Scouting Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

and Guiding in

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

consist of a number of different organizations, some of them connected to international bodies. Besides open associations, there are also some for the national minorities living in Lithuania, as well as

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Lithuanian organizations

Lithuanian Scout organizations include (membership numbers from ) * Lietuvos skautija (LS), member of 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. ...

, registered in 1996, 1,446 members * Lietuvos skaučių seserija, associate member of the

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association that supports Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. It was established in the year 1928 in Parád, H ...

, restarted in 1989, 652 members * ''Lietuvos jaunųjų krikščionių sąjungos skautai ir skautės'' (LJKSSS), YMCA and YWCA Scouts and Guides, registered in 1996, 130 members * ''Jūrų skautija "Divytis"'', Lithuanian

Sea Scout Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...

s, registered in 2001, 600 members * ''Lietuvos lenkų harcerių (skautų) sąjunga'' (LLHS), connected to Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, aimed at ethnic

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, restarted in 1989, 400 members * ''Lietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija'' (LNESA), belonging to the

UIGSE The International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe - Federation of Scouts of Europe (Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe, UIGSE; also known as ''Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe – Fédération du Scou ...

, founded in 1992, 300 members *

Lietuvos skautų sąjunga Lietuvos skautų sąjunga (LSS, ''Scout Association of Lithuania'') is one of Lithuania's Scouting organizations. The organization serves about 1,300 members as of 2008. History LSS claims to be the oldest Scouting organization in Lithuania. I ...

(LSS), restarted in 1989, 1,000 members * ''Visagino skautų organizacija'' (VSO), connected to LS and to ORYuR, aimed at ethnic

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, founded in 1992, 300 members (50 active) * ''Žemaitijos skautų organizacija'' (ŽSO), belonging to the

World Federation of Independent Scouts The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) is a non-governmental international Scouting organization with over 7 million members in 151 affiliated Scout organizations in 65 countries. WFIS was formed in Laubach, Germany Germany, ...

(WFIS), founded in 2002, 150 members * "Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego na Litwie" (ZHPnL) (Polish Scouting Association in Lithuania) belonging to the

Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme The Confederation of European Scouts, called in French language, French and abbreviated as CES, was formed in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 November 1978 and is still based in Belgium. CES stresses the European dimension of the Scouting programme and ...

Alumni organizations

Alumni organizations include * ''Lietuvos suaugusių skautų bendrija'' (LSSB) for former Scouts and Guides, member of ISGF, founded in 1992, 50 members * ''Studentų skautų korporacija "Vytis", Akademinė skaučių draugovė ir Skautų filisterių sąjunga'' (Korp!Vytis, ASD ir SFS), an academic

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of Scouts and Guides, restarted in 1989, 200 members

Lithuanian Scouts-in-exile

The association ''Lietuvių Skautų Sąjunga'' was formed after

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and serves the Lithuanian communities abroad. As of 2008, there were active units in

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, the

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and the

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. Most of these units were also members of the respective National Scout Organization within WOSM.

International Scout units in Lithuania

In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in

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, serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in

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