Jo Deman

Jo Deman
Born(1983-06-02)2 June 1983
Leuven, Belgium

Jo Deman, from Leuven, Belgium served as one of the 12 elected members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement for two consecutive terms. He was elected to the Committee at the 41st World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2017, and online at the 42nd in 2021. He was the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee for the second term.

As a member of Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen, Deman had been East Brabant County Commissioner, later fulfilling several roles at European level.

Deman holds a master's degree in international politics from KU Leuven, and is an alumnus of Heilig Hartinstituut (School of the Holy Heart of Mary) in Heverlee. Professionally, he has worked for the European Youth Forum since 2011 as a membership and partnerships officer, and currently (2017) as a policy officer on Youth Work.

In August 2026, the World Scout Committee announced Deman as a Bronze Wolf Award recipient for his services to scouting.

References

  1. 1 2 "Un Belge au pilotage du scoutisme mondial" [A Belgian at the helm of World Scouting] (in French). Guides Catholiques de Belgique. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Leuvense scout in World Committee" [Leuven scout in World Committee]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Belgian Dutch). 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Scouting's roadmap to empower youth and drive global change". World Scout Conference. Archived from the original on 2025-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Overal uniformen" [Uniforms everywhere]. Veto magazine KU Leuven (in Belgian Dutch). 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  5. ↑ European Regional Scout Committee (24 September 2011). European Scout Committee - Annual Report 2010-2011 (Report). World Scout Bureau - European Regional Office. Retrieved 4 December 2017 – via issuu.
  6. 1 2 "Youth Partnership". Council of Europe - European Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ↑ ""Ik wil Vlaamse jongeren doen geloven dat Europa een toekomst heeft"" [I want Flemish young people to believe that Europe has a future]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Belgian Dutch). 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Annual/Report/2013 (PDF) (Report). European Youth Forum. 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2017.[dead link]
  9. ↑ 2nd European Youth Work convention - Similarities in a World of Difference (PDF). salto-youth.net (Report). European Youth Forum. 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Jo Deman awarded Bronze Wolf for decades of outstanding service to Scouting". treehouse.scout.org. 2026-08-28. Retrieved 2026-08-28.