International Scout and Guide Fellowship explained

Type:	Organization
International Scout and Guide Fellowship
Headquarters:	Brussels
Country:	Belgium
F-Date:	1953
Members:	55,500 (2016)
Website:	ISGF

The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Guiding.

The International Scout and Guide Fellowship is open to former members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), and to other adults who wish to support Scouting.

It was created in 1953 under the name of International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides (IFOFSAG).

ISGF is supported by WOSM and WAGGGS, and it has members in 75 countries presently. Furthermore, there are members of Central Branch (individual members or groups) in 32 countries.^[1]

In 2013, the 55,500 members celebrated the 60th anniversary of ISGF by carrying out projects to the benefit of communities in which they live and work or worldwide.^[2]

Organization

ISGF consists of national Member Organizations called NSGFs (National Scout and Guide Fellowships) and of the members of the Central Branch in countries where there is not yet a NSGF.

World Regions

Source:^[3]

Africa

Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Democratic Republic of the Congo^[4]
Gambia
Ghana^[5]
Ivory Coast (associate member)^[6]
Nigeria
Senegal
Uganda
Zambia

Arab

Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Jordan^[7]
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates

Asia Pacific

Australia
Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Maldives
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
South Korea
Sri Lanka

Europe

Region Europe has 4 regional divisions:

Nordic Baltic Sub-region
Western Europe Sub-region
Central Europe Sub-region
Southern Sub-Region

Central Europe Sub-region

Nordic Baltic Sub-region

Denmark
Finland
Iceland
- Lithuania Norway
Sweden

Southern Sub-region

Cyprus
France
Greece
- Italy Portugal
Spain
South (French speaking) Switzerland
Turkey

Western Europe Sub-region

Belgium
France
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom - National Scout & Guide Fellowship UK

Western Hemisphere

Central Branch

Groups and/or individuals in the following countries:^[8]

Aruba
Botswana
Burundi intends to join ISGF as a full member
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Colombia
Congo Brazzaville
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Hong Kong
Israel
Japan
Kenya
Malawi^[9]
Philippines
Rwanda
Singapore
South Africa
Sudan
Taiwan (ROC)
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Uruguay

^[10]

United States of America
Zimbabwe

International Ambassadors Guild

This Guild, founded in 1997, is a foundation to support Scouting and Guiding worldwide.^[11]

Notes and References

Web site: About ISGF . ISGF . 2017-01-12.
Web site: ISGF 60th anniversary counts on its members . ISGF . 2017-01-12.
Web site: The World and ISGF . ISGF . 2017-01-12 .
Web site: Democratic Republic of the Congo . ISGF . 2008-12-12 .
Web site: Bahrain and Ghana Full Membership . ISGF . 2008-12-12 .
Web site: Ivory Coast . ISGF . 2008-12-12 .
Web site: Jordan . ISGF . 2008-12-12 .
Web site: Central Branch Countries . ISGF . 2017-01-07 .
Web site: CB Newsletter . ISGF . 2 . pdf . 2009-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192745/http://www.isgf.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=479&Itemid=153&lang=en . 2011-07-26 . dead .
Web site: Update CB ISGF Info - February 2009 . ISGF . 2009-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192825/http://www.isgf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:update-cb-isgf-info-february-2009&catid=40:central-branch&Itemid=86&lang=en . 2011-07-26 . dead .
Web site: International Ambassadors Guild . 2017-01-11 . 2017-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170117165914/http://isgf.org/index.php/en/partnerships/85-la-guilde-des-ambassadeurs . dead .