Patrimonito
Challenge

Scouts worldwide are committed to their promise to fulfil their duty to create a better world, as the founder of the Scout Movement, Baden-Powell, said in his last message in 1941: “Leave this world a little better than you found it.” A vision for Scouts is to help their communities and in turn create a better world for all.

World Heritage is the collective property of humanity and not only that of the country where the sites are located. Even if the nation is its rightful owner, the responsibility for its protection is international. This responsibility lies with all citizens of the world, all fully indebted to the present and to the future. We are all responsible: the people who live at the sites, tourists who visit them, specialists who study them, the media which speaks of them, the states that manage them and the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. The concept of universality is our common concern, as only collective action can protect our heritage. Responsibility lies with each young person to be acquainted with and to make known the sites of his/her country, thus investing them with a sacred 

For a young person to earn their WOSM and UNESCO badge for their work in the area of World Heritage, they must follow the below process with the support of their Adult Leader.

1. First, Scouts must choose whether you want to participate in the World Heritage Scout Projects as a camp leader or volunteer. The role will differ in both cases: Camp leaders will elaborate on the entire project and recruit a team, while a volunteer will take part in a project already prepared either by fellow Scouts or the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative. 
2. Then, with the help of the NSO, Scouts can proceed to the SW Award Discovery stage. Scouts must explore one or several global challenges of today’s world which should be related to one or more of the focus areas of the SW Award Programme: development, peace, and/or the environment.  The discovery should focus on a World Heritage property or a site on a Tentative List, which is concerned with those challenges. This stage lasts for a few days and is recommended to be in a World Heritage property or a site from the Tentative Lists. 

The overall design of the square-shaped badge was inspired by the World Heritage emblem, which symbolises the interdependence of culture and nature, and their protection. The Patrimonito character is the main element of the badge, placed in the centre. The badge also features the iconic logos of UNESCO (temple) and World Scouting (World Scout emblem). The colours were chosen to include the UNESCO blue and WOSM purple evenly to symbolise both organisations working together harmoniously. The complementary colour of green represents grass, which in turn symbolises local actions, and the contrasting colour of orange represent the rising sun of a new day. The red colour in the middle represents the link with the SW Award.