The detailed proposals behind Scouting Ireland’s much vaunted ‘Vision 2020’ initiative have been circulated to the association’s membership. They make interesting reading.
Ten Years On….
Scouting Ireland was officially launched ten years ago today, on January 1st 2004.
A Question of Faith?
Some members of Scouting Ireland may have been surprised to notice that the association is now a ‘faith based movement’, if the strategic plan (presented under the name ‘Vision 2020’) unveiled by a couple of key figures in the senior leadership, is to be believed.
Vision 2020 lacks Vision (but it’s a start)
Scouting Ireland’s ‘Vision 2020’ document was launched this week, with the usual muted fanfare that this type of thing generates.
The concept is a transformational plan for the Scout movement in Ireland that will outlive (in political terms) many of the current national leadership of the association, thus in theory eliminating the effect that personal agenda’s, grandstanding and interest groups might have on slowing down or disrupting the project.
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