Scouting and Guiding in Spain

The Scout Movement in Spain consists of about 30 independent associations, most of them active on the regional level. Due to the regionalisation 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:

WOSM member organizations

The Federación de Escultismo en España is the National Scout Organization within WOSM. It serves 58,744 Scouts (as of 2004) and consists of three member organizations:

WAGGGS member organizations

Spanish Guiding is affiliated to WAGGGS via 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:

Independent Scout organizations

Independent (or non-aligned) Scout organizations in Spain include:

Past organizations

Scouts Hispanos

Scouts Hispanos
Defunct1940
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Scouts Hispanos was a Spanish Catholic Scouting organization created in Madrid 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.

International Scout and Guide units in Spain

Emblems

Scout-like organizations

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "TAC-Districts". TAC-BSA. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Membership Facts". Girlguiding BGIFC. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Facts about USA Girl Guides Overseas" (PDF). Girl Scouts of the USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Census 2011" (PDF). Far and Wide-Information for British Groups Abroad. 91. The Scout Association British Groups Abroad: 3. June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Erascout" (in French). Scouts et Guides de France. Retrieved 17 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Scouts Francophones" (in French). Saint Louis des Francais. Retrieved 11 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)