Scouting in Italy

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The Scout Movement in Italy consists of about 40 different associations and federations with about 220,000 Scouts and Guides. Next to Germany, France and Russia, Italy is the country with the most fragmented Scout movement.

Contents 1 Italian Scouting associations 2 International Scouting units in Italy 3 Vatican City 4 Notes 5 See also

[edit] Italian Scouting associations

Italian Scouting associations include the following nationwide organizations (with their respective members):

• Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo (FIS), member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, umbrella federation of
  • Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI), 177.000 members^[1]
    • Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft (SP)
  • Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani (CNGEI), about 12.000 members^[2]
• Movimento Adulti Scout Cattolici Italiani (MASCI), member of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship (adult scouting, nationwide)
• Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici della FSE (AIGSEC-FSE), member of the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe, about 20.000 members
• Federazione del Movimento Scout Italiano (until June 2006 Federazione Scautistica Italiana; FEDERSCOUT), member of the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme; an umbrella federation that includes the following local and regional associations:
  • Associazione Giovani Scout (AGISCOUT, Apulia)
  • Scout Nautici Cattolici Sirio (Calabria)
  • Associazione Scout Nautica Antares (ANTARES, Lazio)
  • Associazione Scautistica Europea (ASE, Lazio)
  • Boy Scouts of Italy (BSI, Lazio)
  • Associazione Scout Italiana (ASI, Lombardy)
  • Giovani Esploratori Lombardi (GEL, Lombardy)
  • Scouts del Sacerdozio di Aronne (AP Scout, Piedmont)
  • Associazione Giovani Esploratori Sardi (AGES, Sardinia)
  • Gruppo Scout Madonna del Rosario (Sardinia)
  • Associazione Veneta Scout Cattolici (AVSC, Veneto)
  • Gruppo Scout Vicenza (Veneto)
• two members of the World Federation of Independent Scouts:
  • Associazione Indipendente Scout (ASSISCOUT)
  • Associazione Scautistica Cattolica Italiana (ASCI) (often called new ASCI to distinguish it with the similarly named association operating 1916-1974 which later became AGESCI)
• Associazione Italiana di Scautismo Raider (ASSORAIDER)
• Associazione Italiana Scout Avventista (AISA), affiliated to Pathfinders International
• Associazione Scout Evangelici Italiani (ASEI)
• Hashomer Hatzair
• Royal Rangers Italia - Associazione Scout Evangelica, affiliated to Royal Rangers International

There is also a large number of regional and local associations. Those affiliated to national organizations are listed above. Among the independent associations are:

• Amici delle Iniziative Scout (AMIS, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
• Associazione Guide e Scouts San Benedetto (SSB, Sicily)
• Protezione Civile Scout Cattolici Italiani (PCS, Apulia)
• Associazione Scout San Giorgio (ASSG, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
• Sezione Scout di Gela "Fabio Rampulla" (Sicily)

[edit] International Scouting units in Italy

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  • Slovenske Zamejske Skavtske Organizacije, serving the Slovenian minority in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the association is also affiliated to AGESCI
• Boy Scouts of America, served by the Transatlantic Council
• Girl Scouts of the USA, served by USA Girl Scouts Overseas—North Atlantic (NORAGS) and by USAGSO headquarters
• Vietnamese Scout Association-Hoi Huong Đao
• Scouts Unitaires de France
• The Scout Association (UK), served by British Scouts Western Europe, Germany District
• Girlguiding UK, served by British Guides in Foreign Countries

[edit] Vatican City

Vatican City is one of 35 countries where there is no National Scout Organization that is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement or WAGGGS at the present time.

Since Vatican citizenship is only conferred upon members of the clergy (who are celibate) or those who have been appointed to work at the Vatican and their families, and it is usually revoked upon the termination of their employment, there are few children in Vatican City, thus it is unlikely any Scout unit will ever be started.

In 1986 Pope John Paul II was given the Wood Badge insignia as an honorary Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI) leader.

The Pope, as Bishop of Rome, is required to approve the appointment of chaplains for all AGESCI Scout groups in Rome, and for all Scout districts of Rome (even though this is usually delegated to the Vicar Cardinal). He regularly meets most Catholic Scout groups in Rome as he visits Roman parishes.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Cos'è l'Agesci (Italian). Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
2. ^ Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo (Italian). Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-07.

[edit] See also