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{{Short description|Italian Scouting and Guiding association}}
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|type             = organization
|name             = Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani
|image            = CNGEI_Logo.svg
|imagesize        =
|caption          =
|image2           = Senior Scout (Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani).svg
|imagesize2       = 140px
|alt2             =
|caption2         = Senior Scouts
|headquarters     = [[Rome]]
|country          = [[Italy]]
|f-date=30 June 1913<ref name="cngei.it">{{cite web| url=https://cngei.it/storia-del-cngei/ |title=CNGEI section "Short history of CNGEI" |access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>
|members          = 13,500<ref name="chi-siamo">{{Cite web|url=http://cngei.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/press-kit-CNGEI.pdf|title=Press Kit 2017}}</ref>
|chiefscouttitle  = Chief Scout
|chiefscout       = Mariano Iadanza
|chiefscouttitle2 = President
|chiefscout2      = Gianpino Vendola
|website          = [http://www.cngei.it/ cngei.it]
|affiliation      = [[Italian Scout Federation]]
|pattern_head1    = barehead
|color_head1      =
|pattern_body1    = shirt short sleeves
|color_body1      = 008000
|pattern_legs1    = shorts
|color_legs1      = A18F5E
|uniform_caption1 = Terrestrial
|pattern_head2    = barehead
|color_head2      =
|pattern_body2    = shirt short sleeves
|color_body2      = 000080
|pattern_legs2    = shorts
|color_legs2      = 000080
|uniform_caption2 = Sea scouts
}}
The '''''Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani''''' (translation: National Corp of Italian Scouts and Guides,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldscouting.net/scouting-associations/|title = WorldScouting &#124; Scout Associations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://euroscoutinfo.com/countries/italy/|title = Italy}}</ref> '''CNGEI''') is a [[mixed-sex education|coeducational]] and non-denominational [[Scouting]] and [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] association in [[Italy]].
CNGEI was founded by Carlo Colombo (1869–1918), a Piedmontese doctor, as a male-only organization in 1913 and integrated the female ''Unione delle Giovinette Esploratrici Italiane'' (UNGEI) in 1976. It is the oldest among Italian Scout associations and the third by membership, with about 13,500 members.<ref name="chi-siamo" /><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.agesci.it/cose-lagesci |title=AGESCI section "What is AGESCI" |access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fse.it/comunicato-stampa-40-scout-deuropa |title=FSE Italy block "Fortieth of FSE" |date=12 April 2016 |access-date=2016-11-04}}</ref>
Along with the 184,000-strong ''[[Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani]]'' (AGESCI), CNGEI forms the [[Italian Scout Federation]] (FIS), Italy's national member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] (WOSM) and the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS). CNGEI, whose guiding principles are "secularity" (i.e. "independen[ce] from any religious creed and political ideologies"), "co-education", "associative democracy", "adult choice" and "civil commitment", aims at "educating the good citizen: a citizen capable of taking autonomous and responsible choices; [a citizen who is] personally active in promoting solidarity, universal rights, peace, environment protection; a citizen who follows a personal spiritual path oriented at giving a sense to his/her life".<ref name="chi-siamo"/>
==See also==
* [[Scouting and Guiding in Italy]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://cngei.it/ Official website]
* [https://eshop.cngei.it/uniforme/ The CNGEI uniforms: for terrestrial and sea sections]
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[[Category:World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations]]
[[Category:World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations]]
[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Italy]]
[[Category:Youth organizations established in 1913]]
[[Category:1913 establishments in Italy]]
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