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The '''Savez izviđača Bosne i Hercegovine''' (''Scout Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina'') is the national [[Scouting]] organisation of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. It was founded on 17 December 2011 through the merger of the three constituent organisation of its predecessor, the '''Savjet izviđačkih organizacija u Bosni i Hercegovini''' (''Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina''), which was a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] since 1999. The coeducational Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina has 1,250 members as of 2011.<ref name="Census_2010">{{cite web |title=Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010|url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |accessdate=January 13, 2011}}</ref>

==History of Scouting in Bosnia==
[[Image:Sarajevo Scout group.png|thumb|Historical emblem of a Scout group based in Sarajevo.]]

Scouting under the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] in Bosnia and Herzegovina was established in 1915. In his book, ''What Scouts Can Do: More Yarns'', [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]] wrote about [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] before the [[First World War]]; in a section "Biking in Bosnia" he provides a fascinating picture of this war-torn land. Bosnia-Herzegovina, as part of Yugoslavia, helped found the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in 1922 and remained a member until Scouting in Yugoslavia was coopted by the [[Josip Broz Tito]] government in 1950 into [[Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije]], at which time WOSM membership was forfeited. 

The Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprised the ''Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine'' (Scout Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the ''Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske'' (Scout Association of the Republic of Srpska). Both Scout Associations agreed to work together to form a federation and join WOSM together, and met to finalize matters presented to WOSM for consideration of membership. WOSM granted full membership to Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1999. In 2000, after the establishment of the [[Brčko District]], a third association, the ''Savez izviđača Distrikta Brčko'' (Scout Association of the Brčko District) joined the council. 

In 2011, the three member organizations of the council agreed to form a unified association, the ''Savez izviđača Bosne i Hercegovine'' (Scout Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina).<ref>{{cite web |title=From a Council of Scout Associations to a National Scout Organization |url=http://www.scout.org/es/content/pdf/25542/From%20a%20Council%20of%20Scout%20Associations%20to%20a%20National%20Scout%20Organization.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |date=2011-12-17 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}</ref>

The Scout Motto is ''Буди Спреман'' (''Budi Spreman''), translating as "Be Prepared" in the dialect of each ethnic group. The noun for a single Scout is interchangeably Skaut and Izviđač.

==Program sections==
* Cub Scouts/Poletarac-ages 7 to 10
* Scouts/Izviđači-ages 11 to 20

==Emblems==
The membership badge of the council is often seen in black-and-white so as not to show ethnic leaning of the various groups. The emblem of Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine incorporates the gold-on-green color scheme of the [[coat of arms of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] on the [[maple leaf]] design of the original Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije. The emblem of Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske incorporates elements of the [[coat of arms of Republika Srpska]].

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 File:Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.png|Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 File:Savjet izviđačkih organizacija u Bosni i Hercegovini.png|Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine
 File:Savez Izviđača Srbije.png|Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske
 File:Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske.png|alternate badge of Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske
 File:Bosnian Scouts-in-Exile.svg|Bosnian Scouts-in-Exile emblem
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.scoutrs.org/ Scout Association of the Republic of Srpska]
* Partially distilled from Eurofax, the monthly newsletter of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), produced by the European Scout Office and is distributed by fax to all member associations in the European Scout Region and the Europe Region WAGGGS, and others. Scouting is mentioned in the [[Bosnian language]] Wikipedia article on the town of [[Banovići]].

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