In June 2005, in Lillehammer, half of the members of 2005-2008 World Committee will be new….so who will do what?

The Strategic Plan of ISGF indicates three Objectives which are: strengthening existing fellowships, supporting the creation new fellowships at home and in new countries, identifying and activating opportunities and actions for support and service towards national and international communities.

The World Committee should stick to these objectives and for that should increase its human and financial resources.

Strengthening existing fellowships

• support the NSGF to implement the strategic plan

• make advocacy campaigns on important society issues

• improve the communications with the NSGFs

• create concrete projects to be implemented by the NSGFs

• raise funds for those concrete projects (at a world level)

• create a special fund to help developing countries to attend conferences (world or regional)

Supporting the creation of new fellowships at home and in new countries

• support already existing NSGFs to implement the strategic plan in order to create new Local SGF

• propose a project for the NSGFs of developed countries to take in charge the creation of new NSGFs in countries where there are none

• make sure that a good follow-up of the Youth Forum is done and help the NSGF to implement the decisions taken

• create a development plan for ASPAC, Africa and Western Hemisphere with the existing NSGF, with the CB members, with the members of the World Committee in charge of these regions, with the CB coordinator, with the person in charge of the twinning, with the WB

• ensure the follow-up of the Uganda gathering (and prepare a gathering in West Africa in 2006/7)

• work with WAGGGS and WOSM to identify the countries

** where Guiding and Scouting are strong enough to create new LSGF or NSGF with young former guides and scouts

** but also where guiding and scouting are old enough to have older members

Identifying and activating opportunities and actions for support and service towards national and international communities.

A part of the goal 3 of the strategic plan is devoted to this.

• focus on the challenges of our time (environment, peace…) and work with WAGGGS, WOSM, UN, NGOs or by ourselves…

• focus on the needs of developing countries (cooperation activities, literacy, training, health…) and work with WAGGGS and WOSM to support the National associations or work with our NSGF if there is any activity with a developing country (financial support or any other support) or having our own activity through the CB members and the NSGF of these countries

• focus on worldwide news (natural disasters) and offer the experience of former guides and scouts who have had a long professional activity or raise money to help the inhabitants in one way or another

To reach these objectives :

The World Committee will have to: • make a list of the tasks and to distribute them to the different members according to their wish, to their skills, to their available time (rejuvenation means younger members and some of the new members may still have a professional activity)

• redefine and coordinate harmoniously all the tasks to be assumed by the World Committee, the Regional Committees and the World Bureau.

• improve our communication network by making the access to Internet and Website easier, by trying to have translations of the WGM in other languages (Spanish, Arabic, Russian, local languages…) as long as it does not cost to ISGF • promote the Fellowship Day

• up-date the existing literature (booklets, etc…) and always have kits ready to be sent when asked for by a NSGF

• evaluate the new fee system

• improve and develop the already existing fund raising systems (Stamp bank, Development Fund)

• with the Chair of the International Ambassadors Fellowship Guild, create a project to increase publicity for this Guild and incite individuals and NSGF to become members

And the World Committee should:

• study the situation of ISGF within the United Nations and then study the way to have representatives at least in Paris, Geneva, Vienna and Rome.

• reinforce the relations with WAGGGS and WOSM,

1. by keeping the statement of relationships up-to-date, to encourage more concrete cooperation and partnership
2. by ensuring continual real participation of ISGF World Committee Members in WAGGGS and WOSM World and Regional Conferences and by having representatives of WAGGGS and WOSM in ISGF World and Regional Conferences/gatherings
3. by encouraging WAGGGS and WOSM to promote membership of ISGF, once their leaders are no longer active

   And also, the World Committee should rapidly think of an action for the Centenary of Scouting in 2007 and develop a public relations plan by using the modern methods of publicity especially in sight of this Centenary (besides the participation in the Jam or being in an IST).