Les Scouts – Fédération des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique or simply ''Les Scouts'', formerly known as Fédération des Scouts Catholiques (FSC) and Fédération catholique des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique, is the largest Scout association in Belgium, both

francophone The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...

and

germanophone German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switze ...

. It is open to all-its last name change, dated 1 September 2008, intends to best reflect its commitment to

spiritual development The meaning of ''spirituality'' has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape o ...

open to all. It was created in 1912 and is part of the

Guidisme et scoutisme en Belgique Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België (Dutch language, Dutch) or Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique (French language, French) (GSB) is the national Girl Guides, Guiding and Scouting federation in Belgium. Scouting in Belgium started in 1911, and Gu ...

. It is recognized by the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

(WOSM) and the Ministry of Youth of the

French Community of Belgium In Belgium, the French Community (, , CFB) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation (, , FWB), which is controversial because ...

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Scouting and Guiding in Belgium World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations {{Scout-stub