The World Scout Jamboree

What?

The World Scout Jamboree is the largest regular event organised by the Scout Movement, gathering up to 40 000 ~ 50 000 people from all over the world. It is above all an educational event to promote peace and understanding. The World Scout Jamboree includes a wide variety of activities and also places great importance on the everyday life and interaction on the campsite.

Who?

Participants must be 14-17 years old at the time of the event. If you are 18 or older you can take part as International Service Team (IST, volunteer staff).

When?

The World Scout Jamboree takes place every four years in a different country. The first World Scout Jamboree took place in England in 1920.

Korea and WSJ

17th World Scout Jamboree – 1991

Mt. Sorak National Park, Korea, 1991. Almost 20,000 participants, representing 135 countries and territories, made it the largest representation in World Scout Jamboree history. Theme: "Many Lands, One World". Scouts from Czechoslovakia and Hungary participated as members of the World Scout Movement for the first time since 1947.
Contingents from places where Scouting is restarting or starting were also there: Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. First Global Development Village in programme.

The Korea Scout Association (KSA) plans to attract the World Scout Jamboree in 2023 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Scout Movement in Korea in 2022 and to prepare for the next 100 years. The hosting venue of the 25th World Scout Jamboree will be determined in August 2017 in Azerbaijan during the 41st World Scout Conference. For Further information click here