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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Members' area

Events

Below see news from recent events in the Europe Region.  Further down read about events coming up in the Region in the near future.  

April 2009
The WLDP seminar organised jointly by the Europe Region and Pax Lodge now taking place in London. Read here for more information on ‘Pathways to Leadership
March 2009
This month representatives of different WAGGGS member organisations and WOSM national scout organisations met in Antwerp in the framework of the Overtures Network

The Region has several events planned for 2009, full details of which can be found in the Overview Seminar and Events 2009. Here is a quick taste of what is to come:

  • eurolife.03
    To be held 28 December 2009 - 2 January 2010 in 2 different centres (Germany and Sweden).

Several joint WAGGGS/WOSM events are also planned:

  • Swap-Shop
    To be held 18-21 June 2009 in the Netherlands
    See invitation and application form in the March edition of Europak.
    New deadline : 20/04/2009
  • Growth Network Meeting
    To be held 8-10 May 2009 at Houens Odde, Denmark
    See invitation and application form in the March edition of Europak.
    Deadline : 07/04/2009
  • Roverway
    To be held 20-28 July 2009 in Iceland
    The online registrations for Roverway 2009 are open.
  • European Youth, Global Youth - Study Session 
    To be held 23-29 August 2009 in Luminy, Marseilles, France
  • Nethwork Meeting for Guide and Scout Representatives in National Youth Councils
    To be held  in October 2009.  Venue to be announced.
  • 11th European Guide and SCout Centre Managers’ Conference
    To be held 22-25 October 2009 in Lochgoilhead, UK
  • International Commissioner’s Forum
    To be held 20-22 November 2009 in Malta.
  • Meeting for Chief Executive Officers in NSOs and MOs
    To be held 24-25 November 2009 in Athens Greece. 
  • Networking Forum for Chief Volunteers
    To be held 27-29 November 2009.  Venue to be announced 

The Europe Region is also involved in several other Network meetings:

The North-South and Overtures Networks provide open forums to national Guide and Scout Associations interested and active in the field of co-operation and development education and working with minorities.  These two networks meet twice yearly for the exchange of information and experiences.  Future meetings are planned follows :

  • North-South Network
    October 2009 in the Netherlands
    Invitations will be circulated through Europak.
  • Overture Network
    October 2009
    Invitations will be circulated through Europak.

The Growth Network Meetings are organised to share best practices and ideas about membership growth and to create a peer network across Europe with input from Associations around the different growth factors. Currently the Growth Network meets twice a year.  Each meeting focuses on different aspects relating to membership growth and invitations are circulated through Europak.

WLDP - Pathways to Leadership

18 April 2009 - 22 April 2009 “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”. Read more...

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