Category Archives: Calls for Action

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – “My Europe, My Say!” Youth Events in France (Regional Circular 38 2018)

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The European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and its partners in the “My Europe, My Say!” project are inviting interested members of National Scout Organisations and Associations (NSOs/NSAs) and AEGEE local organisations to join two youth events, happening at the same time and focussing on “Multiculturalism and European Citizenship”and “Europe and Me: Understand, Mobilise, Act!” organised in Morbecque and Strasbourg between 16-22 February 2019 by the European Scout Region, Scouts et Guides de France (SGDF) and Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France (EEDF).

The youth events will offer a 5-day intensive insight into the importance of youth participation in Europe with a side focus on the upcoming European Elections 2019. The five-day events will gather participants who want to learn about European politics and processes. Participants will create an action plan that they can implement in their local Scout group and with their peers to mobilise young people around youth participation issues.

The events are co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

=> Find out all relevant details about this Call for Participants in Regional Circular 38 2018!

CALL FOR AN EXTRA-ORDINARY MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SCOUT CONFERENCE: Invitation, Agenda and Documentation (Regional Circular 37 2018)

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In compliance with provisions of the Constitution of the European Scout Region (2016) the European Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is calling for an extra-ordinary meeting of the European Scout Conference. This meeting is scheduled to take place in Valletta, Malta, on Friday 29 March 2019, commencing at 9.00.

The invitation, agenda and documentation was dispatched to prinicipal contacts of National Scout Organizations and National Scout Associations of the European Region on 28 November 2018 and comprised of the following documents:

Further information about the venue will be communicated shortly.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – 16th European Scout & Guide Centre Managers’ Conference 2019 (Joint Communication 16 2018)

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We are happy to invite you to the next Centre Managers’ Conference (CMC) which is a networking and sharing event organised jointly by the network of European Guide and Scout Centres (known as the Goose Network) with support from the Europe Region WAGGGS and the European Scout Region of WOSM. The CMC 2019 will take place at Larch Hill Scout Centre in Ireland from 10 to 13 October 2019, with a meeting of the Goose Network starting in the evening of 9 October 2019.

This information is intended for Managers of Scout and Guide Centres. Please forward it to anyone who might be interested.

=> Please find all relevant information in Joint Communication 16 2018. The deadline for declarations of interest is 31 December 2018.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – Network Meeting for Guide and Scout External Representatives 2019 (Joint Communication 15 2018)

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We are happy to invite you to the Network Meeting for Guide and Scout External Representatives (usually shortened to “Network Meeting”) which is an event organised jointly by the Europe Region WAGGGS and the European Scout Region of WOSM, where Guides and Scouts who represent their MO/NSOs on various external platforms including their National Youth Councils gather for networking, training and exchange.

The event is scheduled to take place in Brussels, Belgium, from 16 to 21 January 2019. The deadline for completing the on-linbe registration form is 5 December 2018.

=> Find out more about the Network Meeting 2019 in Joint Communication 15 2018.

 

 

PROJECT COMPETITION – Hand in Hand. Stronger together (Regional Circular 34 2018)

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As you know, the European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) together with its partners in the Time To Be Welcome project is organising the Hand in Hand. Stronger Together event taking place 7 – 10 December 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Within the scope of the event, the last day (10 December 2018) is dedicated to the dissemination and visibility of the work done in Europe to include refugees and migrant minors and youth in Scouting and other youth organisations. This activity will take place at the European Economic and Social Committee premises with the presence of the European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen.

As a culmination point of the event, a competition of best projects aiming at welcoming refugees and migrants in Scouting and Youth organisations is organised. All prizes will celebrate actions involving young volunteers and will target displaced young people in general, indifferently of their legal status in Europe (refugees, asylum seekers, migrants…).

Follow the event here!

Check Regional Circular 34 2018 to find out more about this Project Competition!