The Safe from Harm Assessment Tool is a set of a criteria that evaluates levels of safeguarding and protection of children and young people against international best practices. National Scout Organizations can use the Assessment Tool to conduct an internal evaluation of their organization’s Safe from Harm practices and later request a WOSM Safe from Harm Assessment, which is conducted by a WOS

Keeping children, young people, and adults safe from harm or abuse is the highest priority in Scouting and it is the duty of National Scout Organizations and Associations (NSOs) to ensure a safe environment for all. WOSM developed these guidelines to accompany the Safe from Harm Assessment Tool and enable NSOs conduct Safe from Harm assessments.

Although children are not the face of this pandemic, they risk being among its countless victims. While they have been largely spared from the direct health effects of COVID-19 - at least to date – the crisis is having a profound effect on their wellbeing.