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Safe from Harm is at the heart of everything we do in Scouting. It means making sure every child, young person and adult feels safe, respected and valued, everywhere, all the time.
This paper explores how the Scouts for SDGs initiative, launched by World Scouting in 2018, exemplifies the transformative potential of non-formal education in addressing global challenges. It analyses how this initiative sustains local wisdom while fostering global citizenship and resilience.
This past year was a pivotal one for Scouting, marked by strong growth and the implementation of our Strategy for Scouting and World Triennial Plan. In 2025, our Movement’s membership reached historic highs with an estimated 60 million young people and volunteers worldwide.
The Living Spaces for Dialogue is a practical and dialogue-based educational activity designed to help young people and adults build understanding, trust, and peaceful relationships across differences.
This report provides an overview of the World Scout Bureau’s climate impact journey – its methodology, initial findings, and ongoing efforts to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its operations.
The World Scout Bureau's consolidated financial statements for the year ending 30 September 2025 provide an overview of WOSM's financial position and performance.
Reserves protect WOSM against emergencies, unforeseen expenses, or disruptions to income. They are limited resources that are difficult to replace once used and must never be used to substitute for sound budgeting and management. WOSM is entrusted with resources on behalf of its members.
The Investment Policy, adopted by the World Scout Committee, establishes general rules and control processes for the approval, acquisition, divestment, and management of investments within the World Scout Bureau (WSB) at the respective global and regional support centres.
This is the membership census of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. In some countries, the National Scout Organization is larger than indicated in this census as girls and women are members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).