Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
Scouting, as one of the world’s leading educational youth movements, contributes most effectively towards ‘Goal 4: Quality education’ through its non-formal education that empowers young people to develop their full potential.
The Movement reaching and engaging over 40 million Scouts and young people around the world as active citizens, it is perfectly positioned to not only support the achievement of many SDGs but accelerate the progress as well.
Scouting, since its inception 110 years ago, started with the mission to respond and address the needs of the community. Throughout the world, Scouts work towards creating positive change and establishing peace in their communities in many ways – from imparting social entrepreneurial skills; advocating gender equality, peace, human rights and environmental conservation; to facilitating conflict resolution; and providing emergency response.
At the Forum we hope to present session that will empower and provide participant with tools and/or information they will be able to adapt or adopt that will support the delivery of SDG with in the Scout programme locally

The Scout Method

The Scout Method is an essential system for achieving the educational proposal of the Scout Movement. It is defined as a system of progressive self-education. It is one method based on the interaction of equally important elements that work together as a cohesive system, and the implementation of these elements in a combined and balanced manner is what makes Scouting unique.
Starting with 2017, an eight element was added to the Scout Method:
Community Involvement - active exploration and commitment to communities and the wider world, fostering greater appreciation and understanding between people.

At the Forum we intend to put in place sessions which provide information, support and sharing of good practices for NSOs to completely understand, adapt and implement the eight element (and the Scout Method in general) into their programs.

Social Impact

Social impact is about the effect that scouting has on both Individuals and communities.
We say that scouting creates a better world, but how do we know this? It is no longer good enough to express Scouting’s worth by anecdotal evidence. We need to be able to prove the benefits that our non formal education movement provides

At the Forum we hope to present sessions that will inform and invigorate participants with ideas, tools and talking points that will that will help in support NSO in proving that scouting can create a better world.

Skills for life

Over 2 million young people in 40 countries across Europe develop their skills and benefit from unique experiences thanks to Scouting educational programmes.
These skills and experiences are transferable to life in general, are required by the job market, and young people who are, or have been, in Scouting make a disproportionately high contribution to civic society.
Non-formal education providers like Scouting associations continue investing in young people’s empowerment, skills development and active participation in the society at all levels.

At the Forum we hope to present sessions that will inform and invigorate participants with ideas, tools and talking points that:
Will assist NSO’s in the adoption/adaption of WOSM world policies at the national level.
Will Provide methodologies for self­ recognition of competencies acquired in Scouting both for Adult volunteers and for scouts
Indicate how we benefit from the use of new technologies in scouting and still keep the original scouting flavor