Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth Social movement, movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hik ...

and Guiding in Lithuania 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

Girl Scouts of the USA Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized ...

Lithuanian organizations

Lithuanian Scout organizations include (membership numbers from ) *

Lietuvos skautija Lietuvos skautija, the primary national Scouting organization of Lithuania, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1997. The coeducational Lietuvos skautija has 1,446 members as of 2012. History of Lithuanian Scouting ...

(LS), member of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM ...

, registered in 1996, 1,446 members *

Lietuvos skaučių seserija Lietuvos skaučių seserija (LSSes; ''Lithuanian Girl Guides'') is a Guiding association in Lithuania. Guiding in Lithuania started in 1926, was banned by the Soviets in 1940 and restarted in 1990. The association became an associate member of th ...

, 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 supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...

, 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 , type = organization , headquarters = ZHP Headquarters Warsaw , location = Warszawa, Konopnickiej 6 , country = Poland , f-date = 1 November 1918 , founder = Andrzej Małkowski, Olga Małkowska , members = 138,112 , chiefscouttitle = Na ...

, aimed at ethnic Poles, 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 (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, in 1996 by Lawri ...

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

Alumni organizations

Alumni organizations include * ''Lietuvos suaugusių skautų bendrija'' (LSSB) for former Scouts and Guides, member of

ISGF The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Guiding. The International Scout and Guide Fellowship is open to former members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl ...

, founded in 1992, 50 members * ''Studentų skautų korporacija "Vytis", Akademinė skaučių draugovė ir Skautų filisterių sąjunga'' (Korp!Vytis, ASD ir SFS), an academic

corporation A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and ...

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 Australia,

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, the

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and the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

. 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 There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils an ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional u ...

, serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in

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