2023 Impact of Scouting Seminar

The 2023 Impact of Scouting Seminar was held on 6 October 2023, at the Kandersteg Gemeindesaal, highlighting both the impact of Scouting and the importance and impact of the unwavering support of BP Fellows.

HRH Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg opened the Seminar and Barbara Jost, Mayor of Kandersteg welcomed participants. Inputs from Scouts speakers followed, underlining the impact of Scouting — Gidds Bambaga from Uganda, a former KISC staff member or “Pinkie”; Lisa Strehlke from Switzerland; Yossr Baaziz from Tunisia; and Edward Nyamwera from Malawi, all MC-ed by Maria Florencia “Flor” Cagliero, KISC Centenary Project Assistant and also the International Commissioner of Argentina and a Youth Representative of WOSM.

A panel discussion followed the hugely inspiring stories, featuring Dr Nina Ferencic, UNICEF, Senior Regional Adviser on Adolescent Health, Development and Participation and Andy Chapman, Chairperson of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM), and facilitated by Tania Roach, a BP Fellow and Director of Marketing and Fundraising for WWF Germany. Dr Ferencic spoke to the immediate actions of Scouts in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to help support fleeing refugees, especially children, when war broke out in February 2022, highlighting the phenomenal U-Act project with the European Scout Region and the Scouts Diary, which captures so many moving stories of Scouts. An animated audience Questions and Answers session followed with the panellists and Scout speakers.