The ''Associazione Guide Italiane'' (Association of Italian Guides, AGI) was a

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association active in

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, founded in 1943. In 1974, AGI merged with the ''

Associazione Scouts Cattolici Italiani The ''Associazione Scouts Cattolici Italiani'' (Association of Italian Catholic Scouts, ASCI) was a Catholic Scouting association active in Italy from 1916 to 1974, while being suspended under Fascism. In 1974, after a long debate, ASCI was merged ...

'' (ASCI), its male counterpart, started in 1916, to form the ''

Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani The ''Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani'' ( en, Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts, italic=yes, link=yes, AGESCI) is a Catholic Scouting and Guiding association in Italy. It is coeducational and has 183,925 members, ...

'' (AGESCI), one of the first

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organizations in world Scouting. Many AGI leaders who disagreed with the merger (and the principle of co-education) formed the ''

Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici The ''Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici'' (translation: Italian Association Catholic Guides and Scouts of Europe, AIGSEC), better known as ''Federazione dello Scautismo Europeo'' (Federation of European Scouting, FSE) or ''Sc ...

'' (AIGSEC) in 1976, along with former leaders of ASCI and disgruntled members of AGESCI.VV.AA., ''Guidismo, una proposta per la vita. Storia dell'AGI Associazione guide italiane 1943-1974'', Fiordaliso,

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2002
- Mario Sica, ''Storia dello scautismo in Italia'', Fiordaliso, Rome 2006

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