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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 Geneva, as well as 84 Scouts of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]], an early precursor to the | 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 European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and | 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 === | ||