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 ...

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consists of about 30 independent associations, most of them active on the regional level. Due to the

regionalisation Regionalisation is the tendency to form Decentralization, decentralised regions. Regionalisation or land classification can be observed in various disciplines: *In agriculture, see Agricultural Land Classification. *In biogeography, see Biogeog ...

of Spain, even the larger nationwide associations are divided into regional sub-associations with individual emblems, uniforms and Scout programs.

Associations

Spanish Scout associations are divided in three organizational groups: *Associations affiliated to 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) *Associations affiliated 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 ...

(WAGGGS) *Independent organizations, including a number of members of the smaller international umbrella organizations.

WOSM member organizations

The

Federación de Escultismo en España Spain has 53,184 Scouting, Scouts (as of 2011) served by Federación de Escultismo en España (''Federation of Scouting in Spain''), a federation of several organizations. Scouting was founded in Spain in 1912 and was among the charter members o ...

is the National Scout Organization within WOSM. It serves 58,744 Scouts (as of 2004) and consists of three member organizations: * Federación de Scouts-Exploradores de España (full member; interreligious; ASDE); its sub-associations include **''Scouts de Canarias'' *

Movimiento Scout Católico The Movimiento Scout Católico (MSC; ''Catholic Scout Movement'') is a Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholic ...

(full member;

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

; MSC) * Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge (observer; Federation of Catalan Scouts and Guides); its member organizations are **''Acció Escolta de Catalunya'' (interreligious; also affiliated to ASDE; WOSM-Member only) **''Escoltes Catalans'' (secular) **''Minyons Escoltes i Guies Sant Jordi de Catalunya'' (Catholic).

WAGGGS member organizations

Spanish Guiding is affiliated to WAGGGS via the

Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España The Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España (; ''Joint Committee for Guiding in Spain'') is the Spain, Spanish national Girl Guides, Guiding association. Guiding was introduced to Spain in 1929. The ''Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España'' ...

, an umbrella federation serving 7.154 members (as of 2003). The Comité has two member organizations; both are again umbrella federations: *

Federación Española de Guidismo The Federación Española de Guidismo (FEG; ''Spanish Federation of the Guide Movement'') is a federation of several Spain, Spanish Girl Guides, Guiding organizations, serving about 1,500 members. It is a member of the Comité de Enlace del Guidis ...

**''Asociación Guías de Aragón'' **''Associació Guiatge Valenciá'' **''Escoltes i Guies de Mallorca'' **''Euskal Eskaut Gia Elkartea'' * Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge **''Escoltes Catalans'' ** ''Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya''

Independent Scout organizations

Independent (or non-aligned) Scout organizations in Spain include: *''Asociación Española de Guías y Scouts de Europa'' (500 members; Catholic); affiliated 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 ...

*''WFIS en España''; affiliated 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, ...

; with three regional members: **''Associació Catalana de Scouts'' **''Asociación de Scouts Independientes de Madrid'' **''Asociación Galega de Escultismo, Breogán Scouts'' *''Asociación de Guías y Scouts ASA - Andalucía'' *''Federación de Asociaciones Scouts Baden-Powell'' *''Asociación Juvenil De Escultismo Andaluz'' *''Centre Marista d'Escoltes'' *''Federación Scout Regional de Madrid''

Past organizations

Scouts Hispanos

Scouts Hispanos was a Spanish

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 ...

organization created in

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by the priest Jesús Martínez in 1934, which had some social impact and was adopted in other cities, but was cut short with the advent of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

International Scout and Guide units in Spain

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 ...

, served by the

Transatlantic Council 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 ...

in Madrid and Rota *

Girlguiding UK 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 ...

, served by British Guides in Foreign Countries *

Girl Scouts of the USA Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, a year after she ...

, served by USAGSO headquarters *

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 ...

served by British Scouting Overseas, operates units in Fuengirola, Madrid and Majadahonda. *

Scouts et Guides de France Scouts et Guides de France (''Scouts and Guides of France'', SGdF) is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France (fo ...

operates one group in Barcelona *

Scouts unitaires de France The Scouts Unitaires de France (''Unitary Scouts of France'', SUF) is a French Catholic Scouting movement created in 1971. It is the third largest Scout movement in France. From 1964 to 1970 the Scouts et Guides de France, Scouts de France prep ...

operates one group in Madrid

Emblems

File:Scouts de España.svg,

Scouts de España 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 ...

, 1960-1978

Scout-like organizations

* Organización Juvenil Española

References

External links

Federation of Scouting in Spain - official websiteFederacion Española de Guidismo - official website
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