Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium
| Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/ Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België | |||
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 The Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Founded | 1979 | ||
| Membership | 165,000 | ||
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Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België (GSB, The Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium) is the national Guiding and Scouting federation in Belgium. Scouting in Belgium started in 1911, and Guiding followed in 1915. The Belgian Scouts were among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1922, and the Guides were one of the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1928. The federation counts 88,237 Scouts (as of 2002) and 57,966 Guides (as of 2003).
Members
The members of the federation are
- FOS Open Scouting (FOS; interreligious, coeducational, Flemish)
- Guides Catholiques de Belgique (GCB, Catholic Guides of Belgium; Roman Catholic, in most sections girls-only, mainly in the Walloon region and Brussels; only WAGGGS-member)
- Les Scouts - Fédération des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique (Baden-Powell-Scout Federation of Belgium; Roman Catholic, partly coeducational, Walloon region and Brussels; only WOSM-member)
- Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen (SGV, Scouts and Guides of Flanders; until 2006: Vlaams Verbond van Katholieke Scouts en Meisjesgidsen (Flemish Catholic Scout and Guide Association), VVKSM; Catholic, coeducational, Flemish)
- Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique (SGP, Belgian Pluralist Scouts and Guides; interreligious, coeducational, Walloon)
There are also some German-speaking units in the German-speaking community of Belgium, mostly affiliated to the Walloon associations.
Emblems
FOS Open Scouting
Les Scouts - Fédération Catholique des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique
- Guides Catholiques de Belgique logo.png
Guides Catholiques de Belgique
- SGV.png
Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen
- Scouts pluralistes de Belgique.jpg
Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique
See also
- Scouting in Belgium
- Hergé
External links
- Official Homepage of the federation (French) and Template:Nl
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