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Welcome to the European Scout Symposium 2010 webpage!
| The European Scout Symposium has traditionally been the place where key decision makers from all European Scout Associations met and debated such regional issues in preparation for the European Scout Conference. The meeting in Budapest intends to follow the good examples set in Slovenia (2001), Italy (2003) and Cyprus (2006) and to constitute a milestone in the work of the Region for the next years. |
NEWS
Online evaluation of the triennium
Many of you will have participated in the consultation undertaken by Committee members with their contact countries during the European Scout Symposium. To provide some more quantitative information, the European has decided to launch an online evaluation which should take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The evaluation should be completed in the next 20 days – between Saturday, 1 May and Thursday, 20 May.
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Symposium group photos
 The various versions of the group photo at the
Symposium in Budapest are available
for download here |
Cafe-to-Go Sessions
 Saturday morning, the "Café-to-go" session loked
at the following topics:1. Volunteering 2. Growth through Quality 3. Embracing Change 4. Social Inclusion 5. Partnership with other Regions 6. External Relations 7. Profile of Scouting 8. Sustainable Development 9. Social Impact 10. Valorisation of Knowledge 11. European Citizenship 12. Co-operation with WAGGGS 13. Youth Involvement 14. Best Practice Sharing - Active Learning Read more about them... |
Secretary General address
 Luc Panissod, Secretary General of WOSM,
addressed the partiicpants at the Symposium on Friday morning.Click here to read the text of Luc's speech (in English) Cliquez ici pour voir le discours de Luc (francais) |
Symposium Facebook group
 The participants at the Symposium are now
reunited under a Facebook group! All updates before, during and after
the event, the possibility to exchange with the other participants, to
send messages and, generally, to keep-in-touch, are all possible via
the FB group.If you are not already a member, you can ask to join by clicking here. |
The Market
 During the market time, all the participating
associations have a chance to showcase their excellent projects in all
areas of Scouting. Working with street
children, innovative project frameworks for Rovers or using
e-learning - everyone is invited to bring materials and presentations
on their outstanding achievements, those going beyond "just" doing good
Scouting!
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World Scout Committee input at the Symposium
 Mario
Diaz is vice-Chairman of
the World Scout Committee and Chairman of the Strategy Coordination
Group. He will participate for the entire duration of the Symposium and
will prepare inputs and facilitation on the next World Scout Conference
in Brazil and the follow-up on the 7 Strategic Priorities (for the
Market Space) and an analysis on the recently published WOSM
Satisfaction Survey report (for the Bilateral Meetings time).
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WOSM Service Satisfaction Survey
 In September
2009,
a total of 938 official National Scout Organization (NSO)
representatives registered in the WOSM directory were invited to
participate in an electronic survey to rate the level
of satisfaction
with the services provided by WOSM to NSOs. For the sole purpose of
this survey "WOSM services" were referred to as comprising "the work of
volunteer committees and the World Scout Bureau Central and Regional
Offices". This was an initiative from the World Scout Committee (WSC)
supported by the Strategy Coordination Group (SCG), which is one of the
commitments the Secretary General made since taking up office which is
to "to develop a customer oriented mentality to better serve NSOs". The
results of this very first satisfaction survey are presented in the
report sent out in this months ScoutPak.For more information please read circular N°2/2010 available online at: http://scout.org/en/circulars2010/circular_n_2_january_2010 |
The Foundation
 Joergen Rasmussen,
the
Chairman of the European Scout Foundation will participate in the
works of the Symposium during the entire event. An excellent
opportunity to find out more about the role and the activity of the
Foundation, the Friends of
Scouting in Europe and the "small projects" grants for supporting the
development of Scouting in Europe.Joergen will be more than happy to catch up with the Symposium delegates during the "Market" and the the "Bilateral Meetings" sessions. |
Governance Review
 The Governance Review Task
Force has published its first conclusions and the proposals have been
send for consultation to all NSAs. A summary of the feed-back received
from the varius associations will be presented during the Symposium and
a series of discussion groups will be organised in order to further
receive proposals from the delegates in Budapest. This will all be
organised Friday, in the second part of the morning.David Bull, the Chairman of the Governance Review Task Force will be available for questions and comments on Saturday afternoon, during the Market Place and the Bilateral Space for meetings. The consultation papers of the Governance Review Task Force are available in the "Documents" area of the Symposium website. |
WOSM Secretary General participation
Luc Pannisod, the Secretary
General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, will
address the participants at the Symposium putting the European work in
the context of the global movement.
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Preparations
 On
our path to the 20 European Scout Conference in July 2010, we will have
the opportunity to meet at the European Scout Symposium in March 2010
to discuss what the Regional Scout Plan might look like. In order to
help you and your NSO/NSA prepare for the European Scout Symposium, the
European Scout Committee has prepared a Discussion Document for you and
your National Board to reflect on in advance. We are hoping that
participants attending the European Scout Symposium will arrive, fully
prepared, having had conversations in their associations in advance. Click here for the "preparation" page... |
Participants
 At
the deadline for applications, the Symposium has 80 registered
participants, representing 44 associations from 29 countries. Welcome
to all!Click here for a full list... |
Online registration
 You have the opportunity to register
online for the Symposium! This will save time and paper...Click here for the English version. Vous avez la possibilité de s'inscrire en ligne pour le symposium! Cela fera gagner du temps et de papier ... Cliquez ici pour la version française. |
Visiting the venue
Members of the Planning Team went for a final visit to the venue of the Symposium. Everything is ready and prepared to host the most important European event between Conferences.
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Symposium preparations
 The
European Scout Symposium preparations are picking up speed. The European
Scout Committee have agreed the details of the programme and
are finalising the preparations of all session (soon to be uploaded on
this very site!)
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SYMPOSIUM
Did you know?
Andrassy ut.
 Andrássy
út starts out at Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, opposite
the Basilica.
This beautiful, two-and-a-half kilometre (1.5 m.) long avenue was
constructed at the end of the
last century almost simultaneously from both ends ;
the resulting row of buildings, mainly neo-Renaissance
and neo-Baroque, thus gives an impression of unity.
Miklós Ybl, the most eminent Hungarian architect
of the period, supervised the planning of the avenue
which is at once the most dignified and the most harmonious eclectic
architectural ensemble of the country.
At the intersection of the avenue-originally called
Sugárút (Radial Avenue)-and the Great Boulevard,
an octagonal square was created; this is today's
Oktogon from here onwards tree-lined pedestrian walks break the
avenue into three lanes. Further on, after we pass the
Kodály kõrõnd, we come to a part of
the avenue lined
with villas and gardens; the avenue ends at Hôsõk
tere (Heroes' Square) with the Millenary Monument.
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Dohany St. Synagogue
 Dohány
Street Synagogue(Hungarian:
Dohány
utcai Zsinagóga/Nagy
Zsinagóga,
Hebrew:
בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט
bet hakneset hagadol
šel budapešt)
or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in
Erzsébetváros,
the 7th district of Budapest.
It is the third largest synagogue
in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It seats 3,000 people
and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
The synagogue is 75m long and 27m wide, and was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, based chiefly on Moorish models from North Africa and Spain (the Alhambra), according to a plan by German Ludwig Förster, with interior design partly by Frigyes Feszl. Theodore Herzl's house of birth was next to the Dohány street Synagogue. In the place of his house stands the Jewish Museum, which holds the Jewish Religious and Historical Collection, built in 1930 in accordance with the synagogue's architectural style and attached in 1931 to the main building. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto. |
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