International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe

International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe

Headquarters

France

Country

see table

Founded

1956^[1]

Membership

65,000

Federal Commissioner

Martin Hafner

Federal President

Nicoletta Orzes

Website
uigse-fse.org

The International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe - Federation of Scouts of Europe (Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe, UIGSE; also known as Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe – Fédération du Scoutisme Européen, UISGE-FSE, or simply as Fédération du Scoutisme Européen, FSE) is a traditional faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 17 European countries and also in North America (Canada and the United States), serving roughly 65,000 members. The organization, headquartered in France, was founded in 1956 by a group of German and French Roman Catholic Scoutmasters as a faith-based Scouting movement, in order to reconcile the European peoples in the aftermath of the Second World War.

In the Member organizations both boys and girls can be members, but are strictly separated in all age groups, except sometimes in the Beavers. Member organizations are preferably single faith, local groups must be single faith, most are Roman Catholic.

The Confederation of European Scouts (CES) is a split off of the UIGSE, it left after controversies about the importance of religious elements in the single associations' programs and co-education.^[2]

History

The Catholic Scouting tradition was started by Father Jacques Sevin, Count Mario di Carpegna, professor Jean Corbisier and others.^[3] The Federation of Scouts of Europe (FSE) was founded in Europe in 1956 as a Catholic Scouting European organization in Cologne, Germany.^[1]^[4] From 1962 to 1968 under the direction of Perig and Lizig Géraud-Keraod, the FSE revised the association's constitution, drafted the Charter of the Natural and Christian Principles of European Scouting and drafted a new federal statute. The statute adopted its current name and acknowledged its "belonging to the Catholic Church".^[1] In 2003, five year recognition status as a Private International Association of Faithful of Pontifical Right was granted to the organization by the Holy See's Pontifical Council for the Laity.^[3]

Governance

The UIGSE governing organization include a federal council, a federal bureau and a federal commission. The federal council is made up of member associations representatives and meets yearly to make changes in the programs and the guidelines, determining addition or expulsion of member associations, adopt the organization budget and appointment of federal bureau members and other committees or working groups.^[1]

The federal bureau consists of the president, the vice president, and the secretary of the federal council plus the federal commissioner. Consultative voting members of the bureau are the spiritual advisor (ecclesiastical assistant) and the deputy commissioners. General management is handled by the bureau.^[1]

The Commission is the day-to-day management of the organization headed by the federal commissioner. The organization publishes Nouvelles de notre Fraternité, a quarterly newsletter and Lettre aux Commissaires généraux, a quarterly liaison newsletter.^[1]

Member organizations

Associations of other churches or ecclesial communities may be accepted by the UIGSE-FSE council as associate members.^[1]

Country	Association	founded	Members	Status
Austria	Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas - Österreich (KPE-Ö)	1981	100	full member
Belarus	Katalickija Skautki i Skauty FSE – Belarus		115	observer
Belgium	Guides et Scouts d'Europe - Belgique (GSE-B) / Europascouts en Gidsen - België (ESG-B)	1963	1,200	full member
Brazil	Exploradores do Brasil - Escoteirismo Católico		380	contacts
Bulgaria	Сдружение на Европейските Ровери в България/Association of European Rovers in Bulgaria (UERBG)			contacts
Canada	Association Evangelique du Scoutisme au Quebec (Protestant)			associate candidate
Canada and United States	Federation of North-American Explorers (FNE, Roman Catholic)	1999	800	observer
Czech Republic	Asociace skautek a skautů Evropy (ASSE)		50	contacts
France	Association des Guides et Scouts d'Europe (AGSE)	1958	26,600	full member
Germany	Evangelische Pfadfinderschaft Europas (EPE, Protestant)	1977	300	full associate member
Germany	Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas (KPE, Roman Catholic)	1976	2,500	full member
Holland	Europascouts Nederland	2014		observer
Hungary	Magyarországi Európai Cserkészek (MECS)	1990	200	candidate
Italy	Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici (AIGSEC-FSE)	1976	20,000	full member
Latvia	Katoļu Gaidu un Skautu Organizācija			observer
Lithuania	Lietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija (LNESA)	1992	300	candidate
Mexico	Movimiento Scout Catolico Mexicano (MSCM)	2011		contacts
Poland	Stowarzyszenie Harcerstwa Katolickiego - "Zawisza" FSE (SHK Zawisza FSE)	1982/1990	3311	full member
Portugal	Associação das Guias e Escuteiros da Europa - Portugal (AGEEP)	1979	200	full member
Romania	Cercetaşii Creştini Români din Federaţia Scoutismu-lui European (ACCR-FSE) (Greco-Catholic, Roman Catholic and Orthodox)	1991	500	full member by 1996
Russia	ORYuR/Организации Российских Юных Разведчиков – The Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders	1990	2,500	observer
Slovakia	Združenie Katolíckych Vodkýň a Skautov Európy na Slovensku (ZKVSES)	2003		observer
Spain	Asociación Española Guías y Scouts de Europa (AEGSE)	1978	500	full member
Sweden	FSE Europaspejarna Jakobsberg			observer
Switzerland	Schweizerische Pfadfinderschaft Europas (SPE, German) Scoutisme Européen Suisse (SES, French) Scautismo Europeo Svizzero (SES, Italian)	1977	250	full member
United Kingdom and Ireland	Guides and Scouts of Europe - U.K. - Ireland	2014		observer
Ukraine	Katolickije Skautsvo Evropi			observer

Organizations need at least 200 members to become a full member of the UIGSE.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Union of European Guides and Scouts". Zenit. June 5, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
↑ "FSE Alsace Geschichte". Retrieved 30 November 2009.
1 2 "Scouting for Alternative to Video Games". Zenit. Innovative Media Inc. March 6, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
↑ Girard, Carolyn (May 22, 2009). "Catholic scouts celebrate 10 years". The Catholic Register. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

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