Recognition

• Internal
• External
• Self Recognition

• Working with other organizations
• European Year of Volunteering
• Campaigns on European and National level

• Be prepared for the loss of some scouts, to set a quality standard.
• Getting official certificates for a good quality programme
• Ensure that the fundamentals of scouting are there
• Going through a rover programme helps a lot with the quality of leaders
• Quality training to help people to properly implement the programme
• Having a constructive role in the community
• Leaders having a growth orientated mindset
• High standards help to keep good leaders and attract new ones

• Advocating Quality at all levels of NSO
• Enabling best practices between NSOs
• Study Visits by NSO to experience other NSO best practice first hand.

1. Youth Program development to continuously respond to the trends in society, relevant for young people
2. Training System review and development
3. Incorporating/encouraging responsiveness to the change into leadership skills
4. Reaching out to more young people
5. Diversity in recruitment
6. Branding
7. Image of Scouting
8. Leaders’ motivation
9. Expiring practice exchange among the NSOs/NSAs
10. Trends in the society and the implications to the educational methods.

• The ESR should clarify the expectations of the co-operations with the Regions. It is felt that the co-operation with the Arab Region should be on youth “operational” level, the co-operation with Eurasia Region should be on “institutional” level focusing on providing support for the establishment and growth of NSA’s.
• The Visas to travel problems is an issue and support is needed. This issue may be discussed at the World Scout Conference.
• Israel raised the problem of exclusion from events due to the place at which are organized where Israeli citizens are not allowed to travel. Arab members of the Israeli Federation were not permitted to travel to events because they are Israeli passport holders.
• The North /South network to take more active participation in the co-operation with the African region.
• The Region to play a coordinating role to prevent duplication of activities. There is a need for the Region to play a “matching making role” to match requests and needs with intentions of support. This is important for the co-operation with all the Regions but focusing on the different needs.
• The Scouts of the World programme to be used as a tool to promote youth regional co-operation especially with the Arab region.
• Encourage the Inter-Regional creation of networks.
• The European Region to identify possible external funding opportunities for programmes within the Inter-regional co-operations scope and to promote them. Support from the Region to access potential external funding for Inter-Regional co-operation programmes.

• Main challenge: NSOs/NSAs are doing a lot in the area of External Relations, so is the Region, but the two are not in communication i.e. the Region does not know what the NSOs/NSAs are doing and vice-versa.
• Challenges are largely due to the fact that the External Relations work within NSOs/NSAs is not really coordinated and strategic, therefore it is difficult to find a point of contact with the Region.
• NSOs/NSAs should be supported in developing more strategic and coordinated approach to External Relations
• The Region and the NSOs/NSAs should cooperate and coordinate more their actions. There is a need for an event that would tackle the area more coherently.
• Need for support for the work of national networks of Scout Parliamentarians.
• A European Scout Parliamentary Network should be established.
• A group of NSOs/NSAs more interested in working closely on the External Relations could be facilitated by the Region.
• Main theme for the Triennium: European Year of Volunteering 2011 and the International Year of Volunteering 2011.
• Other possible themes: Environment, Global Solidarity.
• The Region should help NSOs/NSAs to benefit from European partnerships and resources (eg. With other NGOs, Red Cross, migrant organisations, EU programmes and processes).
• What should be the role of the Region in supporting NSOs/NSAs in implementing the global partnerships of WOSM at the national level (e.g. With UNICEF and other UN agencies).
• Joint Work with WAGGGS in the area of External Relations is important, but also challenging. Even if the two organisations have same interests when it comes to External Relations, it should be taken into account that the two organisations have developed very distinct strategies and brands that need to show in the European work as well.

• Several NSAs are focused on Communicate the message in front of the authorities and in front of the parents
• We are a Youth Movement [someone add also that we live in a Youth Organization]
• How much Scouting is costing? - Almost all Young Leaders are students or people without a job so the parents pay often attention to “Cost against Benefit” of activities [e.g. Summer Camps]
• Scouting’s Profile is not a high priority but it is a transversal topic that normal is crossing all the other topics
• In a country where “the penetration on population” of Scouting & Guiding is high you have always to keep a high standard in your activities in the local communities
• Profile of Scouting means Advocacy
• Scouting’s Profile is not only communication and it is not only to spread the message.
• In some countries volunteering is not recognised as they would like to be.
• The NSAs are living in countries where are present other NON-recognised Associations, they have to use and push more on brand and logo
• Several NSAs have a strong and traditional image based on the life in the wood, in the nature, around the camp-fire, etc.
• NSAs took the opportunity of Centenary celebrations to re-visit an create new Communication Strategies, start a process to change uniform, etc.
• Associations talked about “Learning Organizations”
• Use the “sms” system to collect money
• Commercials
• NSAs registered Brands and Logo but they met a lot of problems to register the name “scout” in their language too
• to make lobby to the political institution
• more lobbing at the European Level
• what kind of profile would like to spread?
• partnerships with experts in communication
• stereotypes about Scouting: the NSAs would like that the Region develops the world policies
• everybody - in the country - could know the Logo/Brand of NSAs/NSOs, but nobody recognize the world brand as a scout symbol
• our image is better than we know
• change the image of Scouting: as an Educational Method to grow in the Society
• NSAs are happy about the work done on Brand at the World level, they would like that the Region will promote and spred this plan/program in the Region too

• To plan few training opportunities on lobbing activities and actions
• To plan a Communication Form – in the triennium - as it has already done once
• Region has to give to NSAs/NSOs opportunities to share National Scout images
• NSAs ask support/help a communication strategy for the National level
• To help NSAs/NSOs to show/promote that are part of a bigger Youth Movement
• The Region should spread the stories on communication

• Scouting is an "out of doors" movement, and we should use nature (but not misuse  nature).
• In some countries they teach Scouts to live in nature at camp and have a more nature friendly experience.
• Let us be examples.... i.e. not use all the plastic as we did on Friday night’s International Evening.
• Other examples are to collect litter and "sort it".
• The aim of our training is that the Scouts live a "responsible life" in their daily life.
• Let sustainability be an underlying principle of ALL we do in Scouting.
• Scouting has, with its programme, a big influence on young people’s behaviour. Again the power of being a good example, often the Cub/Scout leader is able to be more of an influence than the parents.
• Make sure Growth is sustainable too.
• Scouting is a strong force in society. We shall - at COP 16 in Mexico, 2010 - and the planning meeting in Bonn spring 2010 - show our VALUES, as we did in Cop 15, Copenhagen.
• Specifically for the Regional Plan: Make sure a special action is taken to make all events more ecological, and be aware of our environmental foot-prints.

• NSO’s in good advocacy principles
• NSO’s on how to create awareness in their NSO on relevant issues related to social impact
• NSO’s in tools on how to evaluate social impact

• Retention of information
• Not losing the memory of the organisation
• Ease access to information
• Keep it simple
• How the information was derived
• How the information was validated
• Creating networking opportunities – remotely and face to face
• Not to forget the valorisation of individuals and their skills and how this can be recognised towards personal development
• Methods should expand – chat groups, forums, conference calls

• It’s easier to define an European identity in our cooperation with other regions.
• We believe in diversity and the European dimension as we go abroad but once back we fight each other again, based on old or recent conflicts.
• What is the border of our own identity (culture, state, Europe)? How do we balance these elements.

• We should get out of our thinking patterns and define our common value profile. This can be based on our Scouting values (like solidarity, volunteering, care for the environment, &hellip which we already share and be extended by others like a multi cultural dimension (which we also incorporate but not express that well).
• The fear of losing your own identity could be countered by the scouting platform, which supports a certain amount of security and safety
• A EU profile doesn’t mean that local habits and society elements are threatened. Respect for local language, traditions, family life,… is also a common value.

• Scouting is an non formal environment where we can educate youngsters via ‘learning by doing’ about this inter and multi cultural aspects of the EU society. We have a big capacity to offer.
• For older age sections, a lot of international mobility programs exist. (CNE has a supporting package to raise the quality of the international experience). There are opportunities of funding via the YiA program.
• It’s relevant to start earlier in the program to tell, to experience the value of diversity before these young people acquire too much prejudices awards ‘strangers’ and ‘differences’.
• The program can focus on open mind settings, respect and interest in diversity and democratic decision making.
• One key attitude to focus on is ‘accepting ideas from others’. We have a strong need to be involved in the decision making process (which is not bad), but therefore we repeat a lot of investments. We know, everything, everyone is different but be aware, there is much more in common. (we are all equal, but I am a little bit different ) Not everything has to be done again.

• There are already many good practices in Europe in and outside Scouting. The Region could support the exchanges of these GP’s.
• Sharing not only activities but also methods used to implement these program elements.
• Scouting is a good place to learn to understand the value of European citizenship.
• We have a strong network in Europe via Scouting, why not using this more for mobility projects?
• A lot of good material is already written, collect these in the Scout Library and make it available to others instead of rewriting material
• Embrace change, vision a better future. This can increase the ‘local’ values instead of losing them.

• Knowing well these EU citizenship elements and values, makes proposals for the YiA program and other funding opportunities stronger.
• In this way we can make clear that these programs are also for Scouting
• There are many laws voted on EU level which influences our work. We should be involved in a constructive way to be able to anticipate, influence and benefit from these developments.

1. Why? Opportunity to have new ideas and we should be a youth-led organization
2. As a start there are different approaches and enabling opportunities (youth fora, quota, council system&hellip
3. Need to start from early ages in offering opportunities in decision-making
4. Experience is not only age! (that’s why we need to start early)
5. We need to have a intergenerational approach and work with older people also
6. Older leaders need to know when to make room and let go; need to work on “retirement” plans
7. Are we fitting young people in old structures and working methods? Does this implies too much work for young people (and burning out)?
8. Training in managerial skills is needed (also because in big NSOs, the challenges are bigger)
9. To keep youth and attract them is important for growing; therefore we need to have the right “environment” for them
10. The big challenge is how to involve people in governance issues