The following continued as Chairmen: John Beresford (UK), ConstitutionsCommittee; Dimitri “Rann”Alexatos(Greece), HonoursandAwardsCommittee;and Bertil Tunje (Sweden), Strategy Task Force. Neil Westaway (Australia)becameChairmanofScoutResourcesInternational(SCORE),replacingKun-BaePark (Korea) who remains a member of the board.Oslo, NorwayJuly 1996Event invitationsWorld Committeeelections - Page 22 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 21WORLD SCOUT BUREAUs The World Scout Bureau is the secretariat of the World Organization andthe executive arm of the World Scout Committee. It respondsto requests fromthe World Conference and individual member organizations. The Bureauoperates under the overall responsibility of Dr. Jacques Moreillon, SecretaryGeneral of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.The World Bureau is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and it has officesin six regions. The Geneva office is organized into two divisions: EducationalMethods, headed by Deputy Secretary General Malek Gabr, and Finance andSupport, headed by Deputy Secretary General Luc Panissod.s As defined by the Constitution of WOSM, the regions play an essential rolewithin the World Organization by helping its governing and coordinationbodies in their work both at world and regional levels. In particular, theyidentify local needs and the help necessary to solve them. They also informthe world bodies of the situation at grass-roots level.The regions are important constitutional and operational elements in a trulydecentralized, diversified operation within our Movement, the main strengthof which is its worldwide unity and integrity.The BureauThe RegionsChairman:Mr. Manuel Pinto, Uganda10th Africa Scout Conference:Dakar, Senegal, September 1998Previous Chairman:Dr. Marie-Louise Correa, Senegal11th Africa Conference:Gabon, 2001Regional Headquarters:Nairobi, Kenya, Dakar, SenegalRegional Director:Mr. Kiraithe Nyagas The 10th Africa Scout Conference was held 30 September to 4 October, 1998in Dakar Senegal. It was attended by 83 people representing 18 memberorganizations.Thethemeoftheconference wasScoutingdevelopsYoungPeopleforUnity,PeaceandDemocracy. ThekeynoteaddresswasdeliveredbyayoungScoutandtheworkshopsthatfollowedexploredhowScoutingasaneducationalmovement for young people can play this role - this being a great need in Africatoday. During the conference, the 1st Africa Scout Youth Forum was held at thesame venue.Four new members were elected to the Regional Scout Committee for a term ofsix years: Dr. Doumbia Gnamakolo (Côte d’Ivoire), Papa Mbodj (Senegal),Nkwenkwe Nkomo (South Africa), and Dr. Stephen Chandiwana (Zimbabwe).ThenewcommitteeelectedManuelPinto(Uganda)asitsChairmanandMassayeNgouangui (Gabon) as Vice-Chairman.s The region has seen an overall growth rate of 4.2 percent over the triennium,with a registered membership of 590,658 Scouts and leaders. Angola wasrecognizedasthe150thmemberofWOSMduringthetrienniumandbecamethenewest member of the region.s The Africa Core Programme, which was originally developed by the AfricaRegional Office to help national associations with their youth programmedevelopment process, hasbeenrevised. Thecompleterevisionwasundertakenby members of the Regional Sub-Committee on Youth Programme and otherScouters,tomakeitmorecompatiblewiththeRenewedApproachtoProgrammeDevelopment proposed by the World Programme Committee. The regionalfocus remains the support of national Scout associations that are updating theirprogrammes using that approach.In the last triennium, Scouts in the region continued with their involvement incommunity development according to local needs, the available resources, andthe educational method of Scouting. The main areas of involvement for Scoutsincluded: leprosy, environment, capacity building, and job skills training.Africa RegionMembershipYouth ProgrammeRegional Conference - Page 23 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 22WORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Africa Region, continueds Duringthelastthreeyears,AdultsinScoutinghasbeenamainpriority. ATaskForce on Adults in Scouting was set up to work on concept clarification. It heldanumberofsessionswiththeKenyaScoutsAssociation. Zonal workshopswerealso held in West I (Togo, Benin and Côte d’Ivoire); East (Kenya, Uganda andTanzania) and West II (Senegal and The Gambia). An Adults in Scoutingsubcommittee has been set up to work with national associations.s A new course providing more information on Scouting and the skillsnecessary to manage a national Scout association was developed for the leadersof new associations. This is necessary because not all elected members of thecouncils and executive committees were Scouts and they need a betterunderstanding of Scouting and managing a Scout association.The on-the-job training course for Scout executives continued at the regionaloffice. The support to national associations to revise and update their constitu-tions continues, as do strategic planning workshops for selected associations.TheAfrica Scout Regional OfficeopenedanOperationsCentreon1August1997in Dakar, Senegal, to better serve French-speaking associations in West Africa.Lamine Diawara joined the regional staff as the executive in charge. Thecompletion of the project was made possible thanks to the generosity of ScoutsCanada, and of the government of Senegal.s 1995to1998 wereyearsmarkedbygreatercooperationbetweenthenationalScout associations and the regional office. Many associations in the regioncontinued to have bilateral programmes with Scouts from other parts of theworld. In the region, relationships were strengthened with other youth andrelated organizations. In addition, the Africa Regional Office participated inmeetings and conferences organized by the Organization of African Unity andthe United Nations system.s Regional Director Kiraithe Nyaga is assisted by Abdoulaye Sene, Director ofProgramme and Training; J. Gathogo Ngugi, Director of Community Develop-ment; andLamineDiawara, DirectoroftheOperationsCentreinDakar, Senegal.Adults in ScoutingStaffRelationshipsManagementAt the Africa Regional Conference in October 1998, Abdou Diouf,President of Senegal, welcomed Frankie Roman (right), Chairman of theWorld Scout Committee, and Jacques Moreillon, Secretary General ofWOSM.TotheleftofPresidentDioufisMarieLouiseCorrea,theout-goingchairman of the Africa Scout Region.“On My Honour...” a Rwandan Scout in a refugee camp in Zaire makes his Scout Promisebefore other members in the troop. Scouts in Brundi, Rwanda and Zaire (now theDemocratic Republic of the Congo) were often refugees themselves, and they did muchtohelp refugees,especiallychildren,inthe camps;otherScoutswere helpingrefugeesgetsettled and to reintegrate when they returned home. - Page 24 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 23Chairman:Mr. Mohamed Triki, Tunisia22nd Arab Scout Conference:Doha, Qatar, November 199823rd Arab Scout Conference:Saudia Arabia, 2001Regional Headquarters:Cairo, EgyptDirector:Mr. Fawzi M. Farghalis The 22nd Arab Scout Conference was held in Qatar from 1 to 5 November,1998, with the participation of 129 people representing 16 Arab Scoutassociations and other organizations and agencies. The main theme of theConference was The Challenges Facing Young People at the Dawn of the 21stCentury and the Role of Scouting in Meeting These Challenges.Three new members were elected to the Regional Scout Committee, whichlater re-elected Mohamed Triki (Tunisia) for another term as Chairman.Mohamed Hamad Al-Humaidy (Kuwait) was elected Vice-Chairman.s In cooperation with the Saudi Boy Scout Association, the region organizedthe 4th Meeting for Chairmen of the Arab Scout Associations in Riyadh, SaudiArabia, in December 1997. Thirty-five chairmen and chief commissionersrepresenting 13 Arab Scout associations met to evaluate the Strategy forDeveloping the Arab Scout Movement 1996-1998, and to discuss thechallenges and obstacles that confront the development of the ScoutMovement in the Arab Region at both national and regional levels.Aspecial subcommitteewascreatedtodevelop the generalframeworkfortheStrategic Plan for Developing the Arab Scout Movement to face the challengesof the 21st century, including: over-population, damage to the environment,the information revolution, and globalization. The plan is intended to meetthe challenges during the period from 2001 to 2010.s A regional policy was adopted to develop working tools for Scout sections(Cub, Scout, Senior Scouts, and Rovers) and to highlight and assess eachsection in terms of administration and Scouting qualities. They also placedemphasis on developing the Scout curriculum through identifying educa-tional and specific objectives for each section. The curriculum was written bya group of Scout experts and leaders representing 12 Arab Scout associationsduring the period from 1995 to 1998.Arab RegionRegional ConferenceTop leaders’ conferenceYouth ProgrammeWORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Arab RegionThe Arab Scout Region celebrated the85th anniversary of the founding ofScouting in their area in 1912, justfive years after the founding ofScouting on Brownsea Island inEngland. The Egyptian governmentissued a special postal stamp to markthe occasion. - Page 25 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 24WORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Arab Region, continueds The region recognizes the great importance of developing relations withother Scout regions. Projects include: an Arab-European seminar under thetheme Scouting - Education for Peace; a joint Arab-Europe visit to thePalestinian Scout Association to explore ways to cooperate and supportScouting in that area; joint work with the European Region on theMediterranean Peace Cruise; and the 3rd Arab-European meeting wasorganized in Kuwait with the participation of eight Arab Scout associationsand nine European Scout associations. The 1st Arab-Africa Meeting was heldat the Cairo International Scout Centre in June 1998. The 1st Arab-Asia-Pacificmeeting was held at the Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Hong Kong todiscuss possible joint activities.The region has cooperation agreements with more than 16 organizations,including UNICEF, the World Health Organization, UNESCO, the Interna-tional Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the UnitedNations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Leprosy Relief Organization,and the United Nations Environment Programme, etc.s The Cairo International Scout Centre continuesto be a very popular venuefor meetings and conferences, not only of Scout organizations, but forregional groups of several United Nations organizations. The centre hasrecently been redecorated, and construction is under way to expand itsfacilities.s Virtually all the publications of the World Scout Organization have beentranslated into Arabic for use in the region. These publications represent alarge proportion of the quality publications which are used at all levels inmost associations.s Under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Arab League, the ArabScout family celebrated its 85th anniversary in November 1997, with theparticipation of 105 people representing 15 Arab Scout associations. Thecelebration identified the Movement’s uniqueness and its contribution toproviding non-formal education as well as the values of solidarity andbrotherhood for successive generations during 85 years.s Regional Director Fawzi Farghali is assisted by Tarek Fayed, ProgrammeDirector; Refaat El-Sebaey, Public Relations and Media Executive; and FathyFarghali, Director of Community Development and Special Projects.Staff85th AnniversaryPublicationsRelationshipsCairo InternationalScout CentreIn Luxor, Egypt, 30 young people, mostlyScouts, from 21 countries gathered for aweek of restoration work and to learnabouttheimportanceofpreservingcultureand historical traditions. The event wassponsored by the Arab Scout Region,UNESCO,andtheEgyptianYouthMinistry. - Page 26 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 25WORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Asia-Pacific RegionChairman:Mr. Herman C. S. Hui, Hong Kong19th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference:Hong Kong, July 1998Previous Chairman:Mr. Felix Li Tai Ho, Singapore20th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference:New Delhi, India, 2001Regional Headquarters:Manila, PhilippinesRegional Director:Mr. Kim Kyu Youngs The 19th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference took place 26-31 July1998 at Baden-Powell International House in Hong Kong. About 350delegates and observers attended, representing 31 Scout organizations.The Conference elected five new members to the Regional Committee: L. M.Jain (India), Kirsty Brown (Australia) - the first woman ever elected to thiscommittee, Jejomar Binay (Philippines), Dr. Yongyudh Vajaradul (Thailand)and Anthony Thng (Singapore).Herman C. S. Hui (Hong Kong) was elected Chairman and A. Francis Small(New Zealand) and George Huang Po-Cheng (Scouts of China) as Vice-Chairmen.s The region serves its national Scout organizations with support in thefields of youth activities, adult leadership, management and finance, publicrelations, and membership growth. Work in each of these areas included:• Four Asia-Pacific regional Scout jamborees, involving a total of more than60,000 Scouts and leaders.• Three major youth forums involving more that 200 delegates from some45 countries.• The regional Scout committee approved the Guidelines in HostingRegional Program Events, which covers the requirements for hosting aregional jamboree, moot, Venture Scout or community development camps.• Scouts throughout the region participated in community developmentprojects that ranged from providing modest housing for the elderly toseminars on leprosy control, and a centre for disaster training in Cebu Cityin the Philippines.• The region also fostered youth exchange programmes and twinningprojects between organizations within and outside of region.Asia-PacificRegionSupport to NationalAssociationsRegional ConferenceThree Scouts were the first Australians to walk unaided to the South Pole. Standing at the Pole with theWorld Scout flag on New Year’s day 1998 are, left to right, Ian Brown, Keith Williams, and PeterTreseder. It took them 60 days to reach the Pole, pulling all their food and gear with them. “We gainedour zest for adventure in Scouts. Scouting is fun and you learn to adventure safely,” they said in amessage broadcast from Antarctica to enthusiastic Scouts at the National Jamboree in Australia.The 1st Mongolian Jamboree attracted 1,200 MongolianScouts,and70fromnineothercountriesinAugust1996. TheScout Association of Mongolia joined the World Organizationof the Scout Movement in 1994, and has been growingsteadily, with a membership of 6,623 in 1999. - Page 27 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 26s An Adult Resources subcommittee was formed in 1995 to aid with theimplementation of the Adults in Scouting strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region.The subcommittee held five meetings during the triennium.The region has taken major steps to implement the Adult Resources policy,including: translating the AIS documents into more than 13 languages,conductingseminars,workshopsandcoursesinnationalScoutorganizations,and helping to incorporate the Adult Resources Policy into national policies.s Highlights of management and finance activities include:• Three management courses to develop professional Scouter’s managerialcompetence and to exchange ideas, concepts and experience on Scoutingoperations.• A Top Leaders’ Summit in Japan in October 1997 to review overall regionaloperations and develop strategies for the region’s plan Towards 2002.• The management committee of the Asia-Pacific Region Foundationformed a task force to promote the fundraising efforts of the Foundation. Ithas created guidelines for granting financial assistance to Scouting projects,and revised the Foundation Management Committee’s terms of reference.s The Asia-Pacific Region Internet Team was set up in October 1996 toencourage the use ofthe Internet asa tool of communication. The Asia-PacificRegion’s Internet site was developed and is maintained by the Boy Scouts ofNippon.s The 40th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Asia-Pacific Region wasmarked in 1996 by year-long activities in many national Scout organiza-tions. In July, President Fidel V. Ramos of the Philippines welcomed theregional Scout committee, the staff, and officials of the Boy Scouts of thePhilippines for a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Manila.The anniversary was marked with publication of Forty Years and Beyond,a book recounting the history of the Asia-Pacific Region.s The region cooperates with some 16 organizations, including: UNESCO,UNICEF, World Health Organization, the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees, the World Assembly of Youth, AHM LeprosyRelief Organization, etc.s Regional Director Kim Kyu Young is assisted by Golam Sattar, Directorof Administration and Resources Development; S. Prassanna, Director ofAdult Resources and Research; Ysidro P. Castillo, Programme and CDExecutive; Lucia L. Taray, Publications and Relationships Executive; andLuzviminda A. Alba, Office Manager.WORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Asia-Pacific Region, continued40th AnniversaryStaffRelationshipsInternet TeamAdult ResourcesManagementPhilippine President Fidel W. RamosgreetsJacquesMoreillon,and FrankieRoman during the 2nd GeneralAssemblyofWorldScoutParliamentaryUnion meeting in Manila in August1997. On the left is the HonourableKim Chong Hoh (Republic of Korea)who has been named Founder andPresident Emeritus of WSPU. Themeeting was attended by 180participants,including80parliamentarians from 41 countries. - Page 28 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 27Chairman:Mr. Harout Haroutunian, ArmeniaConstituitive Conference:Yerevan, Arminia, April 19981st Eurasia Scout Conference:Minsk, Belarus, 2001Region Headquarters:Yalta-Gurzuf, UkraineDirector:Dr. Alexander S. Bondars Asaresult ofthe growth ofScoutinginthe formerSovietUnion,the EurasiaScout Region, the sixth Scout region in the world, was created by the WorldScout Committee in April 1997. It serves the 12 countries in the Common-wealth of Independent States, each of which will eventually become amember of the World Scout Organization.The Eurasia region was created at the request of the five national Scoutorganizations which were expected to be its first and founding members:Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Tajikistan.s The Constitutive Conference of the Eurasia Region was held in Yerevan,Armenia 24-26 April 1998. It was attended by 35 participants representing thefive national Scout organizations that had been recognized by WOSM. Fivepeople, one from each member organization in the region, were elected tothe regional committee to serve until the first Eurasia Conference, to be heldin Minsk, Belarus in 2001.The newly-formed committee elected Harout Haroutunian (Armenia) asChairman, andYuriEmilian(Moldova)asVice-Chairman.The committeealsoapproved the appointment of Dr. Alexander Bondar as regional director ofthe Eurasia Scout Region.The Conference also established two commissions of the Eurasia RegionalScout Committee: the Educational Methods Commission and the Organiza-tional Development Commission.The first meeting of the regional committee was held in September 1998 atthe Krasnokamenka Regional Scout Centre. The members approved a planof action of the Eurasia Regional Scout Organization for 1999 and 2000.s The new regional office in Yalta-Gurzuf in the Republic of Crimea(Ukraine) was officially opened in 1998. An office had existed in Yalta-Gurzufsince 1993, but it has moved into a new four-story building overlooking theBlack Sea. The new Eurasia Scout Centre has been named Krasnokamenka(the Red Stone). The Information Office for the World Scout Bureau inMoscow, which had opened there in 1991, has become a satellite office forthe region.EURASIA REGIONWORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Eurasia RegionRegion CreatedRegion ConferenceCreatedNew Eurasia ScoutcentreThe new Eurasia Scout Region heldits Constitutive Conference inArmenia in April 1998. HaroutHaroutunian (Armenia), centre, waselected chairman; Yuri Emilian(Moldova), left, is vice-chairman,and Alexander Bondar, right, wasappointed Regional Director. - Page 29 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 28s In an effort to increase awareness of Scouting in the region, a number ofIntroduction to Scouting seminars were organized. Some 70 Scout leadersfrom the countries of Central Asia took part in the seminars. The success ofthe promotion of Scouting has been most noticable in the Republic ofAzerbaijan and the Ukraine. Many round table discussions have been heldbetween members of Scouting in Ukraine and Dr. Bondar, the regionaldirector.Seventy Scouts from the Eurasia Region participated in the World ScoutJamboree in Chile.s Cooperation with Scout associations in other regions continued andincreased during this triennium. These include: Asociacion de Scouts deEspana (ASDE), the Boy Scouts of America, The Danish Scout Council, TheScout Association of Australia, The Scout Association of the United Kingdom,Scouts Canada, Scouts de France and Soma Hellinon Proskopon (Greece).s The following publications are now available in Russian:• Introduction to Scouting: Guide for Parents and Other Adults (1996)• Adults in Scouting (1998)• Constitution of the Eurasia Regional Scout Organization• TheEducationofYoungPeople: Astatementatthedawnofthe21stcentury• Constitution of the World Organization of the Scout Movement• The Fundamental Principles of Scouting• How to Organize a Scout Association• Handbook for Scouts• Handbook for Leaders• A quarterly periodical is produced in Russian by the office in Moscow anddistributed to almost 1,000 people in the CIS.The regional office will regularly translate WOSM documents into Russian,thus filling the same role as the Arab and Interamerican offices for translationsinto Arabic and Spanish.A special grant was obtained from the World Scout Foundation to provideRussian language services at the World Scout Conference in Durban.s Regional Director Dr. Alexander Bondar is assisted by Armen Aghayan,Accountant; Elena Galadjiy, Prog amme Assistant; and Guennady Churakov,Support Services Assistant.Awareness of ScoutingPartnershipsPublicationsWORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Eurasia Region, continuedStaffKrasnokamenka (the red stone) is the name of the new Eurasia Scout Centre located near Yalta/Gurzuf in the Republic of the Crimea in the Ukraine. Thecentre overlooksthe Black Sea and isneara mountainousnationalpark.The purpose ofthe centre is“foryouthleadership,developmentand the advancementof democracy and peace.” The four-storey building is new and was being built as a hotel. It was purchased thanks to money raised by the former Chairmanof the World Scout Foundation, Klaus J. Jacobs. - Page 30 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 29Chairman:David Bull, United Kingdom16th European Scout Conference:Luxembourg, May 1998Previous Chairman:José Antonio Warletta17th European Scout Conference:Czech Republic, 2001Regional Headquarters:Geneva, SwitzerlandBrussels, BelgiumDirector:Dominique Bénards The 1998 Conference was held in Luxembourg 2-8 May 1998 and attendedby 188 people from 37 countries. The following people were elected to formthe European Scout Committee: David Bull (UK), Per Hylander (Denmark),Thérèse Bermingham (Ireland), George Hourdakis (Greece), MaartenVeldhuijzen (Netherlands), and José Antonio Warletta (Spain). The commit-tee elected David Bull as Chairman, and Per Hylander as Vice-Chairman.Ondrej Vanke (Czech Republic) was co-opted following the resignation ofMaarten Veldhuijzen in 1999.Highlights of the conference included the adoption of a Scout Plan for theperiod 1999-2007 - focusing on developing and promoting Scouting, improv-ing youth programmes, managing adult resources, facilitating communica-tion and supporting the development of national Scout associations. Resolu-tions were adopted on the implementation of the Scout Plan, futurecooperation with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts,financial issues, future regional events and eliminating landmines.During the Conference, a joint meeting of the Scout and Guide Conferenceswas addressed by Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission.s In this field, the main focus during the triennium was on supportingnational associations in adapting programmes to the changing needs oftoday’syouth.TheRenewedApproachtoProgramme(RAP),developedby theEuropean Scout Region in partnership with the Interamerican Scout Regionand the Programme Service of the World Scout Bureau, was designed to meetthe needs of associations for a clear conceptual framework. The RAP User’sGuide was produced in May 1998 (first edition). It comprises eight tools toassist national programme teams in eachstep of the programme developmentprocess. RAP was complemented in 1999 with the publication of the CubScout Leader’s Handbook, produced by the Interamerican Region with thehelp of the European Region. This book gives an introduction to the needsof girls and boys aged 7-11 and explains how to implement RAP in the CubScout section.Two key events were organized to share materials and experiences relatingto RAP: the Summer Happening in August 1997 in Estonia, and the NationalProgramme Commissioners’ Forum, in September 1997 in Finland. Inaddition, 20 workshops on RAP and other youth programme topics wereorganized at the request of national associations. A youth programmeworking group was set up in 1998.The Europe For You ! programme to promote youth mobility in Europe wasimproved thanks to feedback and support from national associations. TheEuroSteps network expanded to include 64 sites offering young peopleopportunities to take part in challenging projects in 22 countries. The WheretoStayinEurope booklet grew to include information about 320 Scout centresin 25 countries and included a new section on voluntary staff programmes.In 1998 a pilot project was set up to test and further develop the EuropeanVoluntary Service programme to support the development of Scouting inunderprivileged areas.WORLD SCOUT BUREAU, European RegionEuropean RegionYouth ProgrammeRegional Conference - Page 31 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 30Youth ProgrammecontinuedWORLD SCOUT BUREAU, European Region, continuedRelated events included: Eurofolk, to promote intercultural learning andfriendship among young people aged 16 to 20, held in 1997 in Belgium; the5th European Scout and Guide Centre Managers’ Conference in 1997 inGreece; two seminars on Europe For You ! in 1997 and 1998 in Germany; aseminar on young volunteers in 1998 in Kandersteg.The European Region also worked to reinforce other important aspects ofyouth programme. A seminar on gender issues was organized in 1997 in theUnited Kingdom. It was followed by a seminar on adolescent health andemotional development in Hungary in 1998. The seminar Building Bridges ofFriendship was held in France, in 1996. It built upon the experience of thenorth-south network which has been meeting twice a year since 1989. TheOverture network on working with ethnic communities helped plan and runa seminar on marginalised youth in 1997 in the UK. A seminar on spiritualdevelopment was organizedd in 1997 in Poland; EuroSea 5, the regularEuropean Sea Scout seminar, took place in Norway in 1997. A new emphasison peace started with a seminar on peace education in 1997 in France andcontinues with the Peace Cruise in 1999.s In the field of adult resources, the region has given priority to assistingnational associations in implementing the Adults in Scouting policy. TheAdultsWe Need, a document presenting the policy and ways of implementingit, was published as an appendix to the RAP User’s Guide in 1998. An adultresources working group was set up in 1997 to collect information, exploreways of providing better support to national associations and developpractical tools.During this triennium, the number of regional events on adult resourcesincreased greatly. In 1996 the Summer Get Together was organized in Spainfor members of national adult resources teams. This was followed in 1997 byaseminaronadultresourcesinthe UK andthe SummerHappeninginEstonia,duringwhich the team approach, mutual agreement and review process weredeveloped further. In 1998 and 1999 management training courses wereorganized in Kandersteg for top volunteers and professionals. A total of 17workshops or courses on adult resources were organized at the request ofnational associations.s The region continued its efforts to improve communication with nationalassociations. Eurofax, the monthly telefax bulletin created in 1992 as a rapidmeans of distributing information from the European Scout Office, waspublished throughout the triennium; readership is estimated at 50,000 permonth. A new communication tool called Euro.Scout.Doc was launched in1999 to inform associations about progress in implementing the EuropeanScout Plan. The first issue focused on Europe For You ! In June 1996, A VisionofEurope II, the triennial report of the European Scout Region 1993-1996, waspublished with a view to inform national associations and institutionalpartners about developments in the region.The regional Internet web site (www.scout.org/europe) was launched inSeptember 1997 and has been regularly updated and developed. In March1998, a significant improvement was made allowing documents and publica-tions to be downloaded directly from the web site. This includes invitationsfor seminars and events, RAP, Europe For You ! publications and resourcepacks on various topics. Each month there are approximately 1,700 visits tothe home page and 1,000 documents are downloaded. In 1999 a communi-cations working group was set up to explore ways of improving ourcommunications further.Adults in ScoutingCommunication - Page 32 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 31s In 1996, Richard Amalvy was employed to work on external relationshipswith other youth organisations and with European institutions. By the end of1997, the region had achieved better representation within the Europeanyouth platforms, with new representatives elected in the commissions of theEuropeanYouth Forum and in the Governing Boardand Advisory Committeeof the Youth Directorate of the Council of Europe. Grants totalling about ECU100,000 were received from the European Union by several nationalassociations and by the region as a result of this work. A youth policiesworking group was established in 1998 to make proposals on future action.s Direct support to national Scout associations is an important part of theregion’s mission. Over the past three years, 118 field missions wereundertaken in 32 countries. 19 missions helped with the recognition processof new associations and since the last World Conference, four Scoutorganizations have been recognized in the European Region: Bulgaria,Lithuania, The former Yugoslave Republic of Macedonia (FYRO), andSlovakia. Eleven missionsfocused onfund-raising and financial managementand 20 on growth and establishing development plans.s Cooperation between the European Scout Region and the Europe RegionWAGGGS was a major aspect of the work during the triennium. The six-yeartrial period of joint structures, approved at the European Conference in 1992,came to a close in May 1998 and was evaluated during a lengthy processinvolving the different kinds of associations existing in Europe: WAGGGS-only, WOSM-only and SAGNO. In April 1997, a summit conference involvingthe top leaders of each association was held in Switzerland to discuss theevaluation results and identify possible solutions for the future. There wasconsensus onthe necessity to continue close cooperation between WAGGGSand WOSM in Europe, but not under the form established in 1992, with asingle committee, office and strategic plan. During the European ScoutConference in 1998, a resolution proposing cooperation between WAGGGSand WOSM in Europe based on common objectives instead of on jointstructures was adopted by a large majority. A coordination group wasestablished to manage the implementation of the joint plan which comple-ments the two specific plans approved by the respective conferences. Boththe regional committees and conferences continue to meet in the same placeand at the same time with a joint session and separate sessions.s The European Scout Region has developed close cooperation with theArab Region and the Interamerican Region. Every two years, meetings areheld between top leaders in the European and Arab Regions, the last beingin Kuwait in 1997 and the next planned in Greece in 1999. A Euro-Arab peaceeducation seminar was organized in Cairo in 1996. A study trip in thePalestinian Authority took place in 1997 with representatives from bothregions and six European associations to identify ways of supporting thedevelopment of the Palestinian Scout Association. Cooperation with theInteramerican Region has focused on youth programme and adult resources,particularly the development of MACPRO and RAP (see above). The Regionis keen to cooperate with all the other regions, especially with the EurasiaRegion.s Regional Director, Dominique Bénard, is assisted by: Richard Amalvy,Director, External Relations; Jacqueline Collier, Director, Youth Programme;Kjeld Jespersen, Director, Adult Resources; Aidan Jones, Director, Financeand Administration; Anna Keep, Deputy Director, External Relations; JohnMoffat, Director, Kandersteg International Scout Centre; Anne-ChristineVogelsang, Administration Assistant. After more than 16 years of service, JeanPierre Isbendjian left the Bureau.StaffCooperation withother regionsCooperation withEurope Region WAGGGSWorking with othersSupport to nationalassociations - Page 33 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 32Chairman:Mr. Mario Farinon, Brazil20thInteramerican Scout Conference:Guadalajara, Mexico, March 1998Previous Chairman:Mr. Carlos Albicker, Mexico21stInteramerican Scout Conference:Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2001Regional Headquarters:Santiago, ChileDirector:Mr. Gerardo González Erbas The 20th Interamerican Scout Conference was held 23-27 March inGuadalajara, Mexico. It was attended by 263 delegates and observers from 22countries. They elected six new members to the Interamerican ScoutCommittee;fiveforasix-yearterm:LuisEnrique Galarza(Ecuador),TheophilusJoseph (Saint Lucia), Diana de Molinas (Argentina), Pablo Rodríguez P.(Mexico) andLuis Tipacti (Peru); and Germán Rocha(Bolivia) for a three-yearterm.The committee elected Mario Farinon as Chairman and Ralph Ross and Dianade Molinas as Vice Chairmen.The conference work was based on the theme Values and Lifestyles.This triennium has seen a dynamic spirit throughout the region, largelycreated by the 19th World Scout Jamboree held in Chile and the forthcomingWorld Scout Moot in Mexico - both events being held in Latin America for thefirst time.The Interamerican Scout Office has concentrated on the priorities of theregional plan published in 1996: Youth Programme, Human Resources,Institutional Management, and Strategic Planning.s Continuingwiththe developmentofMACPRO,the methodforthe creationand continuous updating of the youth programme, the region published, inEnglish and Spanish, the Handbook for Cub Scout Leaders. It guides leaderson the application of the Scout method in units of boys and girls from 7 to11 years of age. This text was developed with the participation of 13 of theregion’s member countries and the collaboration of the European ScoutOffice and the Programme Service of the World Scout Bureau. Presentationseminars on the publication have been carried out in 10 countries for over 400leaders.InteramericanRegionRegional ConferenceYouth ProgrammeWORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Interamerican RegionScouts in Haiti welcome a Scout from Belgium. In the past few years there have been a number of projects ofcooperation between Scouts in Haiti, the Scouts de France, and the Fédération des Scouts Catholiques (Belgium).Volunteers from those countries have worked and are working with Haitian Scouts on a number of communitydevelopment projects. - Page 34 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 33The regional office produced, in collaboration with the World Scout Bureau,the first-ever Scouting computer game, with 1,509 multiple choice questionson 23 different themes. Produced on compact disc for PC and Macintosh, thegame can be played by up to three players who can each choose to play inEnglish, French, Spanish or Portuguese. This was very popular at the WorldScout Jamboree in Chile. The undertaking had the financial support ofSCORE.The Interamerican Scout Office continued to provide support for thedevelopment of the youth programme of the 19th World Scout Jamboree inChile. The office advised on the detailed design of jamboree activities,developed plans for the workshops in the Global Development Village, andwrote and produced, in three languages, 95 technical sheets for the GDVworkshops.In addition, the office worked on the implementation of all the aspects ofsubcamp life, including selection, recruitment, orientation and training ofstaff; drafting the handbook on subcamp life, and providing support in fieldleadership and logistical aspects.s The region has continued to develop its human resources policy, basedonthe worldpolicy.The documentTheLeadersWeNeeddetailsthe processesof recruitment, training and follow-up of adult leaders. The regionalconference received a detailed catalogue called Positions, Responsibilitiesand Profiles of Scout Leaders. The Regional Adult Resources Network metthree times with the participation of 21 of the member countries.During this triennium, the Interamerican Office undertook the humanresources management of the 19th World Scout Jamboree, running theprocess of identifying, recruiting, selecting, appointing, following up andsecuring the participation of over 6,000 adults from 64 countries for theinternational service team. The process used elements of the World AdultResources Policy, reflected in the IST Catalogue of Positions, Responsibilitiesand Profiles, published in June 1997.s The office organized and conducted a Latin American seminar on NewOpportunities in Non-Formal Education under the auspices of the ChileanMinistry of Education, UNESCO and ECLAC, and with the sponsorship of theJohann Jacobs Foundation of Switzerland. Thirty-six participants from 26organizations from 11 countries presented 26 projects.Human ResourcesYouth ProgrammecontinuedNon-formal educationMoments after an earthquake struckBolivia in May 1998, Scouts wereinvolved in rescue efforts, fooddistribution, etc.Theirwork continuedforfivemonths,mainlyhelpingarrangeappropriate medical care, providingtransport to and from this care, andproviding temporary housing in Scoutheadquarters for patients. Scoutsreceived much public recognition fortheir work, but they report that it wasthe personal satisfaction of doing a“good turn” in the Scouting spirit thatthey will remember. - Page 35 World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999Page 34s FollowingaspecialagreementbetweentheWOSMSecretaryGeneralandtheJamboree OrganizingCommittee,averyimportantpartofthetaskoftheregionaloffice during the triennium was support for the management of the 19th WorldScout Jamboree. The regional director was one of the three members of thepermanentcommittee,andplayedaleadingroleinmanagingtheofficialcontactswith the Chilean government and obtaining the principal contributions in termsof finance and public works. This responsibility also included advising on thedesign and development of the infrastructure, assisting with the national andinternational promotional activities, advising on the selection of service provid-ers, assisting in the development of publications and the design of the events,images, etc.s A review of the concepts of strategic planning and its tools have led to amodificationofthepopulartool,Let’sMakeaGroupPlan. It hasbecome amuchshorter publication to facilitate its use at field level.The 2000-2002 Regional Plan, It’s Time to Grow, has been published, includingthe development commitments made by the associations on the basis of theirnational plans.s Since October 1969, the Interamerican Scout Office has been operatingexclusivelyfromitsofficeinSantiago,Chile,followingthetemporarysuspensionofoperationsinSanJosé, CostaRica. Aftermorethan21yearsofservice, MichaelHudson,whooperatedfromtheSanJosé,CostaRicaoffice,lefttheregionalteam.The are four executives on the staff, which had grown to 13 during thepreparationsfortheWorldScoutJamboree:RegionalDirectorGerardoGonzálezErba is assisted by Alberto Omar Del Brutto, Human Resources Director; LuisFelipe Fantini, Educational Programme Director; and Ronald Richardson,Operations Executive for the Caribbean.The Presidentof Chile EduardoFreiwasgivenmanyScout scarvesashe passed through the enthusiasticcrowd to openthe 19th World Scout Jamboree. It was the first World Scout Jamboree ever held in Latin America.A new computer CD-ROM quiz/gameabout Scouting, the environment andother issues was produced by theInteramericanRegionand launched atthe World Scout Jamboree. WorldScout Committee Vice ChairmanJocelyne Gendrin (France) challengesJacquesMoreillon, SecretaryGeneral,WOSM.Thegamehas1,509questionsand can be played by up to threepeople in English, French, Portugese,and Spanish. It can be ordered fromScout Resources International.Jamboree supportWORLD SCOUT BUREAU, Interamerican Region, continuedOffice and StaffPublications