World Organization of the Scout Movement

Organization's name: World Organization of the Scout Movement
Organization's acronym: WOSM
Headquarters address  
Address: Suite 3, Level 17, Menara Sentral Vista
150 Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad
Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phone: +60 (3) 2276 9000
Fax: +60 (3) 2276 9089
Email: advocacy@scout.org
Web site: www.scout.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Development
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Financing for Development
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Minority Rights
  • Social Development
  • Sports for Peace and Development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Values
  • Volunteerism
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

Financing for Development:
  • Addressing systemic issues
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Men and boys
  • Policy advice
  • The girl child
  • Violence against women
  • Women and the environment

Social Development:
  • Cooperative
  • Employment
  • Social policy
  • Youth

Sustainable Development:
  • Biodiversity
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Major Groups
  • Partnerships
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution

NEPAD:
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • Singapore
  • Belgium
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Algeria
  • Malaysia
  • Paraguay
  • Namibia
  • Tajikistan
  • Lebanon
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Armenia
  • Jordan
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Comoros
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Philippines
  • Spain
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Chad
  • Ukraine
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Bulgaria
  • Dominica
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Georgia
  • Latvia
  • Bhutan
  • Cape Verde
  • Croatia
  • Libya
  • Slovenia
  • Myanmar
  • Nicaragua
  • Iceland
  • El Salvador
  • Belarus
  • Cambodia
  • Tunisia
  • Gabon
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Madagascar
  • Morocco
  • Sierra Leone
  • Eswatini
  • Nigeria
  • Mongolia
  • Thailand
  • Russian Federation
  • Egypt
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Lithuania
  • India
  • Botswana
  • Angola
  • Oman
  • China
  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Yemen
  • Denmark
  • Italy
  • Mozambique
  • Ireland
  • Panama
  • United States of America
  • Liechtenstein
  • New Zealand
  • Estonia
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Rwanda
  • San Marino
  • Türkiye
  • Kazakhstan
  • Côte D'Ivoire
  • Nepal
  • Benin
  • Finland
  • Uruguay
  • Argentina
  • Niger
  • Togo
  • Timor-Leste
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
  • Cameroon
  • Netherlands
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Peru
  • Luxembourg
  • Afghanistan
  • Greece
  • State of Palestine
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Monaco
  • Indonesia
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Zimbabwe
  • Malawi
  • Burkina Faso
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Ghana
  • Saint Lucia
  • France
  • Bangladesh
  • Azerbaijan
  • Lesotho
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Romania
  • Norway
  • Ethiopia
  • Czechia
  • Republic of Korea
  • Congo
  • Ecuador
  • Maldives
  • Jamaica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Zambia
  • Bahrain
  • Qatar
  • Austria
  • Chile
  • Albania
  • Barbados
  • Haiti
  • Hungary
  • Canada
  • Bahamas
  • Malta
  • Senegal
  • Colombia
  • Pakistan
  • Grenada
  • Honduras
  • Kuwait
  • Gambia
  • South Africa
  • Serbia
  • Mali
  • Japan
  • Israel
  • Mauritania
  • Guatemala
  • Viet Nam
  • Liberia
  • Sudan
  • Kiribati
  • Cyprus
  • Mauritius
  • Brazil
  • Guinea
  • Australia
  • Iraq
  • Burundi
  • Uganda
  • Montenegro
  • Germany
  • Guyana
  • Seychelles
  • Costa Rica
  • Kenya
  • North Macedonia
  • Belize
  • Fiji
Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1907
Year of registration (YYYY): 1998
Organizational structure: The World Organization of the Scout Movement is a worldwide, non-profit and non-partisan organisation of over 50 millions members, male and female, operating through a network of local groups supported by National Scout Organizations in 169 countries (formed as a federation). Its governing body is the World Conference, which is composed of representatives of the National Scout Organizations. The World Scout Conference meets every three years, and its executive is the World Scout Committee composed of elected volunteers. The Organization’s secretariat is the World Scout Bureau, which has its global support centres in Kuala Lumpur and Geneva and regional support centres in in six regions: Africa (Nairobi), Arab (Cairo), Asia-Pacific (Manila), Eurasia (Kiev), Europe (Geneva and Brussels) and Interamerica (Panama City).
Number and type of members: 169 National Scout Organizations. There is one recognized National Scout Organization by country, however for historic reasons, in some countries there are National Scout Associations which form a federation under the National Scout Organization.
Affiliation with NGO networks: ICMYO, European Youth Forum
Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
  • Non-governmental organization
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes