The

Scout Movement 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, backpackin ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

consists of several associations with slightly different aims. Among them are: * Organizaţia Naţională Cercetaşii României (ONCR), member 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. WOSM ...

, founded in 1991 with 4,927 members ** '' Asociaţia Scout Catolică din România'' (ASCRO), a Catholic Scout association, which is part of ONCR and linked with

AGESCI 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, ...

, the Italian Catholic Scout and Guide Association ** '' Romániai Magyar Cserkészszövetség'' (Hungarian Scout Association in Romania), affiliated to ONCR and member of the International Forum of Hungarian Scouting; with 107 active groups * Asociația Ghidelor și Ghizilor din România (AGGR), belonging to 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 female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its ...

, founded in 1990 with 627 members * ''Asociaţia Cercetaşilor Tradiţionali din România'' (ACT-RO founded in 2014), 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 Germany ...

. * ''Cercetaşii Creştini Români din FSE'', belonging to the

Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''U ...

, founded in 1991 with 500 members. * ''Organizația Cercetașilor din Ardeal'' (Organization of Transylvania Scouts), independent, 150 members. * ''Asociaţia Cercetaşii Munţilor'' (ACM), founded in 1991 and disbanded after a few years of activity. In 2002 the association reopened with 500 members. It has active centers in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...

, Bistriţa, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, and

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

.ACM info and images
in schoolandcollegelistings.com * In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, serviced by way of

USAGSO There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils an ...

headquarters in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

Emblems

File:Asociatia Cercetasii Muntilor logo.jpg, ''Asociaţia Cercetaşii Munţilor'' (ACM). Mountaineer Scouts.

Pioneer movements of the past

*During the Communist period in Romania, the

Pioneer movement A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically join the Young Communist League ...

Pionierii was the only allowed youth movement.

References

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