Portal:Organizations

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Portal of the organizations

Nowadays, there is scouting in 155 countries. There is a very large diversity in scouting. Most of the Scouting organizations are member of the two world federations founded by Robert Baden-Powell : the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. In a lot of countries, there is a small number of Scouting organizations which are member of the WOSM, the WAGGGS or the both, but in some countries, there is greater number of organizations including members of smaller international Scouting organizations. All the organizations of Scouting share the Scout method.

Scouting and Guiding by country

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International organizations

The two most important scout organizations in the world are :

• World Organization of the Scout Movement
• World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

In these two organizations, there are 6 international religious organizations : International Link of Orthodox Scouts, International Catholics Conference of Scouting, International Union of Muslim Scouts, Conference on Christianity in Guiding and Scouting, International Forum of Jewish Scouts, World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood. All these organizations participate at the World Scout Interreligious Forum. There are other smaller organizations :

• World Federation of Independent Scouts
• Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe
• Order of World Scouts
• Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme

And a lot of other international fellowships and cooperations.

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America

• United-States of America

• Organizations members of the WOSM or the WAGGGS

• Boy Scouts of America
• Girl Scouts of the USA

• Other organizations

• American Heritage Girls
• SpiralScouts International

• Canada

• Association des Scouts du Canada
• Scouts Canada
• Adventurers of Baden-Powell Association (Association des Aventurier de Baden-Powell)

• 25 px Panama

• Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá

• 25 pxColumbia

• Asociación Scouts de Colombia

• Chile

• Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile

• Costa Rica

• Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica

• 25 pxDominican Republic

• Asociación de Scouts Dominicanos
• The Scout Association of Dominica

• Bolivia

• Scout Association of Bolivia
• Asociación de Guías Scouts de Bolivia

• El Salvador

• Asociación de Scouts de El Salvador

• Guatemala

• Asociación de Scouts de Guatemala

• 25 pxHonduras

• Association of Scouts in Honduras

• Mexico

• Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C.

• 25 pxNicaragua

• Asociación de Scouts de Nicaragua

• Venezuela

• Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela

• 25 pxEcuador

• Asociación de Scouts del Ecuador

• 25 pxParaguay

• Asociación de Scouts del Paraguay

• Peru

• Asociación de Scouts del Perú

• Barbados

• Barbados Boy Scouts Association

• Belize

• The Scout Association of Belize

• 25 pxGrenada

• The Scout Association of Grenada

• 25 pxGuyana

• The Scout Association of Guyana

• Jamaica

• The Scout Association of Jamaica

• 25 pxSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

• The Scout Association of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• 25 pxTrinidad and Tobago

• The Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago

• Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Bonaire (former Netherlands Antilles)

• Scouting Antiano
• Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen

• Aruba

• Scouting Aruba
• Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde

• 25 pxHaiti

• Scouts d'Haïti

• Argentina

• Scouts de Argentina

• 25 pxUruguay

• Movimiento Scout del Uruguay

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Asia

• Azerbaijan

• Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan

• Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Scouts

• India

• The Bharat Scouts and Guides

• Bhutan

• Bhutan Scout Tshogpa

• Philippines

• Boy Scouts of the Philippines

• Suriname

• Boy Scouts van Suriname

• Tajikistan

• Ittihodi Scouthoi Tojikiston

• South Korea

• Korea Scout Association

• Malaysia

• Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia

• Mongolia

• Mongolyn Skautyn Kholboo

• Thailand

• The National Scout Organization of Thailand

• Nepal

• Nepal Scouts

• Pakistan

• Pakistan Boy Scouts Association

• Hong-Kong

• The Scout Association of Hong Kong
• Scouting in Mainland China

• Japan

• Scout Association of Japan

• Macau

• The Scout Association of Macau

• Maldives

• The Scout Association of Maldives

• Taiwan

• Scouts of China

• Singapore

• The Singapore Scout Association

• Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Scout Association

• Swaziland

• Swaziland Boy Scouts Association

• Afghanistan

• Afghan Scout Association

• Iran

• Iran Scout Organization

• Kyrgyzstan

• Scouting in Kyrgyzstan

• Kazakhstan

• Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan

• Uzbekistan

• Scout Association of Uzbekistan

• East Timor

• União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor Leste

• Vietnam, Scouts-in-Exile

• Vietnamese Scout Association-Hội Huớng Đạo

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Africa

• Côte d'Ivoire

• Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme
• Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme Féminin

• Angola

• Scout Association of Angola

• Cape Verde

• Associação dos Escuteiros de Cabo Verde

• Guinea

• Association Nationale des Scouts de Guinée
• Corpo Nacional de Escutas da Guiné-Bissau

• Togo

• Association Scoute du Togo

• Burundi

• Association des Scouts du Burundi

• Niger

• Association des Scouts du Niger

• Rwanda

• Association des Scouts du Rwanda

• Mauritania

• # Association des Scouts et Guides de Mauritanie

• Senegal

• Confédération Sénégalaise du Scoutisme

• Association des Scouts et Guides du Sénégal

• Botswana

• The Botswana Scouts Association

• Zimbabwe

• The Boy Scouts Association of Zimbabwe

• Liberia

• Boy Scouts of Liberia

• Nigeria

• Boy Scouts of Nigeria

• Ethiopia

• Ethiopia Scout Association

• Gabon

• Fédération Gabonaise du Scoutisme

• Congo

• Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo

• Chad

• Fédération du Scoutisme Tchadien

• Madagascar

• Firaisan'ny Skotisma eto Madagasikara

• Burkina Faso

• Fédération Burkinabé du Scoutisme

• Gambia

• The Gambia Scout Association

• Ghana

• The Ghana Scout Association

• Kenya

• The Kenya Scouts Association

• Mozambique

• Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique

• Mauritius

• The Mauritius Scout Association

• Malawi

• The Scout Association of Malawi

• Benin

• Scoutisme Béninois

• Cameroon

• Les Scouts du Cameroun

• Namibia

• Scouts of Namibia

• Seychelles

• Seychelles Scout Association

• Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Scouts Association

• South Africa

• South African Scout Association

• Sudan

• Sudan Boy Scouts Association

• Tanzania

• Tanzania Scouts Association

• Uganda

• The Uganda Scouts Association

• Comoros

• Wezombeli

• Zambia

• Zambia Scouts Association

• Djibouti

• Association des Scouts de Djibouti

• São Tomé e Príncipe

• Associação de Escuteiros de São Tomé e Príncipe

• Central African Republic

• Fédération des Eclaireurs Scouts Centrafricains

• Eritrea

• National Scout Association of Eritrea

• Western Sahara

• Sahraoui Scout Association

• Mali

• Scouting in Mali

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Overseas Scouting

• American Scouting overseas
• The Scout Association of Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda Branch of The Scout Association
• Girlguiding Bermuda
• The Scout Association of Bermuda
• The Scout Association of the British Virgin Islands
• The Scout Association of the Cayman Islands
• Cook Islands Boy Scout Association
• Føroya Skótaráð
• The Scout Association of Gibraltar
• Grønlands Spejderkorps
• Scouts de Martinique
• The Scout Association of Montserrat
• The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Solomon Islands branch of The Scout Association
• Tonga branch of The Scout Association
• The Scout Association of the Turks and Caicos
• Tuvalu Scout Association
• Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association

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Did you know ...

After the World War I, some scoutleaders looked for an neutral mean of communication. In 1918, the Skolta Esperanto Ligo was founded to promote the international language. This was the first international organization, founded two years before the World Organization of the Scout Movement. BP like the idea of an international organization but when he founded WOSM, he chose English and French as official languages ...

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Europe

• France

Organizations recognized by French State

• Scoutisme Français

• Scouts et Guides de France
• Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France
• Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France
• Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Israelites de France
• Scouts musulmans de France

• Conférence Française de Scoutisme

• Association des Guides et Scouts d'Europe
• Éclaireurs Neutres de France

Association des Scouts et Guides de Riaumont are affiliated to the ENF

• Fédération des Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs

• Scouts Unitaires de France

Other organizations

• Finland

Suomen Partiolaiset

• Switzerland

• Swiss Guide and Scout Movement

• Netherlands

Scouting Nederland

• Italy

Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo

Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts of Italy

Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani

• Spain

• Federación de Escultismo en España

• Belgium

• Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique

• Portugal

• Federação Escotista de Portugal

• Associação dos Escoteiros de Portugal
• Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português

• Austria

• Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Austria

• Germany

• Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände

• Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder
• Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg
• Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder

• Catholic Scouts of Europe

• Romania

• Cercetaşii României

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Cyprus

• Cyprus Scouts Association

• Estonia

• Eesti Skautide Ühing

• Danmark

• Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere
• Grønlands Spejderkorps

• Lxembourg

• Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg
• Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten
• Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association

• Faroe Islands

• Føroya Skótaráð

• Sweden

• Frälsningsarméns Scoutförbund
• KFUK-KFUMs Scoutförbund
• Nykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund
• Svenska Missionskyrkans Ungdom Scout
• Svenska Scoutförbundet
• Svenska Scoutrådet

• Armenia

• Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun

• Czech Republic

• Junák

• Latvia

• Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija

• Lithuania

• Lietuvos Skautija

• Hungary

• Magyar Cserkészszövetség

• Norway

• Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon

• Norges Speiderforbund

• Moldova

• Organizaţia Naţională a Scouţilor din Moldova

• Bulgaria

• Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty

• Liechtenstein

• Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins

• Russia

• Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators

• Scouts-in-Exile organizations

• National Organization of Russian Scouts
• Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders

• Georgia

• Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia

• Montenegro

• Savez Izviđača Crne Gore

• Croatia

• Savez izviđača Hrvatske

• Serbia

• Savez Izviđača Srbije i Crne Gore
• Savez Izviđača Srbije

• United-Kingdom

• Organizations members of the WOSM or the WAGGGS

• The Scout Association
• Girlguiding UK

* Other organizations

• Baden-Powell Scouts (WFIS)
• Pathfinder Scouts Association

• Ireland

• Scouting Ireland

• Greece

• Scouts of Greece

• Slovakia

• Slovenský skauting

• Macedonia

• Sojuz na Izvidnici na Makedonija

• Turkey

• Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu

• Slovenia

• Zveza tabornikov Slovenije

• Poland

• Organizations members of the WOSM or the WAGGGS

• Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego

• Other organizations

• Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej

• Monaco

• Association des Guides et Scouts de Monaco

• San Marino

• Associazione Guide Esploratori Cattolici Sammarinesi

• Iceland

• Bandalag íslenskra skáta

• Albania

• Beslidhja Skaut Albania

• Malta

• The Scout Association of Malta

• Bahamas

• The Scout Association of the Bahamas

• Belarus

• Belarusian Scout Association
• National Scout Association of Belarus

• Ukraine

• Plast
• Organization of Ukrainian Scouts

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The Middle East and Arabian world

• Lebanon

• Organizations members of the WOSM or the WAGGGS

• Fédération Libanaise des Eclaireuses et des Guides
• Fédération du Scoutisme Libanais

• Others organizations

• Imam al-Mahdi Scouts

• Tunisia

• Les Scouts Tunisiens

• Moroco

• Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain

• Algeria

• Algerian Muslim Scouts

• Bahrain

• Boy Scouts of Bahrain

• Egypt

• Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides

• United Arab Emirates

• Emirates Scout Association

• Israel

• # Hitachdut Hatsofim Ve Hatsofot Be Israel

• Jordan

• Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides

• Kuwait

• Kuwait Boy Scouts Association

• Oman

• The National Organisation for Scouts and Guides

• Palestine

• Palestinian Scout Association

• Lybia

• Public Scout and Girl Guide Movement

• Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association

• Qatar

• The Scout and Guide Association of Qatar

• Yemen

• Yemen Scout Association

• Syrie

• Boy Scouts de Syrie

• Iraq

• Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council

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Oceania

• Australia

• Scouts Australia
• Guides Australia

• Fiji

• Fiji Scouts Association
• Fiji Girl Guides Association

• French Polynesia

• Conseil du Scoutisme polynésien

• Kiribati

• Kiribati Scout Association
• The Girl Guides Association of Kiribati

• New Guinea

• The Scout Association of Papua New Guinea
• Girl Guides Association of Papua New Guinea

• New Zealand

• Scouting New Zealand
• GirlGuiding New Zealand

• Solomon Islands

• Solomon Islands branch of The Scout Association
• Girl Guides Association of Papua New Guinea

• Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Girl Guides Association
• Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association

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Other youth organizations

• Boys' Brigade
• Camp Fire USA
• Christian Service Brigade
• Fianna Éireann
• Hanoar Hatzioni
• Hashomer Hatzair
• Homenetmen
• Kibbo Kift
• National Association of Russian Explorers
• Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)
• Royal Rangers
• TUXIS
• The Woodcraft Folk
• Woodcraft (movement)

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Scouting in ...

• Scouting in the Northern Mariana Islands
• Scouting in the Antarctic
• Scouting in Nauru
• Scouting in French Guiana
• Scouting in the Federated States of Micronesia
• Scouting on the Falkland Islands
• Scouting in Guadeloupe et Saint Martin
• Scouting in Guam
• Scouting in the Marshall Islands
• Scouting in New Caledonia
• Scouting in Palau
• Scouting in Puerto Rico
• Scouting on Réunion
• Scouting on Saint Helena and Ascension Island
• Scouting in Anguilla
• Scouting in Andorra
• Scouting on Christmas Island
• Scouting in the Faroe Islands
• Scouting in North Korea
• Scouting in Laos
• Scouting in Martinique
• Scouting in Monaco
• Scouting in Montserrat
• Scouting in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Scouting in the Turks and Caicos
• Scouting in Wallis and Futuna
• Scouting in the British Virgin Islands
• Scouting in the United States
• Scouting in Illinois
• Scouting in Kansas
• Scouting in Wisconsin
• Scouting in the United States Virgin Islands

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