Earlier during the last day of the Conference, the outgoing European Scout Committee had handed over the responsibilities to the members of the new Committee, who received the Region’s purple scarf from their predecessors.
Andrea Demarmels, newly elected chairperson of the Committee, and his team had already been busy, facilitating a number of workshops during which participants were encouraged to share comments and elaborate concrete actions. Some interesting ideas were gathered and will help the Region to achieve objectives set in the new Regional Scout Plan ( English, French).
The last session of the Conference saw some 270 delegates from 39 National Scout Organizations from all over Europe discuss a series of draft resolutions. Three draft resolutions had been proposed by the European Regional Committee and concerned the Regional Scout Plan 2013-2016, the Regional Fees and the future of the Region’s Partnership Fund. An additional draft resolution proposed by the European Scout Committee, which addressed the future partnership with WAGGGS, had also been tabled at the concurrent 14th European Guide Conference. With some minor amendments all these resolutions were adopted and will form a substantial basis for the Region’s work during the coming three years.
A
record total of ten resolutions tabled by National Scout Organizations
were also adopted and addressed a variety of issues, including two
resolutions concerning the current reorganisation and relocation of the
World Scout Bureau. Other issues addressed related to the cost of
Regional events, the financial crisis affecting countries in the Region
in general, and the climate change and the relevance of Scouting’s role
as a valuable lobbying partner in intergovernmental for a concerning
this issue.
Later
during the afternoon the 14th European Guide and Scout Conference
reconvened for its final session, when two draft business
recommendations where discussed and approved. One recommendation
concerned the venue of the 15th European Guide and Scout Committee: a
large majority welcomed the bid of Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon (the
Guides and Scouts of Norway), who will host the Conference in Norway in
2016.
The formal closing of the 14th European Guide and Scout Conference was marked by the handing over of the conference chair’s gavel to the host team of the 15th European Guide and Scout Conference, which will take place in Norway in 2016.