World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)

Organisation mondiale du mouvement scout
Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout

Contact Details

Main address: SG: Luc Panissod, Rue du Pré-Jérôme 5, PO Box 91, Plainpalais, CH-1211 4, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: (41 22) 705 10 10, Fax: (41 22) 705 10 20, E-mail: worldbureau (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: African Office: PO Box 63070, City Square, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254 20) 245 09 85, Fax: (254 20) 387 83 42, E-mail: africa (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: Arab Office: 2 Yussef Abbas Street, PO Box 1384, Nasr City, 11511, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (20 2) 2401 4267, Fax: (20 2) 2401 4495, E-mail: arab (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: Asia Pacific Office: PO Box 4050, MCPO 1280, Makati City, METRO, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63 2) 818 0984, Fax: (63 2) 819 0093, E-mail: asia-pacific (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: Eurasia Office: Ivana Franka Str 4 - of 2, 01034, Kiev, Ukraine, Tel: (380 44) 235 93 03, Fax: (380 44) 235 93 03, E-mail: eurasia (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: European Office Geneva: PO Box 327, Plainpalais, CH-1211 4, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: (41 22) 705 11 00, Fax: (41 22) 705 11 09, E-mail: europe (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: European Office Brussels: Avenue Porte de Hal 38, B-1060, Brussels, Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 534 33 15, Fax: (32 2) 534 16 54, E-mail: europe (at) scout.org

Regional Offices: Inter-American Office: PO Box 0818-00770, Panama, Panama, Tel: (507) 317 11 58, Fax: (507) 317 18 08, E-mail: interamerica (at) scout.org

URL: http://www.scout.org/

Aims

As a non-political educational movement open to all, contribute to the education of young people through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, so as to help build a better world with self-fulfilled individuals who play a constructive role in society.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (General); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)^* (Liaison Status); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Associate Status); World Health Organization (WHO)^* (Official Relations); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)^*; Council of Europe (CE)^* (Participatory Status).

Activities

Arranges: liaison, correspondence and exchange of visits between national scout associations; world and regional scout gatherings. World Scout Foundation (WSF)^* aids development projects. Instrumental in setting up: Baden-Powell World Fellowship^*. Includes: Scout Universal Fund (Scout U Fund)^*. Set up: World Scout Interreligious Forum^*. Official World Scout Events include: World Scout Jamboree (every 4 years); World Scout Moot (every 4 years); World Scout Conference (every 3 years); World Scout Youth Forum (preceding World Conference).

Publications

WorldInfo - electronic bulletin; Triennial Report - World Scout Committee / Rapport triennal - Comité mondial du scoutisme. World Scouting fact sheets; specialized publications.

Members

National Scout Organizations, grouping Scouts and leaders and totalling over 30 million members, in 161 countries and territories:

• Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

• Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong/China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

• Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.

• Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein^*, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ukraine.

Members where scouting exists but where no national scout organization as yet is member of WOSM in 28 countries and territories ('*' countries where scout association which is a branch of a WOSM member):

• Central African Republic, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia.

• Antigua and Barbuda (*), Saint Kitts and Nevis (*).

• Afghanistan, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam.

• Marshall Islands (*), Micronesia (Federated States of) (*), Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands (*), Tonga (*), Tuvalu (*), Vanuatu (*).

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOAssociate Status

Admission Date1961

Reclassification date1996

Programme sector: EDYes

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSYes

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIINo

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRYes

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOM. Solinis German
SHS/SRP/POL

History1920 Creation of the International Conference of Scouting 1961 Category B 1991 Category A 1996 Formal Consultative Relations (149 EX/ONG.2) (149 EX/Dec. 7.3) 2002 Renewal of Formal Consultative Relations (165 EX/ONG.2) (165 EX/Dec. 9.5) 2009 Renewal of formal consultative relations for a new six year period (181 EX/44) (181 EX/Dec.44)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes Special contributions to the Tchernobyl Programme et Culture for Peace: - Presentation by the OMMS of the document the Participation of Youth in the Formation of a Culture of Peace in the International Forum of UNESCO for a Culture of Peace and a Dialogue between Civilizations (Kishinev, Republic of Moldova) - Creation of two working groups ( Education with Peace and the Role of the NGOs of Youth in the Promotion of the Culture of Peace) in the International Forum for a Culture of Peace and a Dialogue between Civilizations in theThird Millenium (Moscow, Russia). - Organization in 1998 of Cruising for Peace to reinforce the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue by training 150 young people scouts with the methodology of Education for Peace on board a sailing ship from Croatia to Palestine - Through help from UNESCO, the operation Los Andes made possible the Jamboree participation of 56 countries and territoriesat the 19th World Scout Jamboree in Picarquin (Chile, 1999). For the first time, Amerindian Scouts from Latin America participated in a Jamboree. Global Development Village (GDV) with workshops on peace and inter-cultural understanding; environment; science and technology; and folklore and handicraft. UNESCO was the main guest of the GDV. They featured four subjects with exhibits and activities: Culture of Peace through an interactive computergame Violence on the Screen Cultural Heritage - an exhibition about UNESCO’s work to protect cultural heritage Street Children, stand run by a patrol of Scouts from Honduras who had once lived as street children before joining Scouting - Stand on Culture of Peace and workshops with UNESCO-Mexico at the Global Developemnt Village at the 11st World Scout Moot (Mexico, 2000) Sending by circular of the Declaration of the Principles on Tolerance to all its organizations members Participation in the Conference on the pedophily held by UNESCO (98-99) Creation with the UNESCo of the web site Scoutisme and Culture of Peace http://www.culture.de.la.paix.itgo.com/anglais/info/index.html

Previous evaluation made by Programme sector concerned 164 EX/ONG/2 (April 2002): WOSM is an important partner in the fields of non-formal education and culture of peace, in particular through the Peace Cruise project for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue and the preparation of peace education kits as part of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010). Contributions to actions against onscreen violence, to the project “For peace and tolerance, for a dialogue among civilizations” and to the preservation of the environment and the cultural heritage. Its involvement is encouraged in the fields of preventive education and physical education and sport. It organized with UNESCO the working group on culture, peace and human rights at the World Youth Forum (Dakar, 2001). It replied to the consultations on the C/4 and C/5 documents and the sexennial report and took part in sessions of the General Conference and International Conference of NGOs. Dynamic contribution to collective cooperation: NGO consultation on young people (until 1995), collective consultation on education for all, international consultations held alongside the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995), the world conferences on women (Beijing, 1995) and human settlements (Istanbul, 1996) and the World Education Forum (Dakar, 2000). On account of its representativeness, the quality of its contribution to the dissemination of the ideals of UNESCO and the high profile of its action, WOSM deserves the renewal of consultative relations.

Keywords Literacy,Natural disasters,Education,Education for Peace,Environment,Training,Disabled persons,Youth,Cultural Heritage,Developing countries,Networks,HIV/AIDS,Fraternity,Leprosy,Tolerance

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