World Scout Bureau BIANNUAL REPORT JULY-DECEMBER 2014 by World Organization of the Scout Movement

World Scout Bureau BIANNUAL REPORT JULY-DECEMBER 2014

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World Scout Bureau BIANNUAL REPORT JULY-DECEMBER 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 6 Background 9 Executive Summary 10 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT 12 At World Level 13 In the Regions 14 EDUCATIONAL METHODS 16 At World Level 17 In the Regions 19 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 22 At World Level 23 In the Regions 24

SOCIAL IMPACT 26 At World Level 27 In the Regions 29 COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS 30 At World Level 31 In the Regions 34 GOVERNANCE 36 At World Level 37 In the Regions 39 Staff Support 42 Finance 45 WSB Funding Report, Jul-Dec 2014 46 Consolidated Financial Statement FY 2013-2014 47

INTRODUCTION This report presents the results of accumulated efforts by our Global and Regional World Scout Bureau teams for the period July-December 2014. It has been an exciting six months, which included a World Scout Conference that saw – among many other things - the adoption of a new long-term Vision for the Movement:

“By 2023 Scouting will be the world’s leading educational youth movement, enabling 100 million young people to be active citizens creating positive change in their communities and in the world based on shared values.”

World Scout Bureau-Biannual Report July-December 2014

INTRODUCTION

his new Vision and its six Strategic Priorities will guide National Scout Organizations (NSOs), Regions and World Scouting for the next 9 years, ensuring that we provide even better Scouting to more young people. Providing a high quality Youth Programme is key to achieving this Vision, and we are excited to also have a new World Scout Youth Programme Policy that will guide NSOs in their work to strengthen the quality of Youth Programme offered to young people. Alongside the delivery of large Scout events and development of policies and other resource materials, the World Scout Bureau Offices continue to provide everyday support to NSOs. As you read the report, you will notice that we have highlighted some success stories in separate text boxes. Please take time to read through them. These are the kinds of projects that make us proud of what we do, and give us the motivation to continue providing support to our NSOs worldwide; work that could not be done without the unrestricted grant provided by the World Scout Foundation.

You will also notice a new segment of reporting that we have started to explore with this report, which is the analysis of the staff support and average time spent on the Strategic Priorities. As this is the first attempt at analysing such statistics at the entire WSB level, further work will be done in future reports to capture and present these data in a more efficient manner. But I believe the current one already shows how useful it is to understand the impact of our professional work force on delivering on Vision 2023. I am proud of my staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, and I am thrilled to conclude that we have achieved most of the tasks we set out for in the second half of 2014. There is a lot of exciting stuff in the pipeline for the upcoming period. We look forward to an equally action packed 2015. Scott A. Teare Secretary General, WOSM

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INTRODUCTION Background

1.1 Background

reviously, the practice has been to ask all Regional and Global teams to provide a quarterly report, where they outline what has been done within different areas. In the previous triennium, this was reported according to the 4 world level Priority Areas: “Our Strategic Path”; “Youth For Change”; “21st Century Leadership” and “Global Support System”, as well as a number of operational areas. Upon the adoption of a new Strategy for Scouting (Vision 2023) last year, the Regional and Global teams started to look at adapting their current plans to this new framework. As we have moved away from the Priority Areas of the previous triennium, the World Scout Bureau has now opted to report according to the six Strategic Priorities of the new Strategy for Scouting as a first step towards aligning with the new framework.

As this is a transition period (most part of the time-span we are reporting on naturally reflects the previous framework, in particular for the Regions, rather than the new one) it might seem that not all Regional Offices have devoted equal attention to the Strategic Priorities. It is important to note that this should not be considered a shortcoming – the Regional input merely reflects the work they are doing by following their current triennial plans, which are now in the process of aligning with the newly adopted Strategy at the World level. In the future the World Scout Bureau will report to the World Scout Foundation on a biannual basis, incorporating Global and Regional reports into one in order to show the combined impact of the work that is being done by the World Scout Bureau. It was a challenge to compile this first report in this new format due to the transition period, but we see this as a first step towards a more coherent and streamlined reporting framework.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

uarters 3 and 4 of 2014 were marked by several important developments, most importantly the adoption of the Strategy for Scouting (Vision 2023) and the Triennial Plan 2014-2017.

This report is structured according to the six new Strategic Priorities (listed below), and presents the activities undertaken at World and Regional level that contribute to the fulfilment of each Strategic Priority.

Youth Engagement

Social Impact

The key developments in this Strategic Priority at World level were the adoption of the World Scout Youth Involvement Policy, as well as the successful conclusion of the 12th World Scout Youth Forum. The newly elected Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee (WSC) have established an active relationship with young people worldwide through the use of social media and scout.org. Within the Regions, many important events took place, including several national youth forums and youth gatherings, where young people voiced their opinions about their NSO, Regional and World issues in Scouting.

One of the highlights of this period was reaching 600 million service hours registered by Scouts worldwide on scout.org. The Social Impact Strategic Priority also has as an important objective to measure of the social impact of Scouting. Work on this has already started with the initiation of the mid-term evaluation of Messengers of Peace Initiative, which aims at measuring the social impact the Initiative has achieved to date. In the Regions, various projects at the NSO level have achieved significant social impact, through protecting the environment, training Scouts in disaster preparedness, and supporting young people living in difficult circumstances.

Educational Methods

Communications & External Relations

An important development for Educational Methods was the adoption of the World Scout Youth Programme Policy at the 40th World Scout Conference. Additionally, the WSC accepted the proposal of creating a framework for World Programmes, titled “Better World”. Intense support has been given to the preparations of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, as well as the 15th World Scout Moot. Within the Regions, 25 NSOs are currently undergoing Youth Programme reviews with the support from their Regional level.

Within Communications and External Relations, continuous efforts have been made to support the work completed under other Strategic Priorities, as well as in the overall internal communication within WOSM. Highlights of work done at the World level include a photo contest with over 2000 entries, a successful JOTA-JOTI, as well as several important partnerships being established. At the Regional level, several NSOs hosted workshops and trainings on communications and agreed on bilateral partnerships with other NSOs.

Diversity & Inclusion This area witnessed several activities undertaken in the Regions, including various cultural exchange programmes, projects supporting the inclusion of young people living in difficult circumstances in Scouting and participation in a “No hate speech” event. At the World level, the Interreligious Forum met in December 2014, where participants discussed the issue of Duty to God, the Faith and Beliefs Zone at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan and the possibilities of organizing the 5th World Scout Interreligious Symposium.

Governance Governance issues have been addressed through several mechanisms of support to Regions and NSOs. Namely, the Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT) has successfully completed its test phase, during which a total of 30 NSOs were assessed. A Global Support Web Portal is currently being developed, and significant effort has been invested in strengthening the capacities of Regional Offices in project management skills. When it comes to finance, the 2014-2015 budget has been approved by the WSC, and the new Financial Management System will be soon rolled out. In the Regions, several NSOs have received support in organizational development (management and good governance), as well as financial management, and some have received support in resolving constitutional issues.

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YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

NSOs receiving direct support (July-December 2014)

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YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

3.1 At World Level

or World Scouting, there have been four important developments regarding youth engagement during this period: – The 12th World Scout Youth Forum, which was held at Rogla, Slovenia, 4-7 August 2014, gathered 176 participants from 72 countries, making this the most attended ever World Scout Youth Forum. The international teams methodology, the online training before the Forum, the discussions on global environmental issues and the novelty in the type of output produced by participants and then brought to the Conference made this Forum a great success. Instead of recommendations to the WSC, Forum participants produced 13 amendments to the proposed Triennial Plan 2014-2017 and two draft resolutions, as well as a Forum Declaration. Each of these brought valuable input to the Conference, and gave voice to a youth opinion about the common future of the Movement. – Additionally, at the Forum, six new Youth Advisors to the WSC were elected to continue the work that started with previous generations.

– The 40th World Scout Conference, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1115 August 2014, adopted the World Scout Youth Involvement Policy, which outlines the tasks and expectations of each level in Scouting in order to strengthen youth involvement in the Movement. – Finally, the 40th World Scout Conference also adopted the Strategy for Scouting, as well as the Triennial Plan 2014-2017, of which each has a special focus on youth engagement. In addition to these important developments, four training modules were finalised and presented on the following topics: Youth Involvement in Decision-Making, Generations in Dialogue, Life Skills, and Youth Changing Communities. These modules form a package that can be used by NSOs to improve youth engagement within Scouting, and were made available together with other useful information and resources on the scout.org Intranet area. Leading up to the Youth Forum, a Youth Wall was launched on scout.org, Facebook and Twitter. The Youth Wall became very popular and is currently solely managed by the Youth Advisors to the WSC. The Youth Wall helps link Scouts and young people with the Youth Advisors, bringing a lot of new ideas, information and up-to-date analysis of the youth engagement status at various levels in Scouting.

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YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

3.2 In the Regions

everal youth events have been held across the Regions. Below are a few examples: – In close cooperation with the Egyptian society for Radio Amateur and Development, the Arab Regional Office organized an activity during the 57th JOTA & 18th JOTI weekend. A total of 196 Cub Scouts, Scouts, Girl Guides, Rovers and Scout Leaders as well as number of youth, social and educational associations and institutions from Egypt took part. Young people were actively involved in the organization and delivery of the event, selecting topics for discussion and chairing workshops. The event was a role model for other NSOs that already run the event at troop and patrol levels.

A story worthwhile sharing is the case of Miss Marie Louise Ycossie, from Côte d’Ivoire, who won the MoP Hero Award 2014. She was the laureate from Africa because of her outstanding contribution to her NSO Youth Leadership development. She initiated various trainings and mentoring of youth that have contributed to the visibility and impact of Scouting in Cote d’Ivoire. This has been a huge motivation for Scouts in the country, as they have seen that what they achieve is highly appreciated in wider society.

– The 3rd Eurasia Regional Scout Jamboree was held in Kazakhstan, from 21 to 29 July. The NSO of Kazakhstan organized the Jamboree with assistance provided by the Eurasia Regional Office and support from the Committee of the Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. Young people were actively involved in the planning and implementation of the event, and, as participants, further developed their leadership skills. Preparations for the annual Eurasia regional project “ExcelScout – 2015” were also initiated, lead by the working group on youth involvement in the Eurasia Region. The event will be held in May 2015 and is expected to welcome 27 participants; 3 from each of the 9 NSOs in the Eurasia Region.

– The Academy 2014, held 4-8 November in Serbia, gathered over 170 participants from 39 countries. The aim of this annual European Region event is to equip NSO representatives with relevant skills and knowledge to improve the work being done in their NSOs. The Academy 2014 witnessed a high level of youth participation with over 60% of the participants being below the age of 30. The event also strengthened the capacities of the host organization (the Scout Association of Serbia), and entrenched the supportive working methods of learning paths, review groups and one-to-one tuition. – Meetings of the Interamerican Youth Network were held in Brazil, Ecuador, Panama and Curaçao, with a total of 21 youth representatives from 13 NSOs attending. At the meetings, the participants shared experiences from projects done, discussed potential collaborations between NSOs and how to further strengthen youth participation not only in the Youth Network but also in other regional networks such as Youth Programme, Adults in Scouting and Institutional Development. Additionally, the Youth Network and the Institutional Development Area initiated the development of a tool to investigate the state of youth participation in NSOs. By August 2015, it is planned that the tool will be applied in 50% of NSOs in the Region, and the results of the assessment will be made public.

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YOUTH ENGAGEMENT In the Regions

Apart from the events mentioned, the Regional Offices often supported the organization of Regional and National Youth Forums, as well as the participation of young people from NSOs from their Regions in the World Scout Youth Forum. In particular:

The European Region took part in the European Scout Voluntary Programme, which offers a unique development opportunity for young people. This enabled 40 young people from 14 European countries and from the Boy Scouts of America to work in 6 European Scout Centres, meeting Scouts from all over the world. The Region also applied for a Youth Worker mobility programme, which was successful under the Erasmus+ programme in conjunction with Junak (Czech Scouts) with a volunteer worker contributing 6 months in a placement in the Brussels Office.

– The Africa Regional Office supported several events, including the East Africa Zonal Youth Forum in Rwanda. This particular youth forum was the best attended in recent years (57 participants), with representatives from Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya. Participants discussed opportunities for enhancing youth engagement and involving youth with special needs in Scouting activities, active involvement in U-Report activities and ways of contributing towards the realisation of Vision 2023. – The Africa Region also supported NSOs in setting up National Youth Forums, to promote youth involvement. NSO Youth Forum guidelines were developed and disseminated across the Region. Tanzania and Rwanda held their first ever National Youth Forums, and youth members from Tanzania were incorporated into the National Executive Committee. As a result of these efforts in East Africa, more young people are increasingly getting engaged in their respective NSOs in decision-making: all five of the NSOs reported that there were at least two young people represented in their respective executive committees and boards. 15

– In Asia-Pacific, the Nepal Scouts organized its National Youth Forum in July 2014 on the theme “YOUTH - a responsible Citizen”. A total of 65 participants representing five national regions attended the event. The forum focused discussions on youth as character builders and decision makers. Participants discussed the youth forum guidelines (Youth Policy of Nepal Scouts) and stressed the importance of meaningful involvement of youth members in decision-making bodies. The forum elected 11 of the members to the National Youth Council, ensuring that all five developing regions were represented. – The European Region supported 10 NSO participants to the World Scout Youth Forum, prioritising participants who would also attend the World Scout Conference. After the event, the participants briefed their NSOs about the conclusions of the Forum and Conference, and said that they gained valuable advice for resolving some of their NSOs’ challenges (e.g. fundraising and Safe from Harm regulations) and have developed relations with representatives from other countries, with an ambition of organizing joint projects in the future.

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS

4.1 At World Level

ne of the biggest developments for Educational Methods was the adoption of the World Scout Youth Programme Policy at the 40th World Scout Conference. The renewed policy provides a clear set of overall guidelines for Scouting at all levels to help implement the youth programme. At its November 2014 meeting, the WSC agreed on linking the three World Scout Programmes: Messengers of Peace, the World Scout Environment Programme and the Scouts of the World Award. The name chosen for the framework is “Better World”. This will help NSOs and young people to understand the intent behind and

benefits of all of these initiatives, maximising their impact. The WSC also agreed on a concept document for the MoP programme, focusing on the idea of active citizenship and telling the story of Scouts’ service actions to inspire others. A Network Facebook page for all Scouts of the World awardees was created and currently has over 3,000 followers. A dedicated page for the Scout Centres of Excellence for Nature and Environment (SCENES) has been created on scout.org to serve SCENES centres: www.scout.org/scenes.

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS At World Level

– The support to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree has been increased, with regular visits to Japan leading up to the Jamboree in July-August 2015, to ensure the quality of the event and a good Jamboree experience for all participants. – Multiple visits to Iceland have been made to support the planning and implementation of the 15th World Scout Moot. WOSM has agreed, on initiative from the European Region, to review the Rover events programme in order to ensure that it meets the needs and interest of the age group. The Roverway 2016 (France) and the World Scout Moot 2017 (Iceland) will serve as excellent opportunities for this review.

Three World Events took place during this period, with support provided to both these and upcoming events: – The 57th JOTA and 18th JOTI was held during the 3rd weekend of October 2014. With a new website and promotion strategy, a total of 1 332 265 participants from 157 countries representing the 6 WOSM Regions participated this year. JOTA-JOTI remains the largest World Event, symbolising the unity of the Movement. The Messengers of Peace network provided significant support to the event.

The successful completion of the 12th World Scout Youth Forum was already mentioned in the Youth Engagement chapter, while the 40th World Scout Conference will be covered in the Governance chapter. Several important partnerships have been established during this period, and will have an effect on the Educational Methods area of work in the future. These are described in more detail in the chapter on Communications and External Relations.

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS

4.2 In the Regions

National Scout Organizations have been renewing or adapting their Youth Programmes, with some examples provided below: – In Africa, the NSOs of Burkina Faso, Ghana, South Sudan, Ethiopia, South Africa, Benin and Kenya are undergoing programme renewals. The Regional Office is providing technical support to each of these NSOs, and in some cases, the Regional Office is conducting programme review workshops with the leadership of the NSOs.

Inspired by the 1st World Scout Education Congress, the Angola Scout Association organized its own version of the event, attracting 150 participants from all provinces of the country. As an outcome of the event, the NSO has started the review of its leader training and youth programme contents to ensure they meet the current realities and needs on the ground.

– In Europe, there are currently 13 NSOs undergoing programme renewal, all of them receiving support from the Regional Office, either through consultancy, direct training support or financial assistance. Those NSOs are: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, France, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, FYRO Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Slovenia.

– In Interamerica, there are three NSOs undergoing a programme review: Uruguay, Nicaragua and El Salvador. The support provided by the Regional Office to these NSOs includes meetings with the national boards to promote the decision to update their Youth Programme, face-to-face trainings with national and regional programme teams, facilitating the exchange of information and materials with other NSOs as a basis for the development of their own documents, as well as support in reviewing of the documents produced. – In addition to support in reviewing the youth programmes, the Interamerica Regional Office has been supporting the revision of Youth Programme Policies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Canada, Venezuela, to ensure that they are up to date an meet the needs of young people today. An updated evaluation tool for the implementation of the Youth Programme and a new evaluation process for Youth Programme implementation in NSOs have also been established. – In the Asia-Pacific Region, Scouts Australia is undergoing a programme review. The Regional Office has provided necessary WOSM support documents to Scouts Australia, and is available if further consultation or support is needed.

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS In the Regions

Various types of trainings and meetings related to Adults in Scouting were held in all six Regions: – In the Africa Region, a woodbadge training in Chad equipped 21 participants with advanced unit leader skills and in Botswana, a total of 27 participants (with 5 of them coming from Zimbabwe) completed a course for assistant leaders. The Africa Regional Office supported both of these trainings. Additionally, the Botswana Scout Association received support in adapting training materials and has now developed the capacity to conduct training of trainers’ courses at local and zonal level.

– An Arab Regional seminar on the implementation of new adult leaders training manuals was held in Muscat, Oman. A total of 54 leaders from 14 NSOs participated (namely Jordan, Bahrain, Tunis, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Oman, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Yemen). The meeting was supported by the League of the Arab States and organized by the Arab Regional Office. – Some 36 volunteers from 10 NSOs completed their national “training projects” after 90 days of active work at local level. This was a follow-up to the 10-day training for Certified Training Professionals (CTP), held in Cairo International Scout Centre, in May 2014. The projects were endorsed by the Arab Scout Regional Office, Asian Regional Training and Development Organization (ARTDO) International and ITD world who issued certificates for the CTP. The 36 certified Scout leaders came from Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen and the Arab Regional Office. As a result of the training, an improvement in the quality of adult leaders training in the respective NSOs has been noticed.

A total of 38 international and local participants from 16 NSOs attended the International Seminar on the Scouts of the World Award in Korea. The aim of the seminar was to share with NSOs the process of developing the Scouts of the World Programme and revitalize the programme of Senior and Rover Sections. At the seminar, Australia (10 awardees), Scouts of China (30 awardees), Hong Kong (15 awardees), Korea (25 awardees), Singapore (36 awardees) and Thailand (33 awardees) shared their best practice experiences about the implementation of the Scouts of the World Award.

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS In the Regions

– In Russia, a representative of the Eurasia Regional Office visited the NSO and delivered trainings. A total of 50 participants and 15 trainers took part in the seminar. The young scout leaders expanded their knowledge of World Scouting, learned about the initiative “21st Century Leadership” and participated in a training on “Life without stereotypes”.

An e-learning project, funded by the European Commission, was set up with 8 National Scout Associations from France, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Italy and Belgium. The result of the project was an e-learning platform open to all NSOs, available at www.scoutinglinks.net

– During the second half of 2014, meetings of the Interamerican Adults in Scouting Network were held in Brazil, Ecuador, Panama and Curaçao. A total of 28 national representatives from 13 NSOs participated in the four events. The participants gained a better understanding of the Messengers of Peace Initiative, the Global Support Assessment Tool, the interrelationships between the regional strategic areas (Youth Programme, Institutional Development and Adults in Scouting) and the importance of their complementary, joint work. Additionally, the participants gained important insight into the regional Adults in Scouting policy, and worked on the descriptions of positions and functions in their NSOs.

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

5.1 At World Level

he main activity during the second half of 2014 was the annual meeting of the Interreligious Forum in World Scouting, which was held in December 2014. Participants discussed the issue of Duty to God, the Faith and Beliefs Zone at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan and the possibilities of organizing the 5th World Scout Interreligious Symposium.

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

5.2 In the Regions

– The 17th International Youth Gathering for Cultural Exchange was organized 28 August- 6 September 2014 in Egypt. The event was done in collaboration with the – The Africa Regional Office Islamic Educational, Scientific and supported Chad in developing a Cultural Organization (ICESCO), the Ministry of Antiquities, Ministry of strategy to engage young people across the country in their Scouting Tourism, the Egyptian Organization for Information and the Fund of activities, and dispel the notion that Scouting is only for the black Cultural Development. A total of community. Furthermore, in Benin, 28 participants from 24 NSOs, representing five different WOSM Burkina Faso and Cameroon, the Regions, attended. As an outcome Regional Office provided support of the event, the participants in implementing their Reaching Out strengthened their social skills, strategies to spread Scouting across the country. developed a better understanding of their social responsibilities and the principles of tolerance and peace. Participants were encouraged to engage in dialogue on issues and challenges youth face worldwide today, and their role in dealing with these challenges. he following are examples of the good work related to diversity and inclusion that some of our NSOs are doing:

– In Moldova, the project “Find your path”, supported by the US State Department, gathered 129 Scouts from socially vulnerable families and with migrant parents at a national camp. Similarly, at a different location, the 1st “Discover Moldova” expedition took place, involving 21 children (Scout and non-Scout) from vulnerable families. Both projects have a goal of opening Scouting in Moldova to all, and giving all children an opportunity to join and participate in Scouting activities.

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION In the Regions

Scouts Australia supported the development of Scouting in Timor Leste, by assisting the construction of a multi-purpose, modern Centre for different youth and leader activities. This was a joint initiative by Scouts Australia and the Australian Capital Territory Government. As the current project originates from a Messengers of Peace project (completed in 2013), the AsiaPacific Regional Office continued its support to Scouts Australia in developing, implementing and reviewing the project.

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; As Diversity and Inclusion is one of the two priorities of the current Regional Plan for Europe, focus is being put on working towards and communicating the benefits of a more diverse membership, and improving gender balance. A project group was formed to address these objectives, and funding was sought from the Council of Europe and Messengers of Peace to strengthen capacities within this area. Two trainings had already been held on Diversity and Inclusion, and during the second half of 2014 a third one was held, this time on the topic of including Roma children in Scouting activities. A total of 19 participants from 10 NSAs attended, with 2 external experts also participating.

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A regular activity related to Diversity and Inclusion in the European Region is the Overture Network and its meetings, for which the above-mentioned Diversity and Inclusion project group provided input. At the last meeting of the network, in the Netherlands, there were 40 participants from 14 WOSM NSOs and WAGGGS member organizations.

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SOCIAL IMPACT

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SOCIAL IMPACT At World Level

6.1 At World Level

ome important achievements in the area of Social Impact include:

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WOSM and UNICEF signed a global â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A significant milestone was reached in December 2014 with 600 Million partnership agreement building service hours recorded by Scouts on the four-year cooperation worldwide through our Global that started in 2010, between Network of Service, comprised the Uganda Scouts Association, of integrated actions undertaken the Africa Regional Office and through Messengers of Peace, UNICEF. Through U-report, World the Scouts of the World Award, Scouting has already been able the World Scout Environment to engage more than 284 000 Programme and other local and young people from 11 African regional initiatives. By December countries in leading community 2014, scout.org registered 4,500 change, connecting through a new service projects with range of communication channels positive growth in all our Regions, to voice their opinions about what is particularly in Asia-Pacific and happening in their communities and Europe. working with leaders at community, national, regional and international levels to create positive social change.

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SOCIAL IMPACT At World Level

Messengers of Peace Initiative - Impact Evaluation The Messengers of Peace Initiative has been inspiring Scouts worldwide to engage in local actions of community service since 2011. In order to understand its success stories and replicate them even further, a mid-term evaluation of the Initiative is going to be conducted in 2015, for which a scoping document was approved by the WSC at its meeting in November 2014. This evaluation will focus on measuring the social impact the Initiative has achieved so far by using various research methods, including: surveying MoP network members and NSOsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leadership, interviewing external partners, conducting case studies in selected countries, as well as organizing focus groups with Scouts present at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan. The evaluation will be conducted by the World Scout Bureau in partnership with the

University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, and will additionally involve an external impact evaluation company. Having both an academic and practitioner perspective within the research will ensure a thorough analysis of the social impact achieved, as well as the impartiality of conclusions produced. The end results of the research will be published in a report by the end of September 2015, and will include a proposed framework for evaluating the MoP Initiative in the years to come.

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SOCIAL IMPACT In the Regions

6.2 In the Regions

Examples of Regional activities in the area of Social Impact include:

The second phase of the Food For Life Project was initiated in Benin and Niger. The project is going particularly well in Lesotho, being established in ten districts. In Benin and Niger there are 3000 Scouts participating, in Lesotho 500, and in South Sudan, Malawi, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso there are a total of 1126 Scouts participating in the project.

– In the Arab Region, the 11th Regional Gathering for Environment Commissioners was organized from 11 to 17 October and covered theoretical and practical sessions on the role of Scouting in promoting a culture of recycling among its members and their communities. A total of 56 participants attended, from the following 11 NSOs: Jordan, Tunis, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Yemen as well as representatives of the Arab Scout Region, Egyptian Ministry of Environment, Arab Union for Sustainable Development and Environment and the Council of Egyptian Scientist. A culture of recycling has taken root, and many Scouts have started to work towards acquiring their recycling Scout badges. – In the Asia-Pacific Region, a notable example is the Disaster Preparedness Training for Scouts in the Philippines. It introduced the aim, purpose and principles of the Scout Emergency Service towards home, school, neighbourhood and community in times of emergency and how to mitigate, reduce and manage its risks. This initiative is supported by the World Scout Foundation and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden who also visited the country in January 2014. The most notable activities held during the reporting period were simulation trainings related to disaster and emergency, using both simple and complex scenarios. A total of four Disaster and Risk Reduction Training Courses were organized: three for Scouts (134 participants, aged between 14 and 24) and one for instructors (attended by 45 adult leaders).

– In Armenia, a two-year MoP project is currently being implemented, offering Scouting activities to children from orphanages and day care centres. So far, there have been about 200 children from six cities involved in the project. The management of all the orphanages and day care centres have expressed their gratitude for this project and hope for its continuation, as they see the direct benefits that it is having on the children involved. – In Nicaragua, as part of an MoP project, Scouts have been working to increase the number of “peace promoters” among youth in the country. In Nicaragua, only 35 out of 100 young people complete high school. A rate of 19.5% out of 1.2 million young people between ages of 15 and 24 years old don’t work or study. This project aims at strengthening the institutional capacities of the Nicaragua Scout Association, in order to ensure proper support to local groups in their projects for increasing the number of peace promoters, through the encouragement of a culture of peace and service, with a focus on human rights, and development of values and leadership.

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COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS

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COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS At World Level

7.1 At World Level

n the area of Communications and External Relations, continuous work has been done to support the other parts of the organization in producing materials, increase World Scouting’s presence in social media, establish relationships with other organizations and provide information to our NSOs.

Some Communications highlights include:

– As part of the continuous improvement of scout.org, a review of the Intranet –which aims to be the “one-stop-shop” for NSOs when it comes to institutional information about WOSM – was initiated. Some of the planned developments include making a dynamic landing page where NSOs can easily find key information such as upcoming deadlines and latest news, making NSO-specific tools and resources easily available and developing a discussion forum. This is part of a larger process of assessing and streamlining current internal and external communications systems, channels and tools.

– The World Scout Youth Forum & World Scout Conference not only engaged the over 1 000 participants on site, but also thousands of Scouts worldwide through social media. Over 500 000 users were reached through Facebook, there – A photo contest took place from were over 8 000 visits to scout.org 12 September to 20 October 2014, through social media and over with more than 2 000 entries from 1 300 retweets of Youth Forum and 80 countries across all 6 Regions. Conference related posts. Onsite The aim of the contest was both to and online there were high-quality grow the number of scout.org users visuals illustrating the key messages and drive traffic to the website, and of World Scouting. Two press to build up our multimedia bank releases about the events were with user-driven images. During the issued, resulting in extensive media contest period, a total of 12 403 new coverage both in the host country scout.org users were registered. Slovenia and worldwide. Although this increase was the result of many efforts and activities that happened during the period, the launch of the Scout Photo Community and Photo Missions Contest strongly contributed to it.

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– About one month before JOTAJOTI, a campaign was launched to generate interest. There was a substantial increase of visitor traffic on scout.org during the event weekend, with close to 40 000 sessions recorded (compared to the average of 10 000) and with 67 000 page views on 18 October and 47 000 page views on 19 October. A scout.org profile was required in order to take part in the activities on jotajoti.info, and a total of 8 449 new signups were recorded in the month leading up to the event. JOTA-JOTI continued to have an impact after its completion, with photo highlights on Facebook reaching over 180 000 people, generating 24 000 clicks and 5 700 likes, comments and shares. – The most successful campaign at the global level was the “Peace Starts with me” selfie, a campaign still active to date. Additional global campaigns created by the MoP Network are “Trees for the world” and “Books for all”. The first Special Edition of the “Better World” magazine, featuring community service initiatives was launched during the World Scout Conference in Slovenia. – WOSM, being a volunteer-based organization, took the opportunity of the UN International Volunteer Day (5 December) to appreciate and celebrate the individuals who contribute to our Movement. A series of promotional activities were carried out via WOSM’s digital media – scout.org, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The activities generated a lot of buzz, especially on Facebook, with a video message from WOSM’s Secretary General recording an all-time record high video reach on WOSM’s Facebook – 210 688 people reached, 1 028 likes, 725 shares, 3 650 views.

Some External Relations highlights include: – On 21 October, a WOSM team, led by Secretary General Scott Teare and WSC member Mari Nakano, met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at his office in New York. Earlier the same day a 23rd World Scout Jamboree Global Development Village (GDV) meeting with potential partners was held at the Japan Society in New York. A total of 16 representatives from 10 organizations (UNICEF, UN-Habitat, UNIDO, UNMC, UNDESA, Road Safety, Restless Development, Earth Day Network, British Council and ILCO) attended the meeting.

It was a successful participation of WOSM and good practice to be continued at the next event of this kind, scheduled for the end of 2015 (COP21). WOSM’s regular participation in this event is bringing the organization up-to-date on climate change and environmental issues. It is also a strong statement about WOSM’s involvement in this field.

– From 28 to 30 October, WOSM, represented by Director of Youth Programme, Hany Abdulmonem, and Youth Advisors to the WSC, Maeed M. Zahir and Jeremy Apert, participated in the 1st Global – On 27 October, WOSM, represented Forum on Youth Policies in Baku, by Director of Youth Programme, Azerbaijan. The meeting was coHany Abdulmonem, took part convened by the UN Secretary in the pre-forum International General’s Envoy on Youth, UNDP, Stakeholders Meeting on Global UNESCO and the Council of Youth Policies, organized by the Europe, and hosted by the Ministry UN Secretary General’s Envoy on of Youth and Sport, Government Youth. WOSM attended the meeting of the Republic of Azerbaijan. in its capacity as a member of The forum discussed the World the task force of the International Programme of Action for Youth Coordination Meeting of Youth and how to make sure that each Organizations (ICMYO). country in the world has a proper youth policy. WOSM’s participation – WOSM participated with a young raised the profile of Scouting among contingent of 10 participants (8 of the high level participants and them under 30, from 6 countries brought some concrete experience (3 Regions)) at the Lima Climate on youth issues and trends to the Change Conference (COP 20). organization.

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COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS At World Level

WOSM has also entered into a number of partnerships: – On 14 October 2014, WOSM and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a pilot entrepreneurship educational programme by adopting the Empretec methodology of the “Entrepreneurship Training Workshop” (ETW) of the Empretec programme, to equip and empower young Scouts to consider selfemployment as a viable and rewarding career path.

– On 3 December 2014, WOSM and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) signed an agreement to promote the World Heritage Education programme that encourages young people to take part in projects related to heritage conservation and protection, in conjunction with the Scouts of the World Award. – Since July 2014, International Stiftelsen Young Masters Programme (ISYMP), Lund University and WOSM have been working on a project called ”The Goals.org“. This is an online crowd-learning platform designed to engage and educate young people, age 14-17, on the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) while simultaneously highlighting the importance of each individual’s role as an active citizen in creating and implementing the solutions necessary to accomplish these goals. Mid-October, the development of a “Scout branded version” of TheGoals.org was initiated. – WOSM and Greenpeace have been working together since 2011 on a project called “Scouts go solar”. It is in the last phase now, where the Boy Scout of the Philippines are doing a pilot project on testing the materials and trainings. This project will help Scouts use the benefits of solar energy at grass root level.

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COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS In the Regions

6.2 In the Regions

Some Regions held various seminars and trainings on communications, such as: – An APR Workshop on Communications and Marketing was held in Bogor, Indonesia, gathering 45 local and overseas participants from 13 countries. Three themes set the tone of the workshop: Quality Practices, Creating Impact, and Growing Membership. Participants shared quality practices of their NSOs and thought-provoking sessions were delivered on membership growth challenges, how to make Scouting more appealing to young people, creating impact through various channels such as social media, digital media and Scouting events, developing a communications strategy, and handling management crises.

– Three network meetings were held in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Uruguay, gathering 21 representatives from 9 NSOs. Participants got the opportunity to share communications best practices, familiarise themselves with the scout.org website and how to share projects and stories, discuss the regional and national implications of Vision 2023, identify areas for bilateral cooperation and many other things. The NSO representatives also discussed Institutional Development and how to apply available tools on national level. In some Regions, bilateral partnerships were established among NSOs within (or outside) the Region, with non-governmental and governmental organizations, institutions and universities. NSO and regional representatives also attended various events organized by external parties: – Representatives from the Africa Region participated in a special summit of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and discussed the topic of youth employability with key stakeholders in the governments, civil society organizations and international NGOs operating within the Great Lakes region. – The European Region continued the development of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) governing the relationship with WAGGGS. Joint activities include a positioning paper on donor advocacy. The Region is also developing relations with YMCA Europe and the faithbased group within the European Youth Forum, and actively contributing to the European Alliance for Volunteering and representing WOSM in various volunteering forums.

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The Interamerican Region finalised the development of its Communications Plan, actively working to make information as easily available as possible. One part of this is developing a campaign to increase the range and reach of its social networks. The official Facebook page is increasingly attracting followers and each day the page has more than 7 500 visits, which is 82% of the total number of followers. Posts are made both in Spanish and in English.

– The annual youth expo “Eyeing the Future 2014” was held in Armenia in November and attended by the Armenian NSO. The aim of the expo is to bring together youth organizations and encourage cooperation between NGOs and the government. As a direct result of Scouting being represented at the expo, other NGOs reached out to the Eurasia Regional Office to learn more about Scouting and enquiring about cooperation, and a number of cross-NGO events were set up.

Finally, some Regions have reported continuing publications and work on communication plans, as well as innovative communication tools: – The Africa Region regularly distributes the newsletter Kudumail that contains information about activities and stories in the Region. The number of subscribers has been increasing, with a total of 358 by the end of 2014. The Region also supports NSOs in creating profiles on scout.org so they can post stories which are then also shared on the regional page www.scout.org/ africa – Asia-Pacific launched a Scout Cartoon Contest, open to Scouts of all ages. The purpose of the contest is to create a cartoon character that reflects Scouting values, appeals across countries and cultures and attracts both the main target audience of 8-14 and other age groups. – The European Region continues to use and further develop the website euroscoutinfo.com as a valuable tool for blogging and updating across the Region, alongside scout.org, while an analysis done concluded that europak-online.net will become more of a static repository.

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GOVERNANCE

NSOs receiving direct support (July-December 2014)

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GOVERNANCE At World Level

8.1 At World Level

he second half of 2014 saw the adoption of a long-term Strategy for Scouting/Vision 2023 as well as a Triennial Plan for 2014-2017. Both documents were developed though a very inclusive process, culminating at the World Scout Conference: – More than 1 000 participants from over 120 NSOs discussed the Strategy for Scouting/Vision 2023 proposal in breakout sessions, providing additional content and focus to the work already developed. The final proposal was carried by the Conference with more than 90% of the votes, giving World Scouting a clear focus and goal for development towards 2023. – The proposal for the Triennial Plan 2014-2017 formed a key part of the discussions at the World Scout Conference and led to a very animated debate with many amendments. As requested by the Conference, a final version that also included other resolutions adopted by the Conference was released before the end of the year.

World Scouting also continued, in close cooperation with the Regions, to further improve the support provided to NSOs. Important steps taken in this area include: – The Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT) test-phase was completed in August 2014, with a total of 15 NSOs having participated and more than 20 facilitators trained to support the 3rd party assessments. All lessons learnt during the test phase were incorporated in a version 1.2 of the GSAT. Since the adoption of version 1.2, another 3 GSATs have taken place using the new standard, bringing us to a total of 31 NSOs assessed to date. – The self-evaluation version of the GSAT, which will allow NSOs to use WOSM’s quality standard by themselves within the national leadership, is moving towards completion. The tool should be ready for release in the course of Q2 2015. – Work on the Global Support Web Portal, to facilitate the support of NSOs, was initiated and a Regional test panel was set up to ensure the portal meets the different needs. The Web Portal will also allow to consolidate data gathered through the different implementations of the GSAT (3rd party, 2nd party and selfevaluation), which will eventually also help steer the development and focus of regional strategies and plans.

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In addition, focus has been put on improving capacities and processes, both within the WSB/WOSM and in relation to NSOs:

With the support of the Regional Office, the ban on Scouting in Zambia was lifted, with Scouting activities currently being carried out in 30 out of 100 districts. Additionally, the constitution of the association is currently under review, as one of the action steps towards electing new leadership.

– The 40th World Scout Conference was successful both due to the number of people attending and the new methodology used. Particular focus was put on moving away from lengthy reporting in plenary, opting instead for a more dynamic approach with parallel and repeated break-out sessions that delegates could choose between. This Conference also aimed to incorporate some of the lessons learned from the 1st World Scout Education Congress, in particular with a set of focus sessions on current trends impacting young people as well as new ways of facilitating the networking between individuals with the same role in Scouting. – In October 2014, the first meeting of the new WSC took place at the Ten Mile River Scout Camp in upstate New York. This meeting was an “induction session”, focused on providing the WSC with the skills and knowhow needed to fulfil their duties. The weekend was very successful, inspiring both the WSC and the WSB staff attending and setting a positive tone for the triennium. The expertise gathered by the WSB in supporting this induction session has also been consolidated and made available to Regions and NSOs. 38

– The handling of incoming NSO constitution amendments has been streamlined, with a step-bystep process put in place. A similar approach will be developed for incoming membership applications at WOSM as well. For many years a substantial backlog in the processing of amendments to NSO Constitutions has existed – often due to long waits to get replies from NSOs. Such a backlog is never a good practice and it is one of the ambitions, through more intensive cooperation with the Regional Directors, to clear this as much as possible and fine-tune our processes so there is less chance on delays in this area. – An intensive focus is being put on increasing the WSB’s capacity (both on World and Regional level) in regards to project management skills. This has already been implemented in the project for the roll-out of a new Financial Management System. Support will also be delivered to Regions who experience challenges in their project management capacity, in particular when it comes to the follow-up of MoP funded projects.

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8.2 In the Regions

he WSB offices and WOSM volunteer structures worldwide have devoted substantial effort to supporting NSOs in various aspects of organizational development. The following are examples of work done in the Regions, as a response to the needs expressed by NSOs: – The support provided by the Africa Regional Office to Les Scouts du Cameroun in their efforts to restructure the NSO is having a positive effect. A General Assembly has been held, a new leadership is now in place and the NSO is on its way to successfully ending its protracted crisis.

– The APR Regional Office did a five-day consultancy visit at the Bangladesh Scouts in August 2014, focusing on the areas of organizational development, Adults in Scouting and Youth Programme. During the meeting, the Code of Conduct and Appraisal System for adult leaders were finalised. On the Youth Programme side the focus was to establish sectional educational objectives and design progressive badge schemes for Cub, Scout, and Rover Sections.

– APR workshops on the development of national strategic plans were held with the Scout Association of Maldives as well – A training was held for the Amahoro as the Scout Association of Amani project and NSOs in the Malaysia. A total of 47 leaders Great Lakes area on the topic of and national representatives took organizational development and part, ensuring input from different the delivery of quality Scouting. parts of the NSOs. In addition, A total of 19 participants from both a five-day National Strategic Scout and Guide Organizations and Planning Review Workshop Amahoro Amani staff took part in the was held with the Pakistan Boy event, which was held in Burundi. Scout Association, focusing on the implementation of their plan. These workshops are a key way the Region provides support for NSOs, to ensure a strategic approach on national level.

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– Two meetings were held between the Eurasia Regional Office and the All Russian Scout Association (ARSA), in July and September. The institution building of ARSA is in progress and foresees the development of regulations on ARSA activities, establishment of branches, of representative offices and representatives in the regions of the Russian Federation, and working with official representatives of legislative and executive authorities. – A multi-sectorial Global Support was agreed between the European Regional Office and the Organization of Bulgarian Scouts, addressing the identified needs of the NSO. The Region is providing support in the areas of internal and external communications strategy, training of new leaders and fundraising strategy. This support is long-term and will be provided in 2015 as well.

– In November 2014, the General Assembly of Scouts d’Haiti approved a new constitution for the NSO, incorporating international best practices on good governance. This constitutional review was a result of the continued support through the Messengers of Peace Initiative, which also included a good governance training by the worldwide auditing firm SGS for more than 40 representatives of national and district leadership in Haiti. This particular process has also been well-documented, so that it can be easily replicated in other NSOs with a need to review their practices with regard to good governance.

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Regions have continued to follow up with NSOs who have participated in the pilot GSAT assessments, based on the needs identified. NSOs who are not part of the pilot project have also used the GSAT standards as a guiding tool when strengthening the governance of their NSOs, an example of which is Fédération Chadienne du Scoutisme Chad who held a training with 15 leaders about the tool. The 15 will now work with the entire leadership if the NSO to review the governance and management of the NSO.

In addition to these forms of support in organizational development, the Regional Offices supported several meetings, trainings and visits, in particular:

– A workshop on the topic of financial development gathered 14 participants from 5 Central American NSOs. The aim of the workshop was to give NSOs the tools to improve their performance in financial matters.

– 6 NSOs in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda) participated in the – An evaluation meeting on Unguvu East Africa Zone Conference 2 project was held in Belgium 5-8 held in Kigali, Rwanda, at the end September. The Unguvu project of December. Key issues covered explores the concept of international included GSAT, Messengers of partnerships between NSOs and Peace and Vision 2023. The zone NSAs in Africa and Europe, in order adopted a strategic approach and set to create tools that can be used in up an executive committee to steer the process of initiating, planning, it in key areas such as Educational managing, executing and evaluating Methods, Strategy and Resource these partnerships. A draft concept Mobilisation and fundraising. for the Unguvu 3 project has been developed. – Support was provided to the Organizing Team of the West Africa – The Interamerican Institutional Zone Conference to help them with Development Network gathered 53 their preparations. The event was participants from 10 NSOs for three to take place in 2014, but due to the meetings held in Honduras, Peru and Ebola pandemic it was postponed Brazil. The aim of the network is to to 2015. A declaration was made to promote the Interamerican Policy of use the network of Scouts and Scout Institutional Development, promoting leaders for social mobilisation. best practices in NSOs. – Between 31 October and 2 November, a Regional Workshop for NSO accountants & treasurers was arranged in Kiev, Ukraine. The main goal of the workshop was to bring together NSO accountants and treasurers, to discuss main issues and problems and try to develop a common accounting mechanism in the Region.

– A training on Professional Scout Service aimed at National Scout Executive Directors and National Chief Commissioners gathered 31 participants from 15 Interamerican NSOs and 6 branches of The Scout Association (UK). The purpose of the training was to educate NSO staff in charge of executive functions in the main matters of Youth Programme, Adults in Scouting and Institutional Development.

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STAFF SUPPORT T

he following chart shows an estimate of the support that WSB staff (Global and Regional Teams) has devoted to activities within each Strategic Priority in the second half of 2014:

The above chart includes employees who work part-time, therefore the total percentage is affected (99% instead of 100%).

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STAFF SUPPORT

The chart above shows the number of staff members that have specified tasks towards each Strategic Priority (out of a total of 118 in the period July â&#x20AC;&#x201C; December 2014).

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STAFF SUPPORT

The charts below present the breakout of average time spent on each Strategic Priority in each WSB office:

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10.

FINANCE

New Accounting Team Since the inception of the World Scout Bureau in Kuala Lumpur, an accounting team has successfully been established that eventually assumed a significant portion of the accounting and treasury responsibilities from Geneva Office effective from January 2015.

Budget for 2014-15 The budget for 2014-15 was completed and subsequently approved the WSC meeting in October 2014.

Tax Exemption for Kuala Lumpur Office A tax exemption application under Section 44 of the Income Tax Act 1965 on behalf of World Scout Bureau in Kuala Lumpur was submitted. The National Scout Organization of Malaysia and Ministry of Sport and Youth subsequently endorsed the application. It is currently pending approval from the Inland Revenue Department.

New Financial Management System Finalisation of vendor selection for the new Financial Management System (FMS) that led to the signing of INFOR Sun System and implementation vendor, Hyperapps Technology. A project organization deployment team comprising of employees from Global and Regional Offices was also formalized. The new financial management system is anticipated to go live during Q4 of the fiscal year 2014-15.

Audit Progress KPMG has completed their audit work on all of the individual entities and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the World Scout Bureau for 2013/14. In May 2015, KPMG will begin their second phase to audit accompanying items under Disclosures (i.e. notes to the financial statements, statement of cash-flow, statements of funds, etc.). A final set of Audited Financial Statements, in compliance with the Swiss GAAP RPC requirements, are expected to be ready by June 2015.

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10.1 WSB Funding Report, Jul-Dec 2014

he financial year of the WSB is 1 October to 30 September. In other words, to correspond with the overall reporting framework (JulyDecember 2014) the numbers below reflect Q4 2014 (July-Sep) and Q1 2015 (Oct-Dec) of the financial year.

Q4 FY13/14

Q1 FY14/15

Budget

Actual

Budget

Actual

USD

711,620

1,532,720

725,690

Africa

177,440

167,159

181,267

183,804

Arab

109,767

103,387

115,216

116,829

Asia Pacific

172,891

162,850

173,642

176,070

Eurasia

106,657

100,489

103,329

104,775

Europe

31,711

29,873

31,065

31,497

Inter America

176,044

165,821

167,764

170,112

774,509

729,578

772,283

783,087

(62,889)

803,142

(46,593)

(57,397)

Fund Received from the WSF: Fund Allocated to Regional Offices:

Fund contributed by WSF / (WSB):

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FINANCE

10.2 Consolidated Financial Statement FY 2013-2014 2014/2013

2013/2012

CHF

4,592,947

4,557,156

244,175

313,855

Contribution World/Regional Scout Foundation

3,312,271

2,500,000

Restricted revenue (Projects)

4,130,821

2,735,905

Other donations

1,291,401

1,515,377

OPERATIONAL INCOME Registration fees Regional registration fees

Utilisation of provisions

Other operational income

298,604

423,047

13,870,219

12,045,340

General Management

5,982,311

5,772,775

Education and Development

1,195,837

1,167,084

Operations Service

2,309,628

2,114,862

Restricted charges (projects)

3,909,191

2,842,402

Expenditure for Field Activities

285,557

192,349

Depreciation

113,211

116,522

13,795,735

12,205,994

74,484

-160,654

284,891

384,829

-38,684

-35,944

Total operational income OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE

Total operational expenditure INTERMEDIATE SURPLUS NET FINANCIAL INCOME Financial income Financial costs Result on investment

-4,720

Exchange gain/(loss)

250,359

-108,196

NET FINANCIAL SURPLUS / (DEFICIT)

491,846

240,689

OPERATING SURPLUS

566,330

80,035

CHANGES IN RESTRICTED FUNDS Allocation

-4,177,690

Use

3,953,576

NET SURPLUS OF THE YEAR BEFORE ALLOCATIONS / WITHDRAWALS

342,216

218,222

32,517

129,768

(Allocation to) / Withdrawal from - registration fees risk reserve - operational risk reserve

- future events and other reserves

-185,133

-209,291

- other unrestricted reserves

-189,600

-138,699

-0-

SURPLUS OF THE YEAR AFTER ALLOCATIONS /WITHDRAWALS