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 events of the WOSM

World Organization of the Scout Movement

The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...

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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 reach three different aims, which are 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.

Delegates and observers

Delegates and Observers for the Forum should be included in the appropriate form returned to the World Scout Bureau in advance of the event. If this is not completed before registration, each Delegate and Observer will be required to produce an official letter of appointment clearly indicating the function of either Delegate or Observer, signed by the President, International Commissioner or other responsible official of his or her National Scout Organization.

Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee

The World Scout Committee referring to Strategic Priority Number 1 “Youth Involvement”; and Resolution 11/05 World Scout Youth Forum, adopted at the 37th World Scout Conference. The role of the Youth Advisors are to increasing youth participation in decision making and strengthening youth involvement within the Scout Movement is a key issue for the World Scout Committee. The system of Youth Advisors has been created in the spirit of strengthening youth participation in World Scouting, and is considered as an interim measure in achieving that goal. The Youth Advisors have the responsibility to individually work for WOSM as a whole – not only the young members of the organization – however the Youth Advisors elected at the World Scout Youth Forum have a responsibility towards their constituency.

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 perspective of youth. All the participants 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 Milena Pecarski from Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, Karin Ahlbäck

Karin Ahlbäck

Karin Ahlbäck of Kirkkonummi, Finland is one of 12 elected volunteer members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement...

 from Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Jaemin Choi from South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, Nadia S. Morrone and Fernanda Santos Soares. Kevin Li from Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 resigned due to personal reasons.

Listing of events

Number	Host	Place	Time
1		Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	1971
2		Lillehammer Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...	1975
3		Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	1983
4		Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	1990
5	Switzerland	Kandersteg Kandersteg Kandersteg is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located along the valley of the River Kander, west of the Jungfrau massif. It is noted for its spectacular mountain scenery and sylvan alpine landscapes. Tourism is a...	1992
6		Moss Moss Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems...	1996
7		Balgowan	1999
8		Metsovo Metsovo Metsovo is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south. The largest centre of Vlach life in Greece, Metsovo is bypassed by GR-6 and also by Egnatia Odos Motorway....	2002
9	Tunisia	Hammamet	2005
10	South Korea	Jeju-do Jeju-do Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946...	|2008
11	Brazil	Blumenau Blumenau Blumenau is a city in Vale do Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. It was founded on September 2, 1850 by Dr. Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau along with 17 German immigrants. A few years later Fritz Müller migrated to Blumenau as well....	2011
12	Slovenia	Rogla Rogla Rogla is a mountain, a settlement and resort in Zreško Pohorje in the Zreče municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria. It is now included into the Savinja statistical region....	2014