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  • Boy Scout
    Boy Scout

    A Boy Scout is a boy or a girl, usually 11 to 18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. Because of the large age and Developmental psychology span, many Scouting associations have split this Age Groups in Scouting and Guiding in a junior and a senior section....
    s are male members of a Scouting
    Scouting

    Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play constructive roles in society....
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  • There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations; these are grouped into six international Scouting associations with some non-aligned organizations. Many of these use Boy Scouts in their name or have a Boy Scouts section:
    • Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme
      Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme

      Known in English language as the Confederation of European Scouts, the Conf?d?ration Europ?enne de Scoutisme was formed in Brussels, Belgium on November 12, 1978, and is based in Belgium....
    • Order of World Scouts
      Order of World Scouts

      The Order of World Scouts founded in 1911, was the first international Scouting organisation. It is headquartered in England, with the administration HQ in Italy....
    • Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe
      Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe

      The Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d?Europe is an independent faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 16 European countries and also in Argentina and Canada, serving roughly 55,000 members....
    • World Federation of Independent Scouts
      World Federation of Independent Scouts

      The World Federation of Independent Scouts was formed in Laubach, Germany, in 1996 by Lawrie Dring, a British Scouter with the independent Baden-Powell Scouts ....
    • World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
      World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

      The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the Girl Guides Scouting organizations in 145 countries....
    • World Organization of the Scout Movement
      World Organization of the Scout Movement

      The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental organization organization which governs most national Scouting, with 28 million members....
      • List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
        List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

        Since its conception in 1907, the Scouting movement has spread from the United Kingdom to 216 countries and territories around the world. There are over 38 million Scouts and Girl Guide and Girl Scout worldwide, with 160 national organisations governed by the World Organization of the Scout Movement and a nearly equal number governed by the World A...
    • List of non-aligned Scouting organizations
      List of non-aligned Scouting organizations

      Non-aligned Scouting and Scout-like organisations have been created over the years, separate and often distinct from the mainstream Scouting served by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and the World Organization of the Scout Movement ....