The

Scout Movement Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth 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 activities, including ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

consists of several associations with slightly different aims. Among them are: * Organizaţia Naţională Cercetaşii României (ONCR), (National Organization Scouts of Romania) 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. ...

(WOSM), founded in 1991 with 4,927 members. ** '' Asociaţia Scout Catolică din România'' (ASCRO), a Catholic Scout association, which is part of ONCR and linked with AGESCI, the Italian Catholic Scout and Guide Association ** '' Romániai Magyar Cserkészszövetség'' (Hungarian Scout Association in Romania), affiliated to ONCR and member of the International Forum of Hungarian Scouting; with 107 active groups *

Asociația Ghidelor și Ghizilor din România The Asociația Ghidelor și Ghizilor din România (AGGR) is the national Guiding organization of Romania. Guiding in Romania began in 1928, was restarted in 1990 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) ...

(AGGR), (Association of Guides and Guides from Romania) belonging to 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 ...

(WOSM), founded in 1990 with 627 members * ''Asociaţia Cercetaşilor Tradiţionali din România'' (Association of Traditional Scouts from Romania) (ACT-RO founded in 2014), 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, ...

. * ''Cercetaşii Creştini Români din FSE'', (Romanian Christian Scouts) belonging to the

Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe 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 1991 with 500 members. * ''Organizația Cercetașilor din Ardeal'' (Organization of Transylvania Scouts), independent, 150 members. * ''Asociaţia Cercetaşii Munţilor'' (ACM),(Mountain Scouts Association) founded in 1991 and disbanded after a few years of activity. In 2002 the association reopened with 500 members. It has active centers in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, Bistriţa, Braşov,

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

, and

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

.ACM info and images
in schoolandcollegelistings.com In addition to the various Romanian groups based in Romania there are also several non Romanian Scout and Guide groups based in the country: * Troop 900 of the

Boy Scouts of America Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...

(BSA) in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

. The BSA is the national scouting organisation for the USA. This troop is administered by the BSA Transatlantic Council (a BSA overseas organisation). The BSA is part of the

(WOSM). *

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 Scouting America formerly the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now se ...

, serviced by way of the USA Girl Scouts Organisation

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

headquartered in

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. The USA GSO is part of the

(WAGGGS) * Bucharest

Girl Guides Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of Girlguiding, The ...

a British Guiding Overseas (BGO) unit in

and part of the

Guide Association Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association in the United Kingdom, previously named The Girl Guides Association, which was formed in 1910. It is the original Girl Guides organisation in the world and, in 1928, became a founding m ...

, the

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National Girl Guiding body (equivalent to Girl Scouts) which is part of the

(WAGGGS) * In 2022 the 1st Bucharest Scouts was formed in

. This is a

British Scouting Overseas The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 and incorporated in 1912 by a royal chart ...

(BSO) group and is part of

The Scout Association The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...

the

national scouting body which is part of the

(WOSM)

Emblems

File:Asociatia Cercetasii Muntilor logo.jpg, ''Asociaţia Cercetaşii Munţilor'' (ACM). Mountaineer Scouts.

Pioneer movements of the past

*During the

Communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...

period in Romania, the

Pioneer movement A pioneer movement is an youth organization, organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically join the Yo ...

Pionierii was the only allowed youth movement.

References

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