July, 2008

World Scout Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Office

Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme, Bureau Régional Asie-Pacifique

4/F ODC International Plaza Building

219 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila

PHILIPPINES

Phone (+63 2) 818 09 84  | (+63 2) 817 16 75

Fax (+63 2) 819 00 93 | (+63 2) 401 39 84

Email asia-pacific@scout.org | Web scout.org

25 July 2007

CIRCULAR NO. 28, series of 2007

To: Chief Commissioners

International Commissioners

Chief Scout Executives

26th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree, 2009

Dear Colleagues:

Greetings from Manila!

The Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree is organized as a major Scout event of the region between World Scout Jamborees. This is aimed at giving opportunity to young people to take part in such event during Scouting age.

We are happy to inform you that Boy Scouts of the Philippines is hosting the 26^th APR Scout Jamboree. This Jamboree, which will be held at the historic site of the 10th World Scout Jamboree.

Below are the basic information of the Jamboree:

Date: 28 December 2009 – 3 January 2010. Participants are requested to arrive on 27 December 2009 and should leave the Jamboree Site on 4 January 2010

Venue: Makiling National Scout Reservation Camp, Philippine Scouting Center – Asia-Pacific Region, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Fee: The Jamboree fee is applied uniformly to all participants and staff at USD200.00. The fee covers inland transportation, Jamboree souvenir, food, troop/patrol equipment and other incidental expenses.

Eligibility: The Jamboree is organized for young people both male and female aged 12 to 17 years old. International Service Team (IST) should be above 18 years old and ideally not more than 45 years old.

For more inquiries, please contact:

Boy Scouts of the Philippines

181 N. A. Lopez Street

Ermita, Manila

Philippines

Tel. No.: +63 2 5275109/5280555

Fax No.: +63 2 5280577

Email: phiscout@skyinet.net

World Scout Bureau/Asia-Pacific Region

4/F, ODC International Plaza

219 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village

Makati City, Philippines

Tel. No.: +63 2 / 8171675; +63 2 / 8180984

Fax No.: +63 2 / 8190093

Email: a sia-pacific@ s cout.org

We would like to request your national Scout organization to publish this event in your newsletter and post it in your website for promotion, so that it reaches more Scouts who would like to experience a Jamboree with overseas participation.

Please complete the attached reply slip by indicating the planned contingent size of your association and return it not later than 31 December 2007.

Thank you for your attention and promotion of this event.

With best regards,

Please Click Here to Download Circular together with Pre-Registration Form in PDF format

The Asia-Pacific Region upholds the Mission of Scouting and envisions for 2013 a Scout Movement that:

-         is widely recognized as a value based educational movement

-         is co-educational

-         includes youth members in decision-making

-         provides a safe environment for young people

-         has self-reliant, independent and well-managed national Scout organizations

-         reaches out to a greater proportion of youth in member countries

-         extends to non-member countries

-         has good image and high visibility everywhere

-         maximizes the use of information communications technology

-         contributes to community and nation-building

-         has strong community-based Scouting

-         helps protect nature and environment

-         promotes peace in local and global communities

Our Mission

Educating young people to play a constructive role in society.

A social Force

An agent of development, Scouting constitutes a social force at local, national and international levels.

A constructive contribution

Scouts contribute daily towards creating a better world, to find ways to be constructive, and not to leave society only to care for others, when themselves can be helpful.

A culture of peace

Open to all and built on friendship, Scouting encourages a cultural peace through the personal commitment of its members and the collective commitment of the movement.

The World Scout Bureau / Asia-Pacific Region is based in Manila, Philippines.  Founded in 1956 with 10 member countries, it has 23 member organizations and two associate members in Asia and the Pacific.  The Asia-Pacific Region covers a total of 23 million square kilometers extending from Mongolia in the north to New Zealand in the south, from Pakistan in the west to Kiribati in the east.  The region has over 16 million Scout members.

Member Countries (National Scouting Organizations)

• Australia
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei Darussalam
• Scouts of China
• Fiji
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Kiribati
• Korea
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Associate Members

• Macau
• French Polynesia

Scouting also exists in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Nauru, New Celedonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, timor Leste, Vietnam, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanautu.

The Asia Pacific Region preserves timeless Scouting principles and long-held traditions, at the same time, keeps pace with the changing needs and interests of the young generation.

The region focuses on all dimensions of Scouting supported by sound management and finance as well as an effective communication system.

The Regional office provides various services based on the needs and demands of member associations.

These services are provided in the forms of workshops, training, special projects, visits and through regular correspondence.