The Fédération des éclaireuses et éclaireurs (FEE, ''Guides and Scouts Federation'') is an umbrella federation of about 15 regional
Scouting
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 ...
and
Guiding associations in
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. It was founded in 1989 and serves about 2000 members. The FEE is a member of the
Conférence Française de Scoutisme
The Conférence Française de Scoutisme (''French Conference of the Scout Movement'', CFS) is a French Scouting federation, founded in 2000 and serving about 35,000 members of both genders. The CFS is not a member of either the World Organization ...
.
History
The FEE was founded by five local groups in 1989, all of them former members of the
Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France (EEdF); the following year, they were joint by four formerly independent associations. In 1992, it received the public agreement which is necessary in France for all youth organizations. The FEE was among the founding members of the ''Conférence Française de Scoutisme'' in 2000.
Component associations
The sources on the component associations differ and name between 12 and 19 member associations.
[ ] Among the associations named are:
* Association de Scoutisme unioniste
* Association vairoise de Scoutisme laïque
* Eclaireurs du Midi
* Eclaireurs et Louvetaux orthodoxes
* Eclaireurs neutres du Limousin
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs alpins
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Baden-Powell
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Côte d'Opale
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs d'Armor
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de Cognac
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de Melun
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de Vichy
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de Seine-Saint-Denis
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs laïques
* Groupe Pierre Dejean
* Groupe Pierre François
* Scoutisme en Dombes
* Scoutisme unioniste Montalbanais
* Scoutisme unioniste Toulousain
* Scoutisme unitaire chrétien
* Scouts orthodoxes de France
* Scouts pluralistes de France
; Former members:
* Association française de Scoutisme unioniste;
its components ''Scoutisme unioniste Montalbanais'', ''Scoutisme unioniste Toulousain'' and ''Association de Scoutisme unioniste'' remained in the FEE as separate members after the disbandment of the AFSU.
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Bois-Colombes (founding member of the FEE; returned to the EEdF in 2000)
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de Gascogne
* Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Sud Seine-et-Marne
Program
The FEE as a whole is a non-denominational Scouting organization, but its component associations a free to choose a confessional sponsor. The associations works in three age-groups:
* Louvetaux/Louvettes (
Cub Scout
Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with some Scout organizations, for young children, usually between 8 and 12, who are too young to be Scouts and make the Scout Promise. A participant in the program is called a Cub and a group of Cubs ...
s) - ages 8 to 11
* Eclaireurs/Eclaireuse (
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 ...
/
Guides
A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom.
Travel and recreation
Exp ...
) - ages 12 to 16
* Routiers/Aînées (
Rover Scouts
Rovers or Rovering is a programme associated with some Scout organizations for adults, originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom in 1918 to provide a programme for young men who had grown up beyond the age range of the Boy ...
/
Ranger Guides) - ages 17 and older
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Federation des Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs
Scouting and Guiding in France
Non-aligned Scouting organizations
Youth organizations established in 1989