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Scouting’s Social Impact

For nearly one hundred years the Scout Movement has contributed to building a better world through the personal commitment of hundred of millions of women and men living up to their Scout Promise. In manycountries people with leadership roles (politics, civil society, international organisations, business) are former Scouts. This does not happen by chance. Scouting is an educational movement, open to all, which aims to help young people develop to their full potential as human beings; it pursues this objective through a carefully designed and constantly improved method. Scouting builds on a value system which encourages the combined development of autonomy and responsibility within a clear ethical and spiritual framework.

Recognising today’s problems, World Scouting is prepared for future challenges: building on its experience, it looks toward the future with renewed enthusiasm as new generations of girls and boys join in to “play the game” that will make them the future leaders of social change, breaking the barriers, and building Peace.

Global Advocacy
Scouting has a global responsibility in a global world but has an advantage in that it is both global and
local.

The famous slogan “Think globally, act locally” easily applies to the Scout Movement.

World Scouting is active in many areas of global importance, including:

• Understanding the effects of globalisation
• Sustainable development
• Poverty alleviation
• Cultural diversity
• The rights of children and young people
• Youth employability
• Responsible governance
• The fight against racism
• The fight against social exclusion
• Equal opportunities for men and women
• Youth involvement and youth citizenship
• Youth policies
• Protection of the environment