Muscat,(ONA) - The Sultanate represented by the General Directorate of Scouts and Guides today participated in the Arab digital scout training course for the wood badge organized by the Arab Scout Organization through visual conferencing during the period from 15 to 27 July with the participation of 63 trainees from 18 Arab countries.
The inauguration was held in the presence of Ahmed Al-Hindawi, Secretary General of the World Scout Organization, Amr Hamdi, Secretary General of the Arab Scout Organization, and Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Hinai, Vice-Chairman of the Scouting Arab Sub-Committee for Leadership Development, a member of the committee supervising the course.
The workshop started with opening speeches from the Secretary-General of the World Scout Organization and the Secretary-General of the Arabic Scout Organization. The two speeches stressed the importance of continuing to implement scouting activities at all levels and qualifying Arab scout youth and providing them with the skills of using remote training to serve and contribute to empowering young people with the tools that help them to transfer the impact of training for young people in their countries.
The course includes a number of topics including the introduction to the goals of the scout movement and its principles, the role, responsibilities and needs of the leader of the scout unit, volunteering in the scout movement, the foundations of planning, the concept, patterns and methods of leadership and communication and public relations techniques in addition to motivating the scouts on personal progress, the project life cycle, the impact of scout education on teenagers and youth, scouting, community service and development, and the basis for assessing and following up on teenagers and youth.
The Sultanate participates in the training course with a number of supervisors and trainees. Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Hinai, Vice-Chairman of the Scouting Sub-Arab Committee for Leadership Development, Assistant Director-General for Scouting Affairs, and Yasir bin Muhammad Al-Balushi, Head of the Scout Leadership Development Department, will participate in the Supervision and Training Committee. Besides, four trainees, Ali bin Muhammad Al-Siyabi, Mahmoud bin Saeed Al-Ghafri, Muhammad bin Ahmed Sawakhron and Hazaa bin Mohammed Al-Dhafari will participate in the task.
(ONA)