Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Asia Pacific scout leaders will meet at the 9th Asia Pacific Regional (APR) Scout Leaders Summit 2017 to be held in Bali from April 22 to 25.
The scout leaders will discuss big and important programs and to deal with challenges faced and to be faced by the regional scout organizations, Brata Hardjosubroto of the Indonesian scout movement said in statement here on Thursday.
Without going into details about the programs and challenges, Brata said the leaders would discuss the direction and steps to be taken by scouts including preparation for 41th World Scout Conference in Baku Azerbaijan, in August this year and the 27th Asia Pacific Scout Conference in the Philippines in 2018.
Attending the Bali meeting will include scout leaders from Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Taiwan, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, South Korea, the Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Indonesian Scout Movement has the largest members in the world estimated at 17,200,595 members based on data at the National Congress in 2013. With the large members the Indonesian Scout Movement is highly reckoned internationally especially in the education of youths, Brata said. (WDY)
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