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WE Connect replaces EUROPAK
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INFORMATION – From EUROPAK to WE Connect – the new Joint Regional Website (Regional Circular 21 2019)
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EUROPEAN JAMBOREE 2020 – Recruitment of International Service Staff (Joint Communication 05 2019)
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23rd EUROPEAN SCOUT CONFERENCE – Announcing two Crowdcasts in preparation of the Conference (Conference Circular 09)
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RECIRCULATION – FOR REVIEW: Draft Memorandum of Understanding (Joint Communication 04)
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Category Archives: Opportunities
WOSM Circular 20/2011 – Support for the Participation of Other Regions at Upcoming Events
Partnerships with Other Regions is a key priority of the European Regional Scout Plan 2010-2013, with a focus on the Africa, Arab and Eurasia Regions. Over the next year, there are key events that will be enriched by the presence of participants from other Regions and where we would like to ask for your help to ensure their participation.
These events include:
- The Europe-Eurasia Meeting (Prague, Czech Republic, November 25-27 2011)
- The Partnerships Event (North-South Network) (Paris, France, 15-18 March 2012)
- AGORA (Kandersteg, Switzerland, 18-23 April 2012)
- Roverway (Evo, Finland, 20-28 July 2012)
In line with the priority “Partnerships with Other Regions”, these events are open to Scouts from other Regions. The events can provide great opportunities for exchange with other Regions and can be used to further strengthen your partnerships by providing an ideal meeting space. They also provide the opportunity to explore new multilateral partnerships with the other associations present.
Read more in Circular 20/2011
WOSM Circular 19/2011 – The 7th European Educational Methods Forum
Call for Partners to join funding project – The European Educational Methods Forum, which has been, for more than 10 years, the main meeting point for national commissioners for Youth Programme and Adult Resources/Training and members of their teams.
Hundreds of “satisfied customers” can testify that the Forum is an excellent opportunity for real networking among people sharing the same responsibility, a great training event and a laboratory for the future Regional programmes and projects. Countless partnerships have been forged during the Forums and many of the developments in the Region had their roots in discussions and sessions during this event.
Four years after the previous Forum (which took place in Obidos, Portugal, in 2008) the European Scout Region is proposing the
7th edition – scheduled to take place in the beautiful touristic resort of Predeal, in the heart of the Transylvanian Alps, in Romania, between 30 May and 3 June 2012.
Therefore, if you want to take part in the 7th European Educational Methods Forum and get following costs covered by grant:
- Participant travel costs: 70 % of travel costs from home to the venue of the project and return
- using the cheapest method and fares (Economy class plane ticket, 2nd class train ticket);
- Accommodation / food costs: EUR 51.00 x number of nights x number of official participants;
- Activity costs: EUR 1200.00 + EUR 50.00 x number of official participants;
- Exceptional costs: any costs directly related to young people with fewer opportunities / special
- needs or warranted by the special nature of the activities; visa costs;
For each NSO and NSA this means that if you are a partner:
- Only 30% of the travel costs to cover
- Lower or no participation fees
- If participants need a visa, the costs related to obtaining the visa are covered
The application should be submitted by ‘Cercetasii Românei’ (the National Scout Organisation of Romania), which will submit an application for a Youth in Action funding project at the national level.
So, if your NSO/NSA is interested in attending read carefuly attached circular and fill it in, sign and send the ‘Preliminary Partner Agreement Form’ (PPA, annex) by 26 October 2011.
Young European 2012
The Schwarzkopf-foundation is looking for young people from Europe between the ages of 18 and 26 who are imaginative and active in an honorary capacity engaged for the European understanding and integration. Young people prepared to grasp the opportunities of our time in forging peaceful coexistence in a Europe of diversity.
Each year with this prize the Schwarzkopf Foundation rewards a young European for his/her outstanding commitment to fostering international understanding and the union of Europe. At the same time we want to encourage and motivate these young people to continue to champion these ideals.
The sum donated for the prize is € 5.000. This amount is intended to finance a six-month internship with a Member of the European Parliament or another European institution. It is also possible to use the sum to finance a project which promotes European integration. Such a project must further the aims of the Schwarzkopf Foundation and receive the agreement of the Foundation’s Management board in order to be accepted.
The award-winner will be chosen by a jury of personalities from the European Youth Parliament, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Schwarzkopf Young Europe Foundation.
Deadline for entries: 30 October 2011
Want to find out more? and/or nominate a young person who fits the bill please follow this link
WOSM Circular 18/2011 – The Eric Frank Trust: Developing Leadership in Young People
Mr. Eric Frank, a very good friend of the WOSM’s European Scout Region, has recently established The Eric Frank Trust. The Trust aims at helping “to advance education, including education in leadership skills, and to advance young people in life with a view to helping them become more responsible citizens” and invites National Scout Organisations to submit project proposals. Successful applications will in general be awarded up to GBP 30 000.
The attached WOSM Circular 18/2011 contains background information (in English and in French) about Eric Frank and lists detailed criteria for funding applications. Additional information is also available on the Trust’s own website.
WAGGGS Call for Volunteers to join the Finance Working Group
The 13th European Guide Conference recommended that the Europe Committee WAGGGS establish a working group to report on the way the voluntary contribution is calculated and funded. The Extraordinary Meeting at the Regional Gathering at the WAGGGS World Conference in July 2011 decided that this group should continue its mandate until the 14th European Guide Conference in 2013.
Individual members of WAGGGS member organisations interested in contributing to this work of the Region while gaining knowledge and skills that can strengthen their volunteer and professional profile are called to send us their application.
More information is available here in English and French
Expressions of interest have to reach the Europe Office WAGGGS by the 16/09/2011.
