
Jamboree is an event in which Scouts, from every corner of the world, participates for two weeks. Every four years they gather in a different country and it constitutes the major event in which tens of thousands of Scouts are meet, live, play and learn together. It addresses Scouts - boys and girls - from 14 up to 17 year-old.
The RSI in collaboration with the Scouts of Greece and Scouting Ireland and the Road Safety Authority of Ireland, under the auspices of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE),organizes a series of workshops concerning Road Safety, where the young visitors will have the opportunity to learn through informative activities, games and seminars the proper road behavior aiming in the prevention and reduction of road accidents.
In the 22nd World Scout Jamboree that take place in Rinkaby of Sweden, for the first time will be included a separate experience that brings together children from different social, cultural, economical, religious backgrounds in order to exchange ideas and proposals for Road Safety because traffic accidents constitute a world phenomenon as 1.3 million people lose their life each year around the world. The events are part of UNECE road safety activities within the framework of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020). That fact considered to be the highest honour for Greece and Ireland that had the idea for this excellent initiative and its development worldwide.
The events of RSI will be completed on Friday the 5th of August with the “Joining Hands for Road Safety Event” where a boy and a girl from each country (160 countries in total) will give hands and make a wish and a commitment for the World Road Safety. The event will receive worldwide recognition as very important people will honour with their presence the site as the King of Sweden, his Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, the high-ranking executives of United Nations, Mr Jan Kubiš, Executive Secretary of UNECE and Mr Michalis Adamantiadis, Chief of Transport Facilitation and Economics Section of UNECE, politicians and officials from the all world and the President of the RSI, Mrs Vassiliki Danelli-Mylona that will have the responsibility of the co-ordination the event.
PLACE: Kristianstad, region Rinkaby, Southern Sweden
TIME: Wednesday 27thof July 2011 - Sunday 7th of August 2011
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