| Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d′Europe | |||
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| Headquarters | France | ||
| Country | see table to the left | ||
| Founded | 1956 | ||
| Membership | 65,000 | ||
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| Website http://www.uigse.org |
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The International Union of the Guides and 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 Scoutisme Européen, UISGE-FSE, or simply as Fédération du Scoutisme Européen, FSE) is a traditional faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 17 European countries and also in Canada, serving roughly 65,000 members. The organization, headquartered in France, was founded in 1956 by a group of German and French Roman Catholic Scoutmasters as a faith-based Scouting movement, in order to reconcile the European peoples in the aftermath of the Second World War.
In the Member organizations both boys and girls can be members, but are strictly separated in all age groups, except sometimes in the Beavers. Member organizations are preferably single faith, local groups must be single faith, most are Roman Catholic.
The Confederation of European Scouts (CES) is a split off of the UIGSE, it left after controversies about the importance of religious elements in the single associations' programs and co-education[1].
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| Country | Association | founded | Members | Status |
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| Albania | Udhëhequset dhe Skautistet e Europes | 1996 | contacts | |
| Austria | Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas - Österreich (KPE-Ö) | 1981 | 100 | full member |
| Belarus | Katalickija Skautki i Skauty FSE – Belarus | 115 | observer | |
| Belgium | Guides et Scouts d′Europe - Belgique (GSE-B) / Europascouts en Gidsen - België (ESG-B) |
1963 | 1,200 | full member |
| Canada | Association Evangelique du Scoutisme au Quebec (Protestant) | candidate | ||
| Canada | Federation of North-American Explorers (Roman Catholic) | 1999 | 110 | observer |
| Czech Republic | Asociace skautek a skautů Evropy (ASSE) | 50 | contacts | |
| France | Association des Guides et Scouts d′Europe (AGSE) | 1958 | 26,600 | 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 |
| Lithuania | Lietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija (LNESA) | 1992 | 300 | candidate |
| Poland | Stowarzyszenie Harcerstwa Katolickiego - "Zawisza" FSE (SHK Zawisza FSE) | 1982/1990 | 2,050 | 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) (Roman Catholic and Orthodox) | 1991 | 500 | full member |
| Russia | ORYuR/Организации Российских Юных Разведчиков - The Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders | 1990 | 2,500 | observer |
| Slovakia | Združenie Katolíckych Vodkýň a Skautov Európy na Slovensku (ZKVSES) | 2003 | observer | |
| 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 |
| Ukraine | Katolickije Skautsvo Evropi | observer |
Organizations need at least 200 members to become a full member of the UIGSE.