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[[Image:Europe Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).png|thumb|Badge of the WAGGGS-Europe Region]] | [[Image:Europe Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).png|thumb|Badge of the WAGGGS-Europe Region]] | ||
The '''WAGGGS Europe Region''' is the regional office of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], which supports [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting]] in Europe, including the former Soviet Republics of | The '''WAGGGS Europe Region''' is the regional office of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], which supports [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting]] in Europe, including the former Soviet Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, but inclusive of Cyprus, though technically not part of Europe for cultural reasons, and Israel for political ones. | ||
All the formerly communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include Albania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the successor states to [[Czechoslovakia]], Yugoslavia and the Baltic nations independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Guide movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of [[Scouts-in-Exile|Guides-in-Exile]] movements for the diaspora of each nation. | All the formerly communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include Albania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the successor states to [[Czechoslovakia]], Yugoslavia and the Baltic nations independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Guide movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of [[Scouts-in-Exile|Guides-in-Exile]] movements for the diaspora of each nation. | ||
