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ISGF 24
th
World Conference 2005
Conference Report
WOSM presentation
Co-operation /Partnership between ISGF and WOSM
Toby T. Suzuki
Member of World Scout Committee, WOSM, WOSM Representative to ISGF
and Member of World Committee, ISGF
As you all know, my name is Toby Suzuki, I am a member of the World Scout Committee of
WOSM (World Organization of Scout Movement) and as well as the WOSM Representative
to ISGF.
At the same time, I am a voting member of the World Committee of ISGF.
I will talk about the co-operation and partnership between ISGF and WOSM in the recent
past and about the future.
1. History
I think that it is important to start by recalling the co-operation and partnership between ISGF
and WOSM in the recent past.
This co-operation is based on the Relationship Agreement signed in November 1998 which
strengthened and reinforced the consultative status, granted by the World Scout Committee
of WOSM to ISGF every three years since 1994.
The Relationship Agreement was developed in October 2000 through a Joint Memorandum
stating concrete areas of collaboration, in particular, "Adult in Scouting".
2. Re-Launch of co-operation between ISGF/WOSM
After a transition period, due to the appointment of a new ISGF Secretary General, Faouzia
Kchouk in January 2002, and a new WOSM Secretary General, Eduardo Missoni, the co-
operation between ISGF and WOSM was re-launched. And a number of initiatives were
achieved.
1) The World Scout Committee of WOSM has appointed me as a Liaison Representative of
WOSM to ISGF, and I have been attending the ISGF World Committee meetings as a voting
member of the ISGF World Committee since July 2002.
2) We established the linkage between WOSM and ISGF websites in February 2002
3) We established the systematic mailing system of the "ISGF Gazette" to all WOSM
members through WOSM ScoutPak.
4) Also, regular contact between ISGF Secretary General (Faouzia Kchouk) and World Scout
Committee Representative (Toby Suzuki) was established in July 2002. I am always in a
circle of post mail, e-mails and telephone correspondence between Faouzia and myself.
5) Regular contact between the ISGF Secretary General and the World Scout Bureau has
been established. In particular, in February 2004 Faouzia Kchouk, ISGF Secretary General,
and Annik, her assistant, visited the World Scout Bureau in Geneva. I accompanied them
as a Liaison Officer during all the meetings. We had extensive discussion with the WOSM
Secretary General, three Deputy Secretary Generals and key Directors on the major
functions in the World Scout Bureau. We discussed all the possibilities for future co-operation
and partnerships between ISGF and WOSM in detail. I think that was the beginning of the re-
launch of the co-operation and the partnership between ISGF and WOSM being
strengthened.
