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World Scout Youth Forum
Owner	World Organization of the Scout Movement

The World Scout Youth Forum provides an opportunity for young members of World Scouting to discuss and express their views on issues of interest to them. Through preparing inputs and making recommendations to the World Scout Conference and to the World Scout Committee, to which the Forum is linked, participants will develop the skills necessary to strengthen their capacity to take part in decision-making processes. It is one of the most important event of the WOSM.

Each National Scout Organization is invited to send a delegation to the World Scout Youth Forum. Only individuals who are members of WOSM can be delegates to the World Scout Youth Forum. The participants must be between their 18th and 26th birthdays in the year of the Forum.

Background

The World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) is an educational tool to support the process of developing youth participation in partnership with adults for young members in the oldest age sections.

Each National Scout Association can send up to two delegates and three observers; therefore, the maximum number of participants on a delegation is five.

According to Resolution 6/02 on Youth Involvement in Decision-Making of the World Scout Conference, the WSYF shall be to enable young people to:

1. share their ideas and experiences on current issues affecting young people in different parts of the world;

2. suggest ways of strengthening national youth policies and training young people for world citizenship; and

3. contribute new ideas to the Movement on how to enrich educational programs for young people over 16

Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee

The Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee are elected in the World Scout Youth Forum to assist and to advise the World Scout Committee in the presepctive of youth. All the particpants of the World Scout Youth Forum are able to run for the election, while only one candidate can be nominated by each NSO. Totally six Youth Advisors will be elected and they will be able to join the meeting of the World Scout Committee and all the meeting of the next World Scout Youth Forum Planning Committee meeting. The current Youth Advisors are Miss Milena Pecarski from Serbia, Miss Karin Ahlbäck from Finland, Mr. Jaemin Choi from South Korea, Miss Nadia S. Morrone and Miss Fernanda Santos Soares. Mr. Kevin Li from Canada was resigned due to personal reason.

Listing of events

Number	Host	Place	Time
1	Japan	Tokyo	1971
2	Norway	Lillehammer	1975
3	Canada	Alberta	1983
4	Australia	Melbourne	1990
5	Switzerland	Kandersteg	1992
6	Norway	Moss	1996
7	South Africa	Balgowan	1999
8	Greece	Metsovo	2002
9	Tunisia	Hammamet	2005
10	South Korea	Jeju-do	2008
11	Brazil	Curitiba	2011