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ISGF 24
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World Conference 2005
Conference Report
6) In April 2005, an ISGF delegation comprising Secretary General (Faouzia Kchouk).
Chairman of the World Committee (Riccardo Della Rocca), and Vice-chairman (Jean Luc De
Paepe) participated in the World Scout Committee meeting in Rome. And Riccardo made a
15 minute presentation on the relationship between ISGF and WOSM. Ricardo's
presentation was well received by the members of World Scout Committee of WOSM.
7) WOSM has received the two Colonel J.S. Wilson Scholarships for 2003 and 2004, which
were awarded as training grants to two promising young Scout leaders from Azerbaijan and
Brazil. Their programme included, for the first time, a study visit to the ISGF Secretariat in
Brussels where the launching of an ISGF branch in their respective countries was discussed
with Faouzia.
8) WOSM has also received the ISGF's annual grants in 2003 and 2005 for the purpose of
the publication of "Scouting and the United Nations", a guide for the National Scout
Organizations, and for the production of the 2007 ScoutPax, an educational kit especially
prepared by WOSM to assist NSOs at national and local level to plan and implement the
"Gifts for Peace" project. Ann Whiteford brought English and French copies of "Scouting and
UN Guide" for your reference.
3. What about the future?
Co-operation in the coming year, especially between now and 2007, will concentrate on the
preparation of the celebration of the "Centenary of Scouting". In concrete terms, this will
materialize through following:
1) The extensive distribution of the Scouting and the UN Guide among all WOSM members
as well as among the partners from the United Nations System; this Guide acknowledges
ISGF support and shows the ISGF logo on the back cover.
2) The distribution of ScoutPax to all NSOs with the acknowledgement of ISGF contribution.
3) The presence of two representatives of ISGF at the 37th World Scout Conference in
Tunisia in September this year, with a stand at the exhibition area and a 10 minute
presentation in the plenary session. They will also have the opportunity to take part in the
discussion group on the Strategy for Scouting, and thus bring the ISGF input into the debate.
The major ISGF involvement with WOSM will be in the various celebrations in 2007.
This includes an active presence at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007 in the UK,
through a stand in the "World Scout Center", the opportunity to run workshops at the "Global
Development Village" with ISGF resource persons, the opportunity for individual members of
ISGF to join the IST (International Service Team) as part of the NSO contingent of their
country of origin.
During the Celebration of the Centenary of Scouting from now till 2007:
ISGF is also invited to contribute to "Operation One World", the operation of solidarity which
aims at bringing at least one Scout from each of the present 153 WOSM countries. There
could be other ways for ISGF to be associated with the 2007 celebrations, like the "Sunrise
Ceremonies" on August 1st, or the "World Congress on 100 years of education" to be held in
March 2007 in Geneva.
Further discussion will be held in due course between the ISGF Secretary General and the
WOSM Liaison to ISGF and World Scout Bureau in order to settle the corresponding
practical arrangements.
