Embracing Change

Members of the ECWG (left to right: Rose-Marie, Christos, Radu, Therese, Jordi, Mihajlo)

Last Embracing Change Working Group Meeting in this triennium

By Mihajlo Atanackovic On 22 May 2013 · Leave a Comment

Barcelona, 17th to 19th May, 2013 - The Working Group just finished its last meeting within the current triennium. Meeting provided much needed time to review and finalise remain tasks and objectives under this priority of the Regional Scout Plan.

Campaigning for Partnerships in Scouting – A toolkit

By Valeria Ileana Siciliano On 21 March 2013 · Leave a Comment

How would you plan a donation project to support a scout organization in a foreign country? Which role does social media play in the communication with international scouts? About 35 scouts from Europe, Nepal and Africa met in Fall 2012 at the bi-annual North South meeting in Germany to discuss such topics. The outcome of [...]

Training the Consultants

By Matthias Gerth On 23 February 2013 · Leave a Comment

How to establish a useful training tools for consultants? How to help consultants to deliver high quality support to NSOs and NSAs? What can we learn from our tailored support experiences in Europe? To discuss these and other issues, the Organisational Development Core Group (ODCG) is meeting in the beautiful countryside south of Brussels this [...]

42nd conference of German Speaking countries

By Jordan Bajraktarov On 19 February 2013 · Leave a Comment

Last weekend, 75 participants from 10 different German speaking NSOs/NSAs, including representatives from the Kandersteg International Scout Centre and the European Scout Foundation, met for their annual meeting in Luxemburg. It was the 42nd gathering of its kind. The attending Guides and Scouts exchanged and discussed past experiences and future challenges. The main topic of [...]

Our Future Path – Discussion Document

By Mihajlo Atanackovic On 12 February 2013 · Leave a Comment

As with the process adopted in 2009 in preparation for the 20th European Scout Conference, the European Scout Committee is inviting all NSOs/NSAs to engage in the process of helping to build the next Regional Scout Plan. We are committed to a broad discussion as well as an evaluation of the work done from 2010-2013. With your input, [...]

Hungarian Scouting celebrates 100 years

By Craig Turpie On 5 January 2013 · Leave a Comment

On 28 December 1912, a small number of well meaning people from different communities gathered in Budapest to establish Magyar Cserkészszövetség, the Hungarian Scout Association. As Havasi Máté from the Hungarian Scout Association said: “A few good men assembled and set out to create something new. That is how great things start. That is how [...]

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunties? Have your Say!

By Lorenzo Nava On 7 December 2012 · 1 Comment

Do you think girls and boys have the same rights in your country? Should they? Plan International, an organisation promoting child rights to end child poverty wants to know what young people around the world think about these questions and more, which is why they launched a new youth poll on equal rights and opportunities. [...]