Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe

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Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe

Organizational data
Headquarters France
Country see table to the left
Founded 1956
Membership 55,000
Website http://www.uigse.org
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The Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe (International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe, UIGSE; also known as Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe – Fédération du Scoutisme Européen, UISGE-FSE, or simply as Fédération du Scoutisme Européen, FSE) is an independent faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 16 European countries and also in Argentina and Canada, serving roughly 55,000 members. The coeducational organization, headquartered in France, was founded in 1956 by a group of German and French Roman Catholic Scoutmasters as a faith-based Scouting movement.

[edit] Member organizations

Country Association founded Members Status
Albania Udhëhequset dhe Skautistet e Europes contacts
Argentina Coordinación De Asociaciones Diocesanas De Scouts Católicos Argentinos (CADISCA) 1996 2,000 contacts
Austria Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas - Österreich (KPE-Ö) 1981 100 full member
Belgium Guides et Scouts d'Europe - Belgique (GSE-B, French)
Europascouts en Gidsen - België (ESG-B, Dutch)
1960 1,300 full member
Canada Federation of North-American Explorers 1973/2006 110 observer
Czech Republic Asociace skautek a skautů Evropy (ASSE) 50 contacts
France Association des Guides et Scouts d'Europe (AGSE) 1958 25,000 full member
Germany Evangelische Pfadfinderschaft Europas (EPE, Protestant) 1977 300 full member
Germany Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas (KPE, Roman Catholic) 1976 2,500 full member
Hungary Magyarországi Európai Cserkészek (MEC) 1990 200 candidate
Italy Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici della FSE (AIGSEC-FSE) 1976 20,000 full member
Latvia Katoļu gaidu un skautu organizācija candidate
Lithuania Lietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija (LNESA) 1992 300 candidate
Poland Stowarzyszenia Harcerstwa Katolickiego - "Zawisza" FSE (SHK Zawisza FSE) 1982/1990 1,700 full member
Portugal Associação das Guias e Escuteiros da Europa - Portugal (AGEEP) 1979 200 full member
Romania Cercetaşii Creştini Români din Federaţia Scoutismu-lui European (ACCR-FSE) 1991 500 full member
Russia ORYuR/Организации Российских Юных Разведчиков - The Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders 1990 2,500 candidate
Spain Asociación Española Guías y Scouts de Europa (AEGSE) 1978 500 full member
Switzerland Schweizerische Pfadfinderschaft Europas (SPE, German)
Scoutisme Européen Suisse (SES, French)
Scautismo Europeo Svizzero (SES, Italian)
1977 250 full member

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