THE ROLE OF WORLD ORGANIZATION OF SCOUT MOVEMENT (WOSM) IN EDUCATING TOLERANCE AND HARMONY AMONG RACES TO GLOBAL YOUTH: 23RD WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE 2015 IN JAPAN

Abstract

Attention to the impact of one of the major non-profit and voluntary educational organizations WOSM or Scouting Movement is still very little discussed in the literature and academics in the various majors. Scouting Movement is often underestimated as a childish organization whose activities are not very useful. Though actually, Scouting Movement has repeatedly created a global agenda based on the Founder's thought, Lord Robert Baden-Powell adapted to the time and place. Among the agenda is the promotion of peace through cross-cultural education to fight intolerance and racism. This agenda is a continuation and aspiration of what Lord Baden-Powell plans to create a program that brings together representatives of scouts in each country to strengthen the brotherhood of the world. This thesis uses descriptive qualitative research approach method, with document study technique and literature on this subject. Using Constructivism theory and second-track diplomacy, we can find that WOSM as international organization for the scouting movement, with its motto: “create a better world”, through various scouting activities, especially through the cross-cultural education program presented during the World Scout Jamboree, has done a tremendous work in educating the youth to fight intolerance and racism with the hope that the youth can live in a harmonious world in the future.