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| The Strategy for Scouting and the Centenary Celebrations are vehicles to strengthen Scouting in all countries and at all levels of the Movement. The Strategy for Scouting The Strategy for Scouting was adopted at the World Scout Conference in Thessaloniki in 2002. The strategy provides a framework for Scouting to achieve its mission and realize its vision. The strategy focuses on three areas: young people, adults, and structures and systems and there are seven strategic priorities which need to be a focus for Scouting at all levels of the Movement. The strategic priorities are: SP1 - Youth Involvement – revitalizing the Scout Method. SP2 - Adolescents - -supporting their transition to adulthood. SP3 - Girls and Boys, Women and Men – respecting differences, promoting equality and sharing responsibility. SP4 - Reaching Out – breaking down barriers and working with all segments of society. SP5 - Volunteers in Scouting – developing new approaches to broaden the base of adult support. SP6 - An Organisation for the 21 Century – becoming flexible, lean, innovative and participatory. SP7 - Scouting’s Profile – strengthening communications, partnerships and resources. The Centenary Celebrations and Gifts for Peace The celebrations for the Centenary of Scouting and Gifts for Peace provide an opportunity for all Scouts to work on the strategy and progress in each of the seven strategic priorities. Linking the Strategy and Gifts for Peace Here are some ideas of how your work on Gifts for Peace can strengthen the Strategy for Scouting:
There are three complementary areas of Youth Involvement in Scouting: • In the Unit • Within the Movement • Within the Community By being involved in decision-making, young people can discover the values of working together to achieve common objectives, listening to others and paying attention to other peoples’ opinions in order to achieve a consensus, sharing skills and efforts in team work to share achievements together instead of seeking self-promotion. These values are essential for building up a tolerant and caring society. There are 4 steps in developing and implementing the Gifts for Peace project and young people should be involved in all stages of the project. The stages are: • Exploring and identifying the needs of the community • Developing awareness and responding to these needs • Taking action • Measuring changes, in the community and in the Scouts themselves. Gifts for Peace can support youth involvement in decision-making with the Unit and within the Community. The project requires all young people to be involved with the process of identifying needs in the community and then together deciding on the best way to respond to these needs. Scouts will also be working in the community, working with others, listening to others and together deciding on the actions to be taken. Involving Scouts in all aspects of Gifts for Peace supports the Scout Method. Return to top of page
Scouting was founded to help young people through the transition from childhood to adulthood. With the rapid changes in society, adolescence is becoming a greater challenge in many communities. Scouting can respond through the Gifts for Peace project through targeting young people in the adolescent age-group as the recipients of the Gift for Peace, or as the key participants in your association. Here are some of the tried and tested ways of working with adolescents, which should be built into your Gift for Peace. • Give young people access to real responsibility • Develop the peer group • Involve young people in decision-making • Develop confidence and self-esteem in young people • Provide real challenges • Allow young people to try out adult roles • Develop positive, non-judgmental relationships between adults and young people. Return to top of page
The Scout Movement has a commitment to reach, in societies where mixed gender relationships are the norm, a situation where gender equality is a reality in terms of youth programme, adult resources, management and all other aspects of the Movement. Throughout the world gender discrimination and stereotyping limit the full development and participation of girls and young women as well as boys and young men. Until all girls receive the same opportunities as their male counterparts, their fundamental human rights are denied and the conditions for sustainable development are unfulfilled. It is vital for the future that girls and young women grow up to become leaders intheir families and communities; and increasingly in the workplace and in society. The Gifts for Peace project can support this strategic priority if you: • Choose projects where girls and boys and/or women and men benefit equally from the Gift for Peace. • Explore the different needs of girls and boys, women and men who are the recipients of the Gift for Peace and target the support and actions to meet the specific needs. Return to top of page
If Scouting is to have a significant impact in the world today, it must extend its reach to all segments of society. If Scouting continues to serve its “traditional audience” this will limit its potential to build a better world. The Gifts for Peace project provides you with an opportunity to make contact with people in the community who are not aware of Scouting. Gifts for Peace can make an impact in your community if you work with groups who feel marginalized or excluded and help them to be more integrated into the life of your community. Return to top of page
Scouting relies on its adult volunteers to deliver the programme to young people and manage all aspects of the Movement. Sometimes adults are recruited from a very small group of people and a wider view should be taken to ensure that there are the necessary skills required to run Scouting locally. There are many adults who can make a contribution to Scouting if we are prepared take a broader view of volunteering; not limiting people to traditional roles and recognizing that there are many ways that adults can be rewarded for their contribution to Scouting. The Gifts for Peace project provides you with an opportunity to revise your concept of volunteering and perhaps recruit a new group of adults to Scouting. Please note: Any adults recruited should go through the normal recruitment and selection procedures in your Associaiton. Return to top of page
This strategic priority covers two aspects – the need for strategic thinking and the need for effective and efficient decision-making. The importance of taking a strategic approach and some support on how to do this is covered in section 3 of this resource. For effective and efficient decision-making, make sure that the decision-making structures related to the project link into the main decision-making structure in your Group, District or National Scout Organization. It is very important that: • Clear lines of responsibility and authority are set out at the beginning of the project. • All groups involved in the project contribute to the decision-making process. • Regular reports are provided • A final report is prepared after an evaluation by everyone involved. Good project management should support the implementation of the project – the management process should not be an obstacle which prevents the project’s development and implementation. Return to top of page
This priority has three inter-related aspects which are key to the success of Scouting. If Scouting is to be effective it must: • Carefully plan and target its communications to get specific messages to clearly identified groups of people. • Be part of the local, national and international community and work in partnership with other groups at all levels. • Be able to secure the funding it needs to both support the routine activities and undertake work to develop Scouting. Here are some ways that the Gifts for Peace project can support work on the strategic priority: • Develop a communications strategy to make sure that key messages related to the project are communicated with target audiences inside and outside Scouting. • Choose to work ieth partners and involved then in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the projects. • Use these events to place Scouting as a key contributor to civil society, worthy of working in partnership and receiving support from businesses, local authority and other community groups. • Use the events to promote Scouting’s contribution to peace around the world for 100 years. Make sure that the key leaders in your community are aware of your project and what you have achieved. For information, resources, presentations and video clips on the Strategy for Scouting, visit the strategy web-pages on the WOSM web-site http://www.scout.org/strat/indexen.shtml "One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
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