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49-410: It is a vital part of the global Scouting community, plays a pivotal role in shaping the future leaders of Europe. It is a vibrant network of 40 National Scout Organizations, fostering a spirit of unity and camaraderie among young people across geographical and cultural boundaries. The region is not confined to Europe alone; it extends its reach to countries like Cyprus , Turkey , and Israel , reflecting

98-511: A federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religion (e.g., France and Denmark), ethnic identification (e.g., Bosnia-Herzegovina), or language (e.g., Belgium). All the formerly communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Scouting in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include Albania , Bulgaria , East Germany , Hungary, Poland, Romania, and

147-618: A five-point star in each of outer lobe, is a more widely used symbol of the Scout Movement . The fleur-de-lis represents the north point on a map or compass and is intended to point Scouts on the path to service. The three lobes on the fleur-de-lis represent the three parts of the Scout Promise: duty to God, service to others and obedience to the Scout Law. A "bond", tying the three lobes of the fleur-de-lis together, symbolizes

196-696: A member-state of the European Union ) and Turkey (which spans across two continents), and, as a member of the United Nations ' Western European and Others Group , Israel (despite being part of Asia due to them being barred in its own continent's organizations under the Arab-led boycott ). The World Organization of the Scout Movement recognises at most one member organisation per country. Some countries have several organisations combined as

245-494: A purple flag containing the design followed, the flying of which was restricted to WOSM international Scout gatherings. In 1955, WOSM's emblem was redesigned in mid-century minimalist style, dropping the continent names and circles and replacing them with a circle of tied rope in the style of family clan emblems. The redesign was introduced at WOSM's 8th World Scout Jamboree by former Boy Scouts of Greece National Commissioner Demetrios Alexatos . In August 2024, WOSM introduced

294-598: Is a joint activity of the European Region of WOSM and the Europe Region of WAGGGS, a ten-day event open for youth aged 16 to 22, who are members of the senior branches of member organisations of WOSM or WAGGGS. The activity was introduced in 2003 (as a follow-up to the Eurofolk event that existed from 1977 to 1997) and consists usually of two stages: a "journey" with small units of Scouts making their way to

343-560: Is administered by the secretary general, supported by a staff of technical resource personnel. A bureau was established in London, England in 1922, moved to Ottawa , Ontario, Canada in 1959, Geneva, Switzerland after 1 May 1968 and Kuala Lumpur after August 2013. Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland , operated by The KISC Association is the only WOSM activity centre. The Better World Framework combines

392-410: Is associated with three World Scout Centres . A World Scout Jamboree is held approximately every four years under its auspices and it organizes World Scout Moots for 17- to 26-year-olds and previously organized World Scout Indabas , a gathering for Scout leaders. The World Scout Foundation is a separately governed fund, supported by donations, for the development of WOSM associated programs. WOSM

441-681: Is in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia while it is legally based in Geneva , Switzerland . WOSM's current stated mission is "to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law , to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society". WOSM operates through conferences of its member organization representatives, its committee and its full-time bureau, structured into regions. It

490-478: Is its general meeting of member organizations' representatives which meet every three years, hosted by a member association. Each member organizations may send six delegates. The conference is usually preceded by the World Scout Youth Forum . WOSM's committee is its executive governing body, composed of elected volunteers and its secretary general, which is responsible for the implementation of

539-408: Is loyal to his country, his Scouters, his parents, his employers and those under him 3. A Scout’s duty is to be useful and to help others 4. A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout 5. A Scout is courteous 6. A Scout protects wildlife and forests 7. A Scout obeys the orders of his parents, Patrol Leader, or Scoutmaster without question 8. A Scout has a sense of humour and

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588-663: Is optimistic in all difficulties 9. A Scout is thrifty World Scout Bureau Secretary General's Office: Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia The World Organization of the Scout Movement ( WOSM / ˈ w ʊ z əm / ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911) is the second oldest international scout organization, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. These members are national scout organizations that founded WOSM or have subsequently been recognised by WOSM, which collectively have around 43 million participants. Its operational headquarters

637-592: Is the counterpart of the Europe Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). The European Scout Region has a strong relationship with the Europe Region of WAGGGS. To further develop their relationship, the two Regions had a Joint Regional Office during the late 1990s in Brussels, Belgium , which was closed again in 1998. An informal Joint Regional Committee composed of

686-540: Is the counterpart of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It is a non-governmental organization with General Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In 1920, a conference held during the 1st World Scout Jamboree at Olympia, London agreed to create a Boy Scouts international bureau. An office was established at 25 Buckingham Palace Road , London and The Boy Scouts Association of

735-647: Is the national Scouting organization of Cyprus . It was founded in 1913 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1961. SPK has 5,926 members. Scouting was officially founded in Cyprus in 1913 by N. K. Lanitis and Nikos Nikolaides , with the assistance of the United Kingdom . In 1980, Savvas Kokkinides was awarded the Bronze Wolf , the only distinction of

784-779: The Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with these two bodies. It is also represented in the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe and has regular contacts with relevant institutions of the European Union . A WOSM joint Eurasian-and-European Scout meeting was held in Kyiv in April 2009. In 2023, it was decided to dissolve the Eurasian Region, on 30 September. Ukraine , Moldova , Belarus , Georgia , Armenia , and Azerbaijan joined

833-529: The Scouts of the World Award , Messengers of Peace and World Scout Environment Programmes as programme initiatives administered by WOSM's bureau. WOSM's emblem and trademark is a purple circular logo with a white fleur-de-lis in the center with a purple five-point star in each outer lobe, surrounded by a circle of white rope tied with a reef or square knot at the base. The fleur-de-lis, commonly with

882-654: The World Organization of the Scout Movement , awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. The Cyprus Scouts Association is open to all boys and girls including those stationed at the Eastern and Western Sovereign Base Areas . The Scouts are one of the oldest youth organizations on the island. Scouts have taken an active part in all aspects of social and cultural life. The Cyprus Scout Association takes an active part in national, regional and international Scout events. Cyprus

931-742: The European Region on 1 October, while Kazakhstan and Tajikistan joined the Asia-Pacific Region. The European Scout Region offers a number of sharing and training activities for its member organizations, a number of which are organised jointly with the Europe Region of WAGGGS. The main purpose of these activities is to provide opportunities for sharing and exchanging of experiences and best practices as well as training for adult volunteers and professionals involved in Scouting. Among regularly held events are: The European Scout Region also supports informal networks of member organisations of

980-693: The European Regional Scout Committee are elected for a three-year term by the European Regional Scout Conference, and may be re-elected for an immediate second term. The members, elected without regard to their nationality, do not represent their country or National Scout Organisation but the interests of the Scout Movement as a whole, similar to Members of the World Scout Committee . The Regional Director (professional position) and

1029-688: The European Regional Scout Office. Working Groups: Core Groups: The needs of Scout youth in unusual situations has created some interesting permutations, answerable directly to the World Scout Bureau . For years there was an active Boy Scouts of the United Nations in Geneva , as well as 84 Scouts of the European Coal and Steel Community , an early precursor to the European Union . As one of

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1078-862: The European Scout Region and meets every three years. Its purposes are: The 20th European Scout Conference was hosted by Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique and was held in Brussels , Belgium, from 17 to 21 July 2010. The 21st European Scout Conference took place in Berlin , Germany, in August 2013, hosted by the Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderverbände . The 22nd conference took place in 2016 in Norway. The 23rd conference took place in 2019 in Split, Croatia . The 24th conference

1127-529: The European Scout Region which provide platforms for dialogue and exchange in specific areas: The European Region of WOSM was the organizer of the European Scout Jamboree , which has been organized twice, in both cases as a dry run for a World Scout Jamboree organized in the same country within a few years. European jamborees were open to youth between the ages of 11 and 17, however many adults are involved as Scout leaders or as members of

1176-638: The IST (International Service Team), Past European Scout Jamborees include: The European Jamboree 2020, a joint event between WOSM and WAGGGS' European Regions, was planned to take place on Sobieszewo Island, in Gdańsk, Poland, with a target of 30,000 participants. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was initially postponed in April 2020 to summer of 2021, before being cancelled in November 2020. Roverway

1225-625: The Region's main areas of work, objectives and action planned for the triennium 2010–2013. In order to achieve the objectives set out by the European Regional Scout Plan 2010–2013, five thematic Working Groups and three supporting Core Groups were set up in December 2010, composed of volunteers from different member organisations of the European Scout Region and supported by members of the European Regional Scout Committee and

1274-537: The Treasurer of the European Scout Region (volunteer position) are ex-officio members of the European Regional Scout Committee. The Chairman of the European Scout Foundation also regularly attends meetings of the European Regional Scout Committee. The European Regional Scout Office serves as secretariat of the European Scout Region and is one of six Regional Offices of the World Scout Bureau ,

1323-662: The United Kingdom International Commissioner, Hubert S. Martin , was appointed as honorary director. The bureau's principal task was to co-ordinate discussions and prepare a second international conference in Paris in 1922. At the 1922 Paris conference, The International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement and its committee were constituted and took over the bureau in London. In 1961, the organization's conference reconstituted

1372-519: The WSC meetings and were also part of the governing structure between the meetings. There will be no Youth Advisors from 2024. The 2021-2024 the committee set up work streams to address the top strategic priorities, as defined by WOSM's conference, which at present include: Task forces include: Workstream Coordination Group Standing committees include: WOSM's bureau is its secretariat that carries instructions of its conference and committee. The bureau

1421-476: The basis of religion (e.g., France and Denmark), ethnic identification (e.g., Israel) or language (e.g., Belgium). However, WOSM has never required an existing member organization to federate with other Scout organizations in the country, in order to make WOSM more inclusive and representative. There are numerous Canadian Scout organizations but only one is a WOSM member organization (the Canadian branch of one of

1470-414: The current minor redesign of its emblem. WOSM's emblem is worn by Scouts and Scouters of several of its member organizations, which determine the manner in which WOSM's emblem is worn. The Scout Association refers to WOSM's emblem as its "Membership Award" and uses it as its joining badge for its Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Scout Network, with progressing requirements intended to help

1519-500: The family of Scouts. The two five-point stars stand for truth and knowledge, with the ten points representing the ten points of the Scout Law . The WOSM emblem adds an encircling rope, tied with a knot at the base, which symbolizes the unity and bond of the Scout Movement and uses purple and white colours. In heraldry , the white of the fleur-de-lis and rope denotes purity and the royal purple denotes leadership and service. For

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1568-588: The five geographical subdivisions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement the European Scout Region developed close relationships with a number of other Regions, in particular with the Arab Scout Region and the Africa Scout Region . The European Scout Region also supports multilateral and bilateral relationships between National Scout Organisations of the European Scout Region with Scout associations of other Regions. This region

1617-660: The inclusive and diverse nature of Scouting. Through its various initiatives and programs, the European Scout Region is committed to promoting personal development , mutual understanding, and a sense of European citizenship among its members. The European Scout Region comprises 47 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services Scouting in Western and Central and Eastern Europe , inclusive, for cultural reasons, of Cyprus (technically not part of Europe, but

1666-494: The interests of the movement as a whole, not those of their country. The secretary general, the treasurer of WOSM and a representative member of the board of the World Scout Foundation and the chairpersons of the regional Scout committees are ex-officio members of the committee. From 2008 to 2021 six Youth Advisors to the WSC were elected by the World Scout Youth Forum . The Youth Advisors participated in all of

1715-786: The main camp, which is the second stage. Roverway is usually held every three years and hosted by a member organisation of the European Scout Region: Two other multinational Europe-specific Scout organizations exist, not linked to WOSM, the only geographic area to have such. These are the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme and the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe . Cyprus Scouts Association The Cyprus Scouts Association ( Greek : Σώμα Προσκόπων Κύπρου , romanized :  Soma Proskopon Kyprou , SPK)

1764-476: The member understand their commitment. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) refers to WOSM's emblem as the World Crest. It may be worn on BSA uniforms as an emblem of the worldwide Scout Movement. BSA first used the badge as an award for Scouts and Scouters who participated in an international Scouting event from early 1956 through 1991 with requirements devised by each council. In 1991, BSA made it part of

1813-901: The organization under the name World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Its International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement became WOSM's World Scout Conference ("conference"), its Boy Scouts International Committee became WOSM's World Scout Committee ("committee") and its Boy Scouts International Bureau became WOSM's World Scout Bureau ("bureau"). See: WOSM members WOSM's membership consists of its remaining founding member organizations and organizations recognized by WOSM as national scout organizations. WOSM's rules protect its founding and existing member organizations by permitting only one member organization in each country and locking-out all other Scout organizations from WOSM membership, recognition and participation no matter how worthy or large their membership. Several member organizations are federations, some with different component groups divided on

1862-840: The organizations that founded WOSM) which has a French language affiliate which is thereby recognized by WOSM. Other than this inherent limitation on WOSM membership, the basis for WOSM membership includes adherence to WOSM's aims and principles and independence from political involvement on the part of each member organization. WOSM has members in some non-sovereign territories. WOSM historically recognized some non-national Scout organizations: WOSM associate members are recognized but not full members. In 2020, WOSM listed twenty-five potential member organizations. Ten of these were served by oversea branches of WOSM member organizations (see #Countries and territories with Scouting run by overseas branches of WOSM member organizations ). In 2020, WOSM listed five countries as without Scouts. WOSM's conference

1911-505: The origin of the fleur-de-lis as a more widely used Scout symbol see: Scout Movement . From its origin in 1922 until 1939, WOSM did not have its own emblem. In 1939, its director, J. S. Wilson , introduced an international Scout badge, a silver fleur-de-lis on a purple background containing the five continent names in silver framed between two concentric circles. Wearing of the badge was confined to WOSM committee members and bureau staff and their past members. The design became WOSM's logo and

1960-473: The resolutions of its conference and governs the organization between meetings of its conference. The committee meets at least twice a year. Its steering committee, consisting of the chairperson, two vice-chairpersons and its youth advisor and secretary general meet as needed. The committee has 21 members. Twelve, each from a different country, are elected for three-year terms by WOSM's conference. The members, elected without regard to their nationality, represent

2009-401: The secretariat of the World Organization of the Scout Movement . A Regional Director heads the European Regional Scout Office and is assisted by a number of professional staff. Currently, the European Regional Scout Office has offices in Geneva, Switzerland and Brussels, Belgium . In 2010, the 20th European Scout Conference adopted the European Regional Scout Plan 2010–2013, which summarises

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2058-1296: The situation escalates, thousands of people are now arriving daily by sea at the ports of Larnaca and Limassol . [1] The Scout Motto ( Προσκοπικό ρητό ) is Έσo έτοιμος, Be Prepared in Greek . The membership badge of the Cyprus Scouts Association incorporates the copper-yellow and green national colors, as well as the olive branches of the coat of arms and the flag of Cyprus . να εκτελώ το καθήκον μου στο Θεό και την Πατρίδα να βοηθώ κάθε άνθρωπο σε κάθε περίσταση και to do my duty to God and my country, help other 2. Ο Πρόσκοπος είναι δίκαιος, άξιος να τον εμπιστεύονται, ξέρει να πειθαρχεί και να τηρεί τους Νόμους. 3. Ο Πρόσκοπος είναι χρήσιμος στην οικογένειά του και την κοινωνία. 4. Ο Πρόσκοπος είναι φίλος κι ευγενής προς όλους κι αδελφός με κάθε Πρόσκοπο. 5. Ο Πρόσκοπος σέβεται τον εαυτό του και τους άλλους, προσέχει τα λόγια και τις πράξεις του. 6. Ο Πρόσκοπος αγαπά τη φύση και προστατεύει το περιβάλλον. 7. Ο Πρόσκοπος είναι εύθυμος και αισιόδοξος. 8. Ο Πρόσκοπος είναι οικονόμος και φροντίζει για την καλή χρήση του χρόνου. 9. Ο Πρόσκοπος είναι εργατικός και προοδεύει με τις ικανότητές του. 2. A Scout

2107-526: The successor states to Czechoslovakia , Yugoslavia and the Baltic nations independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Scout movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of Scouts-in-Exile movements for the diaspora of each nation. The European Scout Conference is the governing body of

2156-493: The two Regional Committees continues to discuss matters of mutual interest and supports the planning and running of joint youth activities and training events. The two Regions also maintain a Joint Communication Platform ( Europak ), which provides information for member organisations of the European Scout Region and the Europe Region WAGGGS. Together published a monthly newsletter called Eurofax (this newsletter

2205-519: The uniform for all Scouts and its International Activity Patch replaced the World Scout Crest as an award. Scouts South Africa uses the WOSM emblem badge when new members join as a Cub, a Scout or an Adult Leader. The badge is worn on the left front pocket of the uniform, over the heart. WOSM's Bronze Wolf Award is given for exceptional services to the international Scout Movement. It

2254-611: Was already published by the European Scout Office before the joint office was opened, and reverted to WOSM when the joint office closed. The European Scout Region represents the World Organization of the Scout Movement in a number of relevant inter-governmental institutions as well as non-governmental platforms in Europe. This includes, in particular, the European Youth Forum (YFJ), which operates within

2303-475: Was first awarded to Robert Baden-Powell by a unanimous decision of the committee on the day the award was instituted in 1935. See article: Scouts of the World Award WOSM's Inter-religious Forum serves as a working-group for eight main religious groups: Publications of WOSM include: Ten of these overseas branches of accredited National Scout Organizations are considered "potential members" by

2352-537: Was hosted by Scouting Nederland . It took place in Rotterdam from 22 to 26 July 2022. The 25th conference will be hosted in Austria in 2025 by Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs . The European Regional Scout Committee is the executive body of the European Regional Scout Conference and is composed of six elected volunteer members. The functions of the European Regional Scout Committee are: The members of

2401-573: Was represented at the 19th World Jamboree in Chile by 36 Scouts and was also represented in the 21st World Scout Jamboree that took place in the UK. The Scouts of Cyprus have been working to assist with the refugee crisis caused by the 2006 Lebanon War . One of the Scout Centers is accommodating 106 children from Lebanon who had been separated from their families while fleeing the war-torn country. As

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