The 15th European Guide and Scout Conference (and the concurrently held 15th European Guide Conference and the 22nd European Scout Conference) were held at the Oslofjord Convention Centre in Melsomvik, some 110 km southwest of Norway’s capital city Oslo.

Representatives from both the Scout Association of Malta and the Malta Girl Guides were present. Chief commissioner Leslie Bonnici, training commissioner Adrian Farrugia and international commissioner Anton Pisani represented the Scout Association of Malta, while chief commissioner Marjoe Abela and international commissioner Claire Duff representing the Malta Girl Guides. PR officer of the Malta Girl Guides, Elaine Attard, was on the event’s planning team.

Kevin Camilleri from the Scout Association of Malta was elected chairman of the European Scout Committee, with 228 votes out of 234.

The two global bodies, to which some 50 million Scouts and Guides from around the world belong, are WAGGGS – the world Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and WOSM – the World Organisation of the Scout Movement. Both bodies are organised in regions, with the Europe region WAGGGS having 39 member organisations and the European region of WOSM gathering 40 national scout organisations. Every three years, the members of the two regions gather at a European regional conference.

The concurrently held European Guide Conference and the European Scout Conference are the general assemblies of the two regions, with clearly defined mandates. Delegates of all MOs and NSOs of the two regions come together for five days to discuss and adopt regional policies, strategies and general orientations for the coming years. They receive reports on past and current activities and also elect the regions’ governing bodies, the Europe Committee WAGGGS and the European Scout Committee of WOSM.

During the European Guide and Scout Conference, all delegations discuss matters of mutual interest and approve joint actions, which are also an integral part of the regional plans agreed by the respective separate conferences.

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