Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België ( Dutch) or Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique (

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

) (GSB) is the national Guiding and

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 ...

federation in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. Scouting in Belgium started in 1911, and Guiding followed in 1915. The Belgian Scouts were among the charter members 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 ...

(WOSM) in 1922, and the Guides were one of the founding members of the

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...

(WAGGGS) in 1928. The federation counts 96,837 Scouts (as of 2011) and 59,268 Guides (as of 2010).

Members

The members of the federation are *

FOS Open Scouting FOS Open Scouting or FOS is a pluralistic, internationally oriented, coeducational, Flemish Scout and Guide organisation in Belgium and is a member of the Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België (GSB, Guides and ...

(FOS; interreligious, coeducational,

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) *

Guides Catholiques de Belgique Guides Catholiques de Belgique (GCB) is the French speaking Catholic Girl Guiding movement in Belgium, open to all from age five since 1979. In most sections it is girls-only, and it is active mainly in the Walloon region and Brussels. GCB is a ...

(GCB, Catholic Guides of Belgium;

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, in most sections girls-only, mainly in the Walloon region and

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

; only WAGGGS-member) * Les Scouts - Fédération des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique (until 2001: ''Fédération des Scouts Catholiques'', ''FSC'', Catholic Baden-Powell-Scout Federation of Belgium, Roman Catholic, partly coeducational ; since 2001: multiconfessional, coeducational, Walloon region and Brussels; only WOSM-member) *

Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen (Scouts and Guides of Flanders) is a coeducational, Flemish Scout and Guide organisation in Belgium and is a member of the Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België (GSB, Guides and Scouts ...

(Scouts and Guides of Flanders; until 2006: ''Vlaams Verbond van Katholieke Scouts en Meisjesgidsen'' (Flemish Catholic Scout and Guide Association), VVKSM;

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, coeducational, Flemish) *

Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique Les Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique is a coeducational, nonreligious Scouting movement in French-speaking Belgium. This movement, known until 1992 as Fédération des Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs is the francophone branch after the split o ...

(SGP, Belgian Pluralist Scouts and Guides; interreligious, coeducational, Walloon) There are also some

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units in the

German-speaking community of Belgium The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...

, mostly affiliated to the French speaking associations. The

Scout Motto The Scout Motto of the Scout movement is, in English, "Be Prepared", with most international branches of the group using a close translation of that phrase. These mottoes have been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. Most of t ...

is ''Sois Prêt'' (Be Prepared) or ''Toujours Prêt'' (Always Prepared) in

, depending on the organization and ''Wees Paraat'' or ''Wees bereid'' in Dutch.

Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique

The logo of the Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique is explained as: * a youth, action movement ** The girl and boy are moving ** The blocks are oblique, not symmetrical and placed in an open framework sketched in pencil. * boys and girls together ** The characters form adapted ** It is outside their scope, one to the other * Scouting ** The word Scout in letters ** The neckerchief is the Scout subject par excellence * specificity Pluralistic ** The word "pluralism"! (This specificity is underscored by the assertive green label below) ** The four different colours

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* World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations Scouting and Guiding in Belgium Organizations established in 1979 1979 establishments in Belgium {{Scout-stub

Members

Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique

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