Friday 19 January 2024

 Normandy Camporee News

Join Transatlantic Council for the 2024 Normandy Camporee - April 19-21, 2024 - commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day!

 

Make your plans and reservations now, to join Scouts and Scouters from around the world on the historic beaches of Normandy!

 

The weekend will include a campfire on Omaha Beach with ceremonies for top achiever Scouts and Cubs. Other highlights are our own radio-station, Changing Lives Reception on Friday evening, food truck rally on Saturday evening and of course the Trading Post. The closing ceremony for the Camporee will be held on Sunday morning at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, where Scouts will have the opportunity to lay commemorative wreaths as well as individual flowers at a grave of their choosing.

 

A variety of special activities are being planned, as well as our Normandy app to help guide your weekend experience.

 

IMPORTANT Deadlines --

Merchandise Pre-orders close February 15th!

Camporee registration closes 31 March 2024

Normandy Camporee

 


Note for Expat Scouts in Brussels: This event is open to all scouts, not just Boy Scouts of America

Sonian forest scout day 24.02


Brussels environment has invited all youth movements to participate in a day of planting trees, blocking clandestine trails, and cleaning trash, in the company of the forest guardians and environmental experts who will share insights on how we can use the forest for scouting activities whilst protecting sensitive sites and being respectful of the environment. Pre-registration is necessary, with a 15 February deadline.

More information here (in French) https://www.foret-de-soignes.be/mouvements-de-jeunesse-pour-la-foret-de-soignes/

Practical details:

- Saturday 24 February 2024, 13.30-17.30

- Meeting point Hippodrome de Boitsfort, at the "betting village" between Chaussee de la Hulpe and the tribunes, Chaussee de la Hulpe 53, tram 8, boondael train station, bike parking available. 

- Wear appropriate clothing

Friday 12 January 2024

Agenda for 17 January 2024 20:00 ESB meeting

 1. Confirmation of agenda and minute taker

2. Short mutual update from each Scout group, of general interest to the Counvil

3. Updates from the Commisioners:

    a. External relations, especially on the status of the issues paper with GSB(FOS and Les Scouts

    b. Camporee 2024 - status in the planning

    c. Training on past participation and upcoming events

    d. communications on communication via our blogspot site, badges and scarfs

    e. Treasury on financial status and contributions for 2023

 

4. Other issues

    a. Activities related to the upcoming European Parliament election 2024

    b. Any other business

 

5. Next meeting(s)

    24 February 2024

 

Kindly let us know if you plan to attend in person or virtually, or for information about location or a link to the Zoom call.

 

Friday 5 May 2023

Invitation to ESB 2023 Annual General Meeting

The fifth Annual General Meeting of the Expat Scouting in Belgium (ESB) will take place, as in previous years, during our Camporee in de Kluis on 6-7 May 2023.

We are particularly excited to welcome a new Expat Scouting Group in our midst, with the newly formed Latvian-Brussels group joining us at the meeting. Other highlights include a discussion on how to build on the 4 March training session by Guiding and Scouting in Belgium on rules and tips on scouting in Belgium, in English, for our expat groups. We'll want to identify our needs in concrete terms with a view to making a proposal to GSB for targeted support in English for our groups, on the basis of a note that is being prepared for the AGM.

All the leaders of the Expat Scout Groups are welcome to the General Meeting. In case of a vote, one person from each Scout Group can vote. 

The General Meeting will appoint the Expat Scout Council for the next year, and nominations can be submitted in advance via the contact form on this website. 

Welcome to the General Meeting!

The Expat Scout Council

You can find the agenda below, and the full invitation and AGM minutes in the members section of this website


A G E N D A

Sunday 07 May 2022

1. Opening of the General Meeting

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Reports by the commissioners of past activities and future plans

a. Camporee, Danish Scouts
b. Training, 1 st Brussels
c. External affairs, Finnish Scouts
d. Communications, Swedish Scouts
e. Treasurer, BRUSK
f. Meetings convener, Danish Scouts

4. Approval on the way forward on the support from Belgian Scouting to Expat Scout Groups (External Affairs)

5. Summary of the plans for the next year

(Dialogue with GSB, Camporee 2024, Training by GSB, leadership and first aid, communications, twinning...)

6. Appointment of the members of the Expat Scout Council

a. Meetings convener up for re-election
b. Secretary, vacant, formerly held by BRUSK
c. Camporee, not up for re-election
d. Training, up for re-election
e. External affairs, up for re-election
f. Communications, up for re-election
g. Treasurer, BRUSK replacing Boy Scouts of America

7. Determination of the annual contribution fee

Proposal: 1€ per Scout, with a possible cap to 50€
Requested paid by 31.7, statutory deadline 31.12

8. Any other business

9. Close of the General Meeting

Voting delegates:

1st Brussels, British Scouts
BRUSK, Czech and Slovak Scouts
Danish Scouts
Finnish Scouts in Brussels
Hungarian Scouts in Brussels
YMCA Danish Scouts in Luxembourg
Swedish Scouts in Brussels
St Benoit, BC25

Guests, and potential members of ESB, to the General Meeting;

Latvian Scouts
Sonian British Explorers

Wednesday 26 October 2022

Wednesday 14 September 2022

ESB FALL ACTIVITIES 2022

06 SEP 2022   ESB Council meeting

@Les Scout, Rue Dublin 21, Brussels (contact kim@vetting.dk if questions)

01 OCT 2022  Expat Scouts Challenge Hike

https://forms.gle/Nxb3rzYdmV1v1fBs9

09 OCT 2022  Expat Scouts First Aid Training

Sign up through the website  https://www.1stbrussels.be/Links/Event?EventId=16162

08 NOV 2022   ESB Council meeting

@Les Scout, Rue Dublin 21, Brussels (contact kim@vetting.dk if questions)

 

Sunday 8 March 2020

Spring activities 2020

25-April 2020 1200-          4th ESB Camporee (de Kluis)

 

26 April 2020 0930-           ESB General Meeting (de Kluis)

 

06 June 2020 1400-           ESB Council meeting (Les Scouts,  Rue de Dublin