Scouting in Portugal
Encyclopedia
The Scout
and Guide
movement in Portugal is served by several organizations:
serves American Boy Scouts in Lisbon
and in the Azores
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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, that they may play constructive roles in society....
and Guide
Girl Guides
A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...
movement in Portugal is served by several organizations:
- Federação Escotista de Portugal, member of the World Organization of the Scout MovementWorld Organization of the Scout MovementThe World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
, a federation of:- Associação dos Escoteiros de PortugalAssociação dos Escoteiros de PortugalThe Associação dos Escoteiros de Portugal is a youth organization concerned with education and the development of civil character. It was the first Scouting organization in Portugal, being established in 1913, and was a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement...
(AEP) - Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico PortuguêsCorpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico PortuguêsThe Corpo Nacional de Escutas – Escutismo Católico Português is the largest Portuguese Scouting organization. The association was founded in 1923 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1929; at present, this membership is maintained via the Federação Escotista de...
(CNE)
- Associação dos Escoteiros de Portugal
- Associação Guias de PortugalAssociação Guias de PortugalThe Associação Guias de Portugal is the national Guiding association of Portugal. Guiding in Portugal started in 1919 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1963. The girls-only organization has 3,291 members...
(AGP, Guide Association of Portugal), WAGGGSWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl ScoutsThe World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...
-member - Associação das Guias e Escuteiros da Europa (Guide and Scout Association of Europe), UIGSEUnion Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'EuropeThe International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe is a traditional faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 17 European...
-member - Corpo De Escuteiros Maritimos (Sea ScoutSea ScoutSea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on water-based activities, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and rowing. Depending on the country and the available water these activities are on lakes, rivers or sea in small or large ships. Sea Scouting...
s Corps), WFISWorld Federation of Independent ScoutsThe World Federation of Independent Scouts is the non-governmental international organization which governs 82 affiliated Scout Organizations in 41 countries, with an estimated 200,000 members in 3562 Scout Groups...
-member - AEG - Comité Português de Amizade dos Antigos Escoteiros e Guias, a member of International Scout and Guide FellowshipInternational Scout and Guide FellowshipThe International Scout and Guide Fellowship is a worldwide organization of Scout alumni in support of Scouting and Guiding who want to strengthen dialogue between communities through community-oriented projects worldwide....
which includes- FAEP-Fraternal de Antigos Escoteiros de Portugal (Fraternity of Old Scouts of Portugal,former members of AEP)
- AAG – Associação de Antigas Guias (former Girl Guides)
- FNA-Fraternidade de Nuno Álvares (former members of CNE)
International Scouting units in Portugal
The Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
serves American Boy Scouts in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and in the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
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