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The '''European Scout Region''' is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], headquartered in | The '''European Scout Region''' is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with two regional offices, in [[Brussels, Belgium]], which focuses more on external relations and partnerships; and in [[Belgrade, Serbia]], to support the national Scout associations in [[Southeast Europe]]. | ||
== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
=== Members === | === Members === | ||
[[Image:World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement-European_Region.svg|thumb|Jurisdiction of the European Scout Region; Andorra, with no Scouting organization, and those outside the Region, are in grey]] | [[Image:World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement-European_Region.svg|thumb|Jurisdiction of the European Scout Region; Andorra, with no Scouting organization, and those outside the Region, are in grey]] | ||
The European Scout Region comprises 40 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services [[Scouting]] in Western and | The European Scout Region comprises 40 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services [[Scouting]] in Western and Central Europe, excluding the former Soviet Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, but inclusive of Cyprus (technically not part of Europe) and Turkey (which spans across two continents), for cultural reasons, and Israel for political ones. | ||
All the formerly Communist states of | All the formerly Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Scouting 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 Scout movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of [[Scouts-in-Exile]] movements for the diaspora of each nation. | ||
=== Governance === | === Governance === | ||
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=== Regional Scouts administered directly by WOSM === | === Regional Scouts administered directly by WOSM === | ||
The needs of Scout youth in unusual situations has created some interesting permutations, answerable directly to the [[World Scout Bureau]]. For years there was an active [[Boy Scouts of the United Nations]] in | The needs of Scout youth in unusual situations has created some interesting permutations, answerable directly to the [[World Scout Bureau]]. For years there was an active [[Boy Scouts of the United Nations]] in Geneva, as well as 84 Scouts of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]], an early precursor to the European Union. | ||
=== Cooperations === | === Cooperations === | ||
This region is the counterpart of the [[WAGGGS-Europe Region|Europe Region]] of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS). The European Scout Region has strong connections to the Europe Region of WAGGGS. Both maintained a joint office in Brussels for some years and published a monthly newsletter called '''Eurofax''' (this newsletter was already published by the European Scout Office before the joint office was opened, and reverted to WOSM when the joint office closed; it is still in existence under the name Euro.Scout.Info). | This region is the counterpart of the [[WAGGGS-Europe Region|Europe Region]] of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS). The European Scout Region has strong connections to the Europe Region of WAGGGS. Both maintained a joint office in Brussels for some years and published a monthly newsletter called '''Eurofax''' (this newsletter was already published by the European Scout Office before the joint office was opened, and reverted to WOSM when the joint office closed; it is still in existence under the name Euro.Scout.Info). | ||
Full members status is held to the | Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies. | ||
A WOSM joint Eurasian-and-European Scout meeting was held in Kiev in April 2009. | A WOSM joint Eurasian-and-European Scout meeting was held in Kiev in April 2009. | ||
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=== Andorra === | === Andorra === | ||
{{main|Scouts d'Andorra}} | {{main|Scouts d'Andorra}} | ||
Andorra is one of only five of the world's independent countries that do not have Scouting. The population is sufficiently large to sustain Scouting, but the Scout association of the tiny enclave in the | Andorra is one of only five of the world's independent countries that do not have Scouting. The population is sufficiently large to sustain Scouting, but the Scout association of the tiny enclave in the Pyrenees has been dormant since the 1980s and at present there is no Scouting movement. | ||
=== Vatican City === | === Vatican City === | ||
As far as is known, there has never been a Scouting organization in | As far as is known, there has never been a Scouting organization in Vatican City.{{fact|date=December 2009}} | ||
== Non-WOSM European Scouting == | == Non-WOSM European Scouting == | ||