Scout Committee and Subcommittees
The APR Scout Committee shall consist of ten persons from member National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region who shall be elected by the conference by secret ballot for a term of six years. The chairman of the Committee is the leader of the region, which is elected between the committee members. The current chairperson is Jejomar Binay from the Philippines. One of its main functions is to act on behalf of the Conference between its meetings and to appoint sub-committees or study committees as may be needed. There are six sub-committees from 2009 to 2012, which are Programme, Adult Support, Management, Finanical Resources, Scouting Profile and Membership Growth. All the members are nominated from the member NSOs, with the youth representatives, Young Adult Members, whose are elected from the Asia-Pacific Regional Youth Forum.
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