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Why I am running for the World Scout Committee

If Scouting has taught me anything, it’s what makes a good campfire. How to plan, stack, ignite and keep it going. How to spark curiosity, dialogue, and connections that matter. And how moments of courage and togetherness fuel warmth and long-lasting fervor of mutual trust. In many ways, what makes a good campfire is what makes a strong organisation, movement, and society.

I want to bring my experience from leading both campfire-talks and complex transformation processes, to steer the ambitions of WOSM’s next Strategy into action. I believe our Scout Movement deserves a strategically intentional World Scout Committee that is curious to learn, and to further prepare our Movement to meet – and shape – the future.

Our Movement today

This is an important point in time for Scouting, at a challenging time for our world. When societal divisions deepen, scouts deepen trust. Thousands of communities across the world are more peaceful, prosperous and in tune with nature thanks to scouts. And millions of young people are prepared to lead, thanks to supportive - and well-supported - volunteers and organisations. Our Movement is growing in both scale and impact, and the world needs a growing Scout Movement. 

I am excited that WOSM is going through a number of important internal transitions - including reforming governance practices and embarking on our new Strategy for Scouting. All while having to consolidate gains made, and reflect on progress and shortfalls, over the past Strategy period. Significant changes in the world require us to continue moving - as a Movement - together. Where we choose to go with our next Strategy, and in the upcoming triennium, will determine the course of Scouting for generations to come.

When societal divisions deepen, scouts deepen trust

My priorities

Scouting is a verb that we exercise together with courage, curiosity, and trustful connections. I believe WOSM needs to lead our Movement by the following principles to reach the full potential of the next Strategy:

  • Hand in hand. The importance of trust, inclusive decision-making and moving forward together as one Movement and in partnership with other actors in society.
  • Ears to the ground. The importance of listening to and understanding the diverse needs and realities within our Movement. How a culture of curiosity can help us build collective wisdom.
  • Eyes on the horizon. The importance of a strategic World Scout Committee – focused on foresight and long-term risks and opportunities, while learning from - and building on - past experiences when implementing the new Strategy for Scouting.

Moving together is what we as scouts do best - through engaging leadership on the hiking trail, and through meaningful conversations around our campfires.

My contribution

I am offering my experience of people-centred leadership for large-scale change in highly complex and sensitive situations. Using dialogue as a key tool to create trust-based connections, I bring extensive diplomatic experience from bridging the perspectives of a diversity of stakeholders. Having worked hands-on in the centre of designing, implementing and evaluating numerous decision-making processes and strategies for peace and security, I also bring a deep understanding of, and curiosity about, what drives change and defines results. I believe the World Scout Committee will benefit from my perspectives, ranging from working with peacebuilders and government officials in Somalia, Liberia, the Great Lakes Region and Iraq, facilitating sensitive dialogues, and negotiating high-level policies in the United Nations.

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A World Scout Committee ready for the future

I believe that our Movement deserves a strategically intentional and curious World Scout Committee. In other words, a Committee that’s able to prioritise, eager to explore our horizon, and to learn: from each other, from the past, from the diverse needs of Member Organizations - and from the changing world around us. In my view, nothing is more transformational than a good question.

 

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