Scouts of the World Award

The Scouts of the World Award is an international Scout recognition administered by the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It was developed to give "young people more opportunities to face the challenges of the future" as identified by the United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000. That declaration identified eight Millennium Development Goals and participation in the award helps one work towards those goals.

The award is designed to be administered through individual National Scout Organizations and is designed as a way to help improve the program of their senior sections.

Young people between the ages of 15 and 26 years are eligible to earn the award, regardless of Scout affiliation. According to WOSM, "this fact provides NSOs with a great opportunity to increase their membership at the local and national levels, resulting from the possibility to invite non-Scout persons (in the age covered by the Rover section, 18-22) to participate in the Rover Programme, and to encourage them, after completing the Scouts of the World Award, to be part of the Rover section."

The Scouts of the World Award has two components: "the Scouts of the World Discovery" and "the Scouts of the World Voluntary Service."

The Scouts of the World Network is open to Scouts having obtained the Scouts of the World Award.

The Scouts of the World Partnership is made up of National Scout Organizations who have adopted the Scouts of the World Award. As of 2007, the Scouts of the World Partnership comprises the following:
 * Interamerican Region
 * Scouts de Argentina
 * Asociación de Scouts de Bolivia
 * União dos Escoteiros do Brasil
 * Association des Scouts du Canada
 * Scouts Canada
 * Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile
 * Asociación Scouts de Colombia
 * Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica
 * Asociación de Scouts del Ecuador
 * Asociación de Scouts de El Salvador
 * Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C.
 * Scouts de Nicaragua
 * Asociacion de Scouts del Peru
 * Movimiento Scout del Uruguay
 * Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela
 * European Region
 * The Danish Scout Association
 * Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France
 * Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs unionistes de France
 * Les Scouts et Guides de France
 * Eesti Skautide Ühing
 * Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG)
 * Scout Association of Greece
 * Scouting Ireland
 * Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani
 * Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI)
 * Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation
 * Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten (Guides et Scouts du Luxembourg)
 * Scouting Nederland
 * Corpo Nacional de Escutas (Portugal)
 * The National Scout Organization of Romania
 * Scout Organization of Serbia
 * Scout Association of Slovenia (ZTS)
 * Scouts de España (ASDE)
 * The Swedish Guide and Scout Council
 * Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey
 * Swiss Guide and Scout Movement (SGSM)
 * The Scout Association (UK)
 * Asia-Pacific Region
 * The Scout Association of Australia
 * The Singapore Scout Association
 * Sri Lanka Scout Association
 * Scouts of China (Taiwan)
 * Scout Association of Hong Kong
 * Scout Association of Japan
 * Korea Scout Association
 * The Scouts Association of Malaysia (Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia)
 * The Scout Association of Maldives
 * National Scout Organization of Thailand
 * Arab Region
 * Algerian Muslim Scouts
 * Egypt Scout Federation
 * Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
 * Fédération du Scoutisme Libanais
 * Scouts of Syria
 * Eurasia Region
 * Georgia Organization of the Scout Movement
 * Scout Association of Moldova
 * African Region
 * The Mauritius Scout Association
 * Confédération Sénégalaise du Scoutisme
 * Scouts South Africa
 * The Uganda Scouts Association
 * The Scout Association of Zimbabwe