Italian Scout Federation Explained

Type:organization
Italian Scout Federation
Namelabel1:Italian
Name1:Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo
Headquarters:piazza Pasquale Paoli, 18
Location:Rome
Country:Italy
F-Date:1986
Members:187,000
Chiefscouttitle:President
Chiefscout:Franz Adami
Chiefscouttitle2:Vice-president
Chiefscout2:Marilina Laforgia
Affiliation:World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Organization of the Scout Movement
Gender:male
Pattern Head:barehead
Pattern Body:shirt long sleeves
Color Body:5A9FD6
Pattern Legs:trousers
Color Legs:000000
Uniform Caption:Standard uniform colors for Italian Scouts federation

The Italian Scout Federation (FIS, Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo) is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Italy. Scouting and Guiding in Italy started in 1910, the Boy Scouts were among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922, the Girl Guides joined the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1948. The federation serves 102,778 Scouts (as of 2011)[1] and 84,303 Guides (as of 2008).[2]

History

The FIS was founded in 1986 after the merger of Federazione Esploratori Italiani (Boy Scouts branch, established in 1944 and WOSM affiliated) and Federazione Italiana Guide Esploratrici (Girl Guides branch, established in 1945 and WAGGGS affiliated).

Members

The members of the federation are

Affiliated to AGESCI are two minority Scouting organizations:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010 . World Organization of the Scout Movement . 13 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120508035838/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf . 8 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: 33rd World Conference Document No. 11 . . 27 October 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042841/http://www.wagggsworldconference.org/en/grab/2398/1/33rdWorldConfernce-QuotaDoc11Agenda13-ENGLISHFinal.pdf . 22 July 2011 .