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 ...

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of Frenc ...

is represented by the Conseil du Scoutisme polynésien (''Polynesian Scout Council''), founded in 1986. The first Scout unit in French Polynesia was founded in 1947. French Polynesia became an Associate Member of the Asia-Pacific Region of the

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. WOS ...

in 2001. Membership in 2001 stood at 793.

Members

The council is an umbrella federation with four members: * ''Association des Scouts Liahona'' *

Scouts et Guides de France Scouts et Guides de France (''Scouts and Guides of France'', SGdF) is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France (fo ...

via the ''Scouts et Guides de Polynésie Française'' *

Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France The Éclaireuses et éclaireurs unionistes de France (EEUdF, approximate translation ''Unionist Guides and Scouts of France'') are a Protestant Scouting and Girl Guides, Guiding organization in France. The association serves 6,023 members and is a ...

via the ''les Éclaireurs et Éclaireuses Unionistes de l’Église protestante Maòhi'' * ''Scouts et Éclaireuses Autahi no te Mesia''

Association des Scouts Liahona

''Association des Scouts Liahona'' (ADSL; Scouts Association Liahona;

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; 1700 members) The emblem used by the Association des Scouts Liahona-SDJ features

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anointing two disciples.

Scouts et Guides de Polynésie Française

via the ''Scouts et Guides de Polynésie Française'' (SGPF; Scouts and Guides of French Polynesia; Catholic; 295 members ) The emblem used by the SGPF is the emblem used by the Scouts et Guides de France, with "de France" changed to "de Polynésie Française" in orange. The emblem used by the Scouts de Polynésie française is based on the emblem used by the Scouts de France from 1941. It consisted of a Fleur-de-lis for Boy Scouts, on a

cross potent A cross potent (plural: crosses potent), also known as a crutch cross, is a form of heraldic cross with crossbars at the four ends. In French, it is known as '' croix potencée'', in German as a ''Kruckenkreuz'', all translating to "crutch cross ...

for Catholic Scouts surrounded by a piece of rope tied with a

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like in the emblem of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The design of the "

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" fleur-de-lys is the work of Pierre Joubert. The cross potent is superimposed with local glyphs. The emblem used by the Guides de Polynésie française features the

for Catholic Guides superimposed with local glyphs, over a map of the main island.

Les Éclaireurs et Éclaireuses Unionistes de l’Église protestante Maòhi

via the ''les Éclaireurs et Éclaireuses Unionistes de l’Église protestante Maòhi'' (EEUEPM; the Boy and Girl Scouts of the Protestant Church Unionists

Maohi :''"Maohi" can also refer to the indigenous people of French Polynesia, also known as Tahitians.'' In Tahiti and adjacent islands, the term Maohi (''Mā’ohi'' in Tahitian language) refers to the ancestors of the Polynesian peoples. The term can ...

, Protestant, 170 members)

Scouts et Éclaireuses Autahi no te Mesia

''Scouts et Éclaireuses Autahi no te Mesia'' (SEAM; Boy and Girl Scouts Community of Christ;

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, 86 members ), formerly Mouvement Scouts et Éclaireuses Sanito

Former members

* ''Scouts Te ahi nui'' (

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; 58 members), dissolved March 2011.

Program

Major activities include Scout camping, celebration of

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, leader training, observation of international days, fund-raising for handicapped children, operation of camps for neighborhood children through introduction of neighborhood Scouting, and Scout involvement in environmental education programs. The Conseil du Scoutisme polynésien has procured a campsite from the French Polynesian government on a 60-year lease. Polynesian Scouts have been participating in international events since 1987, attending

World Scout Jamboree The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17. The first World Scout Jamboree was organized by T ...

s and Asia-Pacific Region Scout Conferences. 204 Scouts from Tahiti attended the

19th World Scout Jamboree The 19th World Jamboree (Spanish: ''19º Jamboree Scout Mundial'') in Chile, the first ever in South America, took place at a site (Hacienda Picarquín) in the foothills of the Andes, some south of the capital city of Santiago. For 11 days, from ...

in Chile in 1998. Noelline Parker is the International Commissioner of French Polynesia. The ''

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'' is ''Sois Prêt'' (Be Prepared) or ''Toujours Prêt'' (Always Prepared) in French, depending on the organization.

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sponsors many Scout groups. LDS Scouts are a majority of the membership in

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conseil Du Scoutisme Polynesien World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Scouting and Guiding in France Organizations based in French Polynesia Organizations established in 1986 1986 establishments in French Polynesia