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Scouting In Serbia
The Scout movement in Serbia is served by several independent organizations: * Savez Izviđača Srbije, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * ''Okruzna Organizacija Skauta-Sverna Bačka'', 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, in 1996 by Lawrie ... (WFIS) * Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség, Hungarian Scouts in Vojvodina linked to Magyar Cserkészszövetség See also * Scouting and Guiding in Kosovo External links Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség {{Serbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches. In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a Lieutenant General in the British Army, held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote '' Scouting for Boys'' (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savez Izviđača Srbije
Savez Izviđača Srbije ( sr, 'Савез Извиђача Србије'), English: Scout Association of Serbia) is the primary national Scouting organization of Serbia. A referendum on independence was held in Montenegro on May 21, 2006, voting to leave its state union with Serbia by a narrow margin. Montenegro became the world's 193rd recognized sovereign state, which has then split the Savez Izviđača Srbije i Crne Gore (Scout Association of Serbia and Montenegro), as happened with Czechoslovakia in 1993, meaning that the membership in the World Organization of the Scout Movement was transferred to Savez Izviđača Srbije. History The first Scout units in what was to become Yugoslavia were founded in 1911 by Dr. Miloš Popović, in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Vranje and Valjevo. As Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Serbia served as one of the 20 original signatories that founded the World Organization of the Scout Movement, from 1922 to 1950. The Russian Scout association Рус ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Organization Of The Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM was established in 1922, and has its operational headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and its legal seat in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the counterpart of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). The WOSM's current stated mission is "to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society". WOSM is organized into regions and operates with a conference, committee and bureau. The WOSM is associated with three World Scout Centres. The World Scout Jamboree is held roughly every four years under the auspices of the WOSM, with members of WAGGGS also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, in 1996 by Lawrie Dring, a British Scouter with the independent Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (BPSA). The World Federation of Independent Scouts is open to any Scouting association that is not affiliated with another international organization. WFIS requires that member associations "follow, and use, Baden-Powell's original program, traditions, uniforms, morals, ethics, and structure as laid out in Baden-Powell's ''Scouting for Boys ''Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship'' is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908. Early editions were written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell with later editions being extensi ...''," amended only for "health, environmental, first-aid, and safety reason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség
{{Infobox WorldScouting , image = Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség.png , image-size= , caption = , type = section , name = Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség , headquarters = Horgoš, Serbia , country = Serbia , f-date = 5 May 1992 , chiefscout = István Bacskulin , founder = , members = , chiefscouttitle = Executive manager , websiteWebsite of the Hungarian Scout Association in Vojvodina The Hungarian Scout Association in Vojvodina ( hu, Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség, VMCSSZ) is the Scouting organization of the Hungarians in Vojvodina, Serbia. Currently, there are 37 Scout groups operating in 5 districts. History The whole of the Hungarian Scouting started bound to Nagybecskerek (now Zrenjanin), where, in 1910, a 134-page study was published on the English Scouting in the bulletin of the local grammar school. After this study, Scout groups started to form throughout the Kingdom of Hungary. This momentum was broken by the Treaty of Trianon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magyar Cserkészszövetség
Magyar Cserkészszövetség (''Hungarian Scout Association''), the primary national Scouting organization of Hungary, was founded in 1912, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922 and again after the rebirth of Scouting in the country in 1990. The coeducational Magyar Cserkészszövetség had 8,145 members in 2011. History The first Scouting activity in Hungary was the raft trip on the river Vág in 1908. In 1909 Hungarian newspapers reported about Scouting in England, and some chapters of ''Scouting for Boys'' were published as well. István Kanitz bought Baden-Powell's book ''Scouting for Boys'' and started the first unofficial Scout troop with friends. The first official troops were founded in 1910 in schools and Christian youth associations. The first Scout troops in the dual monarchy, the troops at the Piarist High School, Calvinist Youth Club and Regnum Marianum, were founded in Budapest in 1910. In 1912 the Hungarian Scout Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting And Guiding In Kosovo
Scouting exists in Kosovo both as part of the Savez Izviđača Srbije as well as independent groups. A report on the current situation and possible perspectives was published by the European Scout Regionbr> The report mentions at least five different organizations: * ''Savez Izviđača Kosova i Metohije'' is the regional council of the Savez Izviđača Srbije, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * the ''Qendra Nacionale e Vëzhguesve të Kosovës'' (National Scout Center of Kosovo), a provisional member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) * Kosovo Scout Association * Kosovo Scout Federation * ''Kosova'da İzcilik Teşkilatlanması'' (Scouts of Kosovo), member of the World Organization of Independent Scouts (WOIS). * Lidhja e Vëzhguesëve Rinia e Kosovës/Kosova Genç Izciler Birliği/Savez Izvidjača Omladine Kosova (LVRK, Youth Scouts League of Kosovo The Scout Motto is ''Буди Спреман'' (''Budi Spreman'') in Serbian, translating as "B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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