The Lands of Adventure, a program for young people aged 11-16 will provide inspiration, guidelines and examples of good practice for National Scout Associations in order to develop their program and relevant tools.

(European Scout Region Strategic Plan 1998 - 2007)

Lands of Adventure should encourage Scouts to gain an appreciation for their European neighbours, to work in the Patrol System, to use the new technologies in the Scout program and to introduce and develop the project approach in the Scout age section.

How does LoA work?

• Get to know LoA together with your patrol – more detailed information is to be found in the LoA Leader's Handbook (you can download this from the downloads area of ScoutKeeper)

• The patrol decides on the project

• Troop Leader sign up the Patrol

• You receive answers from the World Scout Bureau - European Regional Office in Geneva and  from your Local Ambassador and LoA-badges for each patrol-member

• Your patrol works on the project and completes it

• They write a report

• You send the report to the Local Ambassador

• You receive a certificate and the project-badges for your patrol

Europe at EUR door

            Europe at EUR door is a project based on finding out about another country. Patrols should be encouraged to select a country that is of interest to them. There are two aspects to the project: Research and explore a country and Undertake a series of activities.

Express EURSelf

            Express Eurself is a creative project. Encourage your patrols to select a project that will give them the chance to display their creative abilities to others. It can be any creative project, a creative presentation of a patrol's usual activity or a presentation of the patrol itself – where they are from, who they are…

EUR Hopping

            EUR Hopping is based on completing a project jointly with a patrol in another country.

There are two options: to physically meet a patrol to carry out an activity or to work on a similar project in your own countries

Some more information...

• LoA started in 2002

• LoA is being organized by the LoA-team of the European Scout Office and the ambassadors of the involved scout-associations

• The ambassadors meet once a year to share experiences, welcome new LoA-ambassadors and work on the development of LoA

• Contact the Malta ambassador Tonio Axisa on  loa@maltascout.org.mt

Two Maltese Scout Patrols achieve the first Lands of Adventure Badges.

The Bulldog Patrol from Zebbug and the Cobra Patrol from Siggiewi are the first two Maltese Patrols to obtain the Lands of Adventure – Express EURself badge.

Express EURself is a creative project. It gives the chance to Patrols to display their creative abilities to others. It can be any creative project, a creative presentation of a patrol's usual activity or a presentation of the patrol itself – where they are from, who they are...  etc.  

Bulldogs Patrol – Zebbug Scout Group

For their Express EURself project, the Patrol presented a Power Point presentation about an activity they done in the Marfa Ridge area in Mellieha. The activity consisted of a hike, a cook out and also they visited the St. Agatha Tower (Red Tower). After the activity, the Patrol met several times to prepare a power point presentation. This was later sent to the LoA Malta Ambassador. The presentation was forwarded to the Director of Youth Program in the ESR (European Scout Region) office. Badges where sent directly to the Scout Leader that supported the Patrol to achieve this badge.

Cobra Patrol – Siggiewi Scout Group

Food was the theme that helped the Cobra Patrol from Siggiewi to achieve the Express EURself badge. The Patrol met for a whole day to do the Cook Badge of the Scout Program. The Scouts worked in a Patrol and finally they presented what they have cooked – Bruschetta as Starter – Omlette with vegetables as Main Course and Jam Tarts as Desert. The following weeks, the Patrol met to prepare a Power Point presentation about their Creative Activity. SL Moira Camilleri from Siggiewi was in charge of the Patrol.

The two Patrols where individually presented by the local LoA Ambassador the LoA Express EURself Certificate and each Scout in each Patrol, the LoA Badage.

Once the Patrols achieve the 3 badges, they are allowed to fix the main LoA Badge on the Official Scout Uniform. Patrols can also participate in LoA Day every year and LoA Camp every two years.

Should you require further information about LoA kindly contact Malta Ambassador on loa@maltascout.org.mt

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LoA DAY 2010 - FIRST RESULTS

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