Welcome to 13th Asia Pacific Regional Conference!
Dear Member Organisations and friends,
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the Asia Pacific Regional team are delighted to welcome you to the 13th Asia Pacific Regional Conference and 7th Friends of Asia Pacific WAGGGS (FAPW) Regional Gathering in New Taipei City, Taiwan!
I would like to extend my thanks to the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association and the Girl Scouts of Taiwan who will be co-hosting this event, and the Conference Planning Team for all their hard work to deliver this wonderful event. We take this opportunity to express sadness and regrets that we are not able to host you in Colombo as planned due to unforeseen circumstances.
Special thanks to Girl Scouts of Taiwan for the courage and commitment in accepting the challenge of hosting the conference with only three months to prepare.
We would also like to take opportunity to thank the New Taipei City government for their tremendous support in making this conference possible, and Caesar Park Hotel Banqiao and Hotel Cham Cham Banqiao for the huge discounts given to our event to enable us to honour the original participation fees. Not forgetting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and MEET Taiwan for their strong support to the conference.
Please read this document carefully as it will support your practical preparations for the Conference. We hope it would not only serve as a guide but also as a preview of what to expect during the event.
Join us to greet old friends, make new ones, and create lifelong memories. As you already know, the Asia Pacific Region is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and the Friends of Asia Pacific WAGGGS (FAPW) is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year and we would like to celebrate it with all of you. See you at the conference!
Thanyaporn Krichtitayawuth
Chair, Planning Committee
AP Region Committee Member
13th Asia Pacific Regional Conference
Nǐ hǎo!
The Girl Scouts of Taiwan (GST) and I are pleased to give you a hearty welcome to the 13th Asia Pacific Regional Conference and 7th Friends of Asia Pacific WAGGGS (FAPW) Regional Gathering in New Taipei City!
We are thrilled to be able to host an Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Taiwan for the first time in the history of GST. This is especially special for us as we are also celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouting in Taiwan this year, making it a triple celebration with the 50th Anniversary of the Asia Pacific Region and 20th Anniversary of the Friends of Asia Pacific WAGGGS.
With great joy and enthusiasm, The Girl Scouts of Taiwan and the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association are working hard to offer you the best we can. We look forward to having a meaningful event and making Taiwan your home for several days.
We are excited as the event will enable our members, especially girls and young women to experience such event locally, and take part in managing such a huge international event. We believe this will provide them a memorable and meaningful experience to cherish in their Girl Scouting journey.
Through this event, join us in looking back at the last 50 years of the Asia Pacific Region of WAGGGS and 20 years of the FAPW together and looking forward to the wonderful memories and impacts we are yet to make in the years to come. We hope that through this occasion, we will be able to further ignite the flame of Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting as we look back on old memories and reunite with old friends, and look forward on gaining additional knowledge, meeting new friends, and making more memories.
See you all in Taiwan this August!
Your Sister in Girl Scouting,
Ayubowan!
A warm welcome to the 13th Asia Pacific Regional Conference and 7th FAPW Regional Gathering in New Taipei City, Taiwan!
On behalf of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association, even though we are sad not to be able to host you personally in Colombo this time, we look forward to meeting all of you in Taiwan this August. Working with the Girl Scouts of Taiwan, we invite you to experience the best of both Sri Lankan and Taiwanese culture, heritage and hospitality.
This occasion might provide you with the opportunity to renew old friendships and memories as you make new ones and grow the links of unity between our Member Organisations for the betterment of the girls and young women we serve.
As we celebrate 50 years of the Asia Pacific Region of WAGGGS and 20 years of the FAPW together, let us remember both the challenges and successes of our glorious past and look towards a brighter and more colourful future.
Yours in Guide service,
