Scout structure

SCOUTING is a voluntary, non-political educational organisation that is open to all in accordance with the purpose, principles and methods conceived by its founder, Robert Baden-Powell, in 1907.

It operates through a network of local groups supported by over 160 National Scout Organisations (NSOs) in more than 220 countries and territories.

There are currently about 40 million Scouts comprising boys and girls, men and women across the globe, and it’s estimated that about 500 million people worldwide have been Scouts. Its various bodies and roles include: > The World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM), one of the largest youth organisations in the world, is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organisation that serves the Scout Movement through its NSO.

> The World Scout Conference is the governing body, the “general assembly” of Scouting and is composed of all the 161 NSO members of WOSM. It meets every three years to consider policies and stand- ards of Scout Movement globally.

> The World Scout Committee is the executive body of WOSM and responsible for implementing the resolutions of the World Scout Conference. This committee has established six regions in Africa, Arab, Asia-Pacific, Eurasia, Europe and the United States. Each region has a Scout Conference, Committee and Office. The Regional Scout Office is an office of the World Scout Bureau.

> The World Scout Bureau is the Secretariat of WOSM and comprises 120 professional staff in these eight cities: Brussels, Cairo, Geneva, Kiev, Kuala Lumpur, Makati City, Nairobi and Panama City.

> The World Scout Foundation helps the growth and development of Scouting worldwide by providing financial support for WOSM. It does this by permanently investing in capital donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, governments and members of the Scout Movements. The Foundation also does fund-raising to support specific World Scouting projects such as the Messengers of Peace programme.