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A Mission Statement for Scouting

For the first time ever, a statement on the mission of Scouting (as stated below) was adopted at the 35th World Scout Conference in Durban, July, 1999.

The adoption of the mission statement is the latest milestone in the work undertaken by WOSM on the development of a Strategy for Scouting. The statement, based on WOSM's Constitution, is intended to reaffirm Scouting's role in today's world.

Key resource publications related to the mission of Scouting are:

  • "The Essential Characteristics of Scouting"
  • "Scouting in Practice: Ideas for Scout leaders"
  • "Scouting: An Educational System"
  • "Scouting for What? Scouting for Whom? Organising and running a national workshop"

New series of resource publications related to the Mission Statement and carrying out Scouting's Mission

  • "1. Understanding the Mission Statement, A Strategy for Scouting... from Durban to Thessaloniki"
  • "2. Achieving our Mission, A strategy for Scouting...from Durban to Thessaloniki"

Read about these publications here, and download them.

 

THE MISSION OF SCOUTING

The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.

This is achieved by

  • involving them throughout their formative years in a non-formal educational process
  • using a specific method that makes each individual the principal agent in his or her development as a self-reliant, supportive, responsible and committed person
  • assisting them to establish a value system based upon spiritual, social and personal principles as expressed in the Promise and Law.