Spain has 53,184

Scouts Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

(as of 2011) served by Federación de Escultismo en España (''Federation of Scouting in Spain''), a federation of several organizations. Scouting was founded in Spain in 1912 and was among the charter members of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

in 1922. In 1940, as a consequence of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, Scouting was suspended until 1977 when the Asociación de Scouts de España movement was legalized to replace the Asociación Nacional de Exploradores de España (ANEDE) (). In 1978, the World Office of the Scouting Movement consolidated membership of three organizations (Scouts de España, Movimiento Scout Católico and ACDE – Asociació Catalana d'Escoltisme) as the Federación de Escultismo en España.

Members

Current full members of the federation are * the

Movimiento Scout Católico The Movimiento Scout Católico (MSC; ''Catholic Scout Movement'') is a Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholic ...

(MSC, Catholic, coed) * the Federación de Scouts-Exploradores de España (ASDE, interreligious, coed). The Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge (FCEG) recently changed its former full membership to associated membership within the national federation. It is only active in

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and consists again of three associations: * the ''Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya'' (MEG, Catholic, coed) * the ''Escoltes Catalans'' (EC, laic, coed) * ''Acció Escolta de Catalunya'' (AE, interreligious; coed; WOSM-Member only). The FCEG, along with the

Federación Española de Guidismo The Federación Española de Guidismo (FEG; ''Spanish Federation of the Guide Movement'') is a federation of several Spain, Spanish Girl Guides, Guiding organizations, serving about 1,500 members. It is a member of the Comité de Enlace del Guidis ...

(FEE), make the

Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España The Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España (; ''Joint Committee for Guiding in Spain'') is the Spain, Spanish national Girl Guides, Guiding association. Guiding was introduced to Spain in 1929. The ''Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España'' ...

which is the Spanish member of the

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association that supports Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. It was established in the year 1928 in Parád, H ...

References

External links

Federación de Escultismo en España

Movimiento Scout Católico - Official website

Federación de Asociaciones de Scouts de España - Official website

Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge - Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Federacion de Escultismo en Espana World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Scouting and Guiding in Spain Youth organizations established in 1978 1978 establishments in Spain

Members

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