Les Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique is a coeducational, nonreligious

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movement in

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. This movement, known until 1992 as Fédération des Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs is the

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branch after the split of the Boy-Scouts et Girl-Guides de Belgique (BSB-GGB) in 1966. Pluralist Scouts are officially recognized by the

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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 ...

and are active members of the Council of the

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and the Confédération des Organisations de Jeunesse indépendantes et pluralistes (COJ).

Branches

From 5 to 21 years old, young people are divided into different branches: *Castors (Beavers), from 5 to 8 years old *Louveteaux (Cubs), 8 to 12 years old *Guides et scouts (Guides and Scouts), 12 to 15 years old *Pionniers (Pioneers), 15 to 18 years old *Clan, from 18 to 21 years old

Uniform

The uniform of the pluralist Scouts is composed of a scarf with the colors of its unit and a gray shirt. Girls and boys wear the same uniform. For the bottom in general there is no set rule, but some troops insist on wearing shorts.

Logo

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

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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

References

Scouting and Guiding in Belgium World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations {{Scout-stub