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{{Infobox WorldScouting
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| name             = European Scout Region
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| caption2         = Map of members or potential members of the European Scout Region (marked in blue). [[Andorra]] and [[Vatican City]], with currently no recognized Scouting, and other countries outside the European Scout Region are marked in grey
| headquarters     = [[Geneva, Switzerland]]
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| members          = 1.8 million
| chiefscouttitle  = Chair
| chiefscout       = [[Matthias Gerth]]<ref name="Team2022">{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Europe Team |url=https://www.scout.org/where-we-work/regions/europe/team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801083012/https://www.scout.org/where-we-work/regions/europe/team |archive-date=2022-08-01 |website=[[Scout.org]] |via=web.archive.org}}</ref><br />2022 – 2025
| chiefscouttitle2 = Regional Director
| chiefscout2      = Abir Koubaa
| chiefscouttitle3 = Vice Chair
| chiefscout3      = Diana Slabu <ref name="Team2022" /><br />2022 – 2025
| owner            = [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]]
| website          = {{URL|http://www.scout.org/europe/}}
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The '''European Scout Region''' is one of five geographical subdivisions of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], headquartered in [[Geneva, Switzerland]], with a satellite office in [[Brussels, Belgium]].
It is a vital part of the global Scouting community, plays a pivotal role in shaping the future leaders of Europe. It is a vibrant network of 40 National Scout Organizations, fostering a spirit of unity and camaraderie among young people across geographical and cultural boundaries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-27 |title=European Scout Region {{!}} WOSM |url=https://www.scout.org/where-we-work/regions/europe |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.scout.org |language=en}}</ref> The region is not confined to Europe alone; it extends its reach to countries like [[Cyprus Scouts Association|Cyprus]], [[Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey|Turkey]], and [[Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation|Israel]], reflecting the inclusive and diverse nature of Scouting.<ref name=":0" /> Through its various initiatives and programs, the European Scout Region is committed to promoting [[personal development]], mutual understanding, and a sense of [[European Union citizenship|European citizenship]] among its members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Scout Region – Growing Together in Europe |url=https://scouthub.org/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BUREAU EUROPEEN DU SCOUTISME ASBL |url=https://youth.europa.eu/volunteering/organisation/56605_fr |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=European Youth Portal - European Commission |language=fr}}</ref>
==Structure==
===Members===
The European Scout Region comprises 47 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services [[Scouting]] in [[Western Europe|Western]] and [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]], inclusive, for cultural reasons, of [[Cyprus]] (technically not part of Europe, but a member-state of the [[European Union]]) and Turkey (which spans across two continents), and, as a member of the [[United Nations]]' [[Western European and Others Group]], Israel (despite being part of Asia due to them being barred in its own continent's organizations under the [[Arab League boycott of Israel|Arab-led boycott]]). The [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] recognises at most one member organisation per country. Some countries have several organisations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religion (e.g., France and Denmark), ethnic identification (e.g., Bosnia-Herzegovina), or language (e.g., Belgium).
All the formerly [[communist]] states of [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Soviet Union]] have developed or are developing Scouting in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[East Germany]], Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the successor states to [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Yugoslavia]] and the [[Baltic countries|Baltic nations]] independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the [[Czech Republic]] and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Scout movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of Scouts-in-Exile movements for the diaspora of each nation.
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
|-  bgcolor=#ddddff
! Country
! Membership <br /><small>(from 2015)</small> <ref>{{Cite web |date=Dec 31, 2015 |title=WOSM's Membership Report |url=https://www.scout.org/sites/default/files/media-files/Membership%20Report.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-04-19 |website=World Scouting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419172644/https://www.scout.org/sites/default/files/media-files/Membership%20Report.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Census_2013">{{Cite web |date=21 August 2013 |title=Membership report 2013 |url=https://issuu.com/worldscouting/docs/wsbero-membership_report_2013 |access-date=5 December 2017 |publisher=European Scout Region (World Organization of the Scout Movement) |via=[[issuu]]}}</ref>
! Name of National Scout Organisation
! Year current National Scout Organisation joined WOSM <ref name="WOSM-SATW">{{Cite web |title=Some statistics |url=http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/countries/national_scout_organisations/some_statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402025708/http://www.scout.org/en/around_the_world/countries/national_scout_organisations/some_statistics |archive-date=2010-04-02 |access-date=2010-03-30 |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement}}</ref>
! Year National Scout Organisation was founded <ref name="WOSM-SATW" />
! Admits boys/girls
|-
|-
| [[Austria]]
| 10,136
| [[Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs]]
| 1922/1946
| 1912
| both
|-
| [[Belgium]]
| 103,725
| [[Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922
| 1911
| both
|-
| [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| 3,247
| [[Savjet izviđačkih organizacija u Bosni i Hercegovini]] (federation of several associations)
| 1999
| 1999
| both
|-
| [[Bulgaria]]
| 966
| [[Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty]]
| 1999
| 1911–1913
| both
|-
| [[Croatia]]
| 2,550
| [[Savez izviđača Hrvatske]]
| 1993
| 1915
| both
|-
| [[Cyprus]]
| 5,890
| [[Cyprus Scouts Association]]
| 1961
| 1913
| both
|-
| [[Czech Republic]]
| 51,234
| [[Junák|Junák-český skaut]]
| 1922/1990/1996
| 1911
| both
|-
| [[Denmark]]
| 43,282
| [[Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922
| 1909
| both
|-
| [[Estonia]]
| 1,346
| [[Eesti Skautide Ühing]]
| 1922/1996
| 1911/1989
| both
|-
| [[Finland]]
| 52,655
| [[Suomen Partiolaiset|Suomen Partiolaiset – Finlands Scouter ry]]
| 1922
| 1910
| both
|-
| [[France]]
| 76,342
| [[Scoutisme Français]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922
| 1910
| both
|-
| [[Germany]]
| 110,165
| [[Ring deutscher Pfadfinder*innenverbände]] (federation of several associations)
| 1950
| 1910
| both
|-
| [[Greece]]
| 18,643
| [[Scouts of Greece|Soma Hellinon Proskopon]]
| 1922
| 1910
| both
|-
| [[Hungary]]
| 12,447
| [[Magyar Cserkészszövetség]]
| 1922/1990
| 1912
| both
|-
| [[Iceland]]
| 4,960
| [[Bandalag Íslenskra Skáta]]
| 1924
| 1912
| both
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| 44,982
| [[Scouting Ireland]]
| 1949
| 1908
| both
|-
| [[Israel]]
| 83,332
| [[Hitachdut Hatsofim Ve Hatsofot Be Israel]] (federation of several associations)
| 1951
| 1920
| both
|-
| [[Italy]]
| 102,904
| [[Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922/1946
| 1912
| both
|-
| [[Latvia]]
| 872
| [[Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija]]
| 1993
| 1917
| both
|-
| [[Liechtenstein]]
| 702
| [[Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins]]
| 1933
| 1931
| both
|-
| [[Lithuania]]
| 1,881
| [[Lietuvos Skautija]]
| 1997
| 1918
| both
|-
| [[Luxembourg]]
| 6,327
| [[Scouting in Luxembourg]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922
| 1914
| both
|-
| [[Malta]]
| 3,100
| [[The Scout Association of Malta]]
| 1966
| 1908
| both
|-
| [[Monaco]]
| 374
| [[Association des Guides et Scouts de Monaco]]
| 1990
| 1990
| both
|-
| [[Montenegro]]
| 1,268
| [[Savez Izviđača Crne Gore]]
| 2008
| 1956
| both
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| 57,516
| [[Scouting Nederland]]
| 1922
| 1910
| both
|-
| [[North Macedonia]]
| 1,483
| [[Sojuz na Izvidnici na Makedonija]]
| 1997
| 1921
| both
|-
| [[Norway]]
| 17,736
| [[Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922
| 1911
| both
|-
| [[Poland]]
| 39,825
| [[Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego]]
| 1922/1996
| 1918
| both
|-
| [[Portugal]]
| 80,718
| [[Federação Escotista de Portugal]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922
| 1913
| both
|-
| [[Romania]]
| 4,000
| [[Cercetaşii României]]
| 1993
| 1914
| both
|-
| [[San Marino]]
| 260
| [[Associazione Guide Esploratori Cattolici Sammarinesi]]
| 1990
| 1973
| both
|-
| [[Serbia]]
| 4,168
| [[Savez Izviđača Srbije]]
| 1995
| 1915
| both
|-
| [[Slovakia]]
| 6,927
| [[Slovenský skauting]]
| 1922/1990/1997
| 1913
| both
|-
| [[Slovenia]]
| 6,524
| [[Zveza tabornikov Slovenije]]
| 1994
| 1915
| both
|-
| [[Spain]]
| 67,660
| [[Federación de Escultismo en España]] (federation of several associations)
| 1922/1978
| 1912
| both
|-
| [[Sweden]]
| 75,000
| [[Scouterna]]
| 1922
| 1911
| both
|-
| [[Switzerland]]
| 23,298
| [[Swiss Guide and Scout Movement]]
| 1922
| 1912
| both
|-
| [[Turkey]]
| 141,277
| [[Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu]]
| 1950
| 1910<ref>{{Cite web |title=Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu Kuruluş |url=https://tif.org.tr/about |access-date=14 February 2022 |website=Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu |language=tr}}</ref>
| both
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| 548,128
| [[The Scout Association]]
| 1922
| 1907
| both
|-
| [[Armenia]]
| 2,303<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ait.ie/courses/master-of-science-in-applied-software-engineering | title=Master of Science in Applied Software Engineering (Ericsson) &#124; Technological University of the Shannon }}</ref>
| [[National Scout Movement of Armenia]]
| 1997
| 1912
|
|-
| [[Azerbaijan]]
|
| [[Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan]]
| 2000
| 1997
|
|-
| [[Belarus]]
| 1,200
| [[Republican Scout Association of Belarus]]
| 2010
| 1998
|
|-
| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| 1,343
| [[Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia]]
| 1997
| 1994
| both
|-
| [[Moldova]]
| 2,430
| [[Organizația Națională a Scouților din Moldova]]
| 1997
| 1913
| both
|-
| [[Ukraine]]
| 2,569
| [[National Organization of the Scouts of Ukraine]]
| 2008
| 2007
| both
|-
| [[Albania]]
| 390
| [[Scouts of Albania]]<ref name="Albania176">{{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=Scouting in Albania joins as the 176th Member Organization of World Scouting &#124; World Scouting |url=https://www.scout.org/news/news/scouting-albania-joins-176th-member-organization |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817080721/https://www.scout.org/news/news/scouting-albania-joins-176th-member-organization |archive-date=2024-08-17 |website=[[Scout.org]]}}</ref>
| 2024
| 2021
|}
====Overseas branches====
=====Denmark=====
*[[Faroe Islands]] – [[Føroya Skótaráð]]
*[[Greenland]] – [[Grønlands Spejderkorps]]
=====United Kingdom=====
*[[Gibraltar]] – [[The Scout Association of Gibraltar]]
====Previous members====
*[[Scouting and Guiding in Albania|Albania]] – In 2014, the membership of [[Beslidhja Skaut Albania]] was terminated by WOSM with hopes to establish a new National Scouting Organization.<ref name="Termination_2014">{{Cite web |title=Termination of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) Membership |url=http://scout.org/sites/default/files/news_files/C3814_SuspensionTerminationMembership_Albania_e.pdf |access-date=2014-12-08 |publisher=[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] |archive-date=2015-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904102408/http://scout.org/sites/default/files/news_files/C3814_SuspensionTerminationMembership_Albania_e.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Scouts of Albania]] was admitted to WOSM in 2024.<ref name="Albania176">{{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=Scouting in Albania joins as the 176th Member Organization of World Scouting &#124; World Scouting |url=https://www.scout.org/news/news/scouting-albania-joins-176th-member-organization |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817080721/https://www.scout.org/news/news/scouting-albania-joins-176th-member-organization |archive-date=2024-08-17 |website=[[Scout.org]]}}</ref>
====Countries with no Scout organisation====
*[[Andorra]]
*[[Vatican City]]
==Governance==
===European Regional Scout Conference===
The European Scout Conference is the governing body of the European Scout Region and meets every three years. Its purposes are:
* To further the Scout Movement within the European Scout Region by promoting the spirit of world brotherhood, cooperation and mutual assistance amongst Scout associations within the Region;
* To foster the idea of a European citizenship, based on the conscience of a common heritage and destiny;
* To develop cooperation among European youth;
* To ensure proper implementation of the decisions and policies laid down by the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], which affect the European Scout Region.
The 20th European Scout Conference was hosted by [[Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique]] and was held in [[Brussels]], Belgium, from 17 to 21 July 2010.
The 21st European Scout Conference took place in [[Berlin]], Germany, in August 2013, hosted by the [[Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderverbände]].
The 22nd conference took place in 2016 in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tornholm |first=Pål Egil |title=Tett på Europa-konferanse |trans-title=European Conference nears |url=https://www.pressreader.com/norway/varden/20160204/282303909171865 |website=[[Varden (newspaper)|Varden]] |language=nn |via=[[PressReader.com]]}}</ref>
The 23rd conference took place in 2019 in [[Split, Croatia]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=23rd European Scout Conference & 16th European Guide and Scout Conference |url=https://www.scout.org/es/node/523984 |website=[[Scout.org]]}}</ref>
The 24th conference was hosted by [[Scouting Nederland]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=17th European Guide and Scout Conference |url=https://weconnect.eu.com/event/european-guide-scout-conference/ |website=WEConnect}}</ref> It took place in Rotterdam from 22 to 26 July 2022.
The 25th conference will be hosted in Austria in 2025 by [[Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs]].
===European Regional Scout Committee===
The European Regional Scout Committee is the executive body of the European Regional Scout Conference and is composed of six elected volunteer members.
The functions of the European Regional Scout Committee are:
* To put into effect the resolutions of the European Regional Scout Conference and to fulfill any duty the European Regional Scout Conference may assign to it;
* To fulfill tasks the Constitution of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] assigns to it;
* To act as an advisory body to the [[World Scout Committee]];
* To act as an advisory body for member organisations of the European Scout Region requiring advice and assistance.
The members of the European Regional Scout Committee are elected for a three-year term by the European Regional Scout Conference, and may be re-elected for an immediate second term. The members, elected without regard to their nationality, do not represent their country or National Scout Organisation but the interests of the Scout Movement as a whole, similar to Members of the [[World Scout Committee]].
The Regional Director (professional position) and the Treasurer of the European Scout Region (volunteer position) are ex-officio members of the European Regional Scout Committee. The Chairman of the [[European Scout Foundation]] also regularly attends meetings of the European Regional Scout Committee.
===European Regional Scout Office===
The European Regional Scout Office serves as secretariat of the European Scout Region and is one of six Regional Offices of the [[World Scout Bureau]], the secretariat of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]]. A Regional Director heads the European Regional Scout Office and is assisted by a number of professional staff. Currently, the European Regional Scout Office has offices in [[Geneva, Switzerland]] and [[Brussels, Belgium]].
===European Regional Scout Plan 2010–2013===
In 2010, the 20th European Scout Conference adopted the European Regional Scout Plan 2010–2013, which summarises the Region's main areas of work, objectives and action planned for the triennium 2010–2013.
===Working Groups and Core Groups===
In order to achieve the objectives set out by the European Regional Scout Plan 2010–2013, five thematic Working Groups and three supporting Core Groups were set up in December 2010, composed of volunteers from different member organisations of the European Scout Region and supported by members of the European Regional Scout Committee and the European Regional Scout Office.
Working Groups:
* Growth through Quality
* Volunteering
* Embracing Change
* Youth Empowerment
* Partnerships with other Regions
Core Groups:
* Educational Methods (including Youth Programme and Adult Resources)
* Organisational Development
* External Relations and Funding
===Regional Scouts administered directly by WOSM===
The needs of Scout youth in unusual situations has created some interesting permutations, answerable directly to the [[World Scout Bureau]]. For years there was an active [[Boy Scouts of the United Nations]] in [[Geneva]], as well as 84 [[The Boy Scout Movement of the European Communities|Scouts of the European Coal and Steel Community]], an early precursor to the [[European Union]].
===Cooperation===
As one of the five geographical subdivisions of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] the European Scout Region developed close relationships with a number of other Regions, in particular with the [[WOSM-Arab Region|Arab Scout Region]] and the [[WOSM-Africa Region|Africa Scout Region]].
The European Scout Region also supports multilateral and bilateral relationships between National Scout Organisations of the European Scout Region with Scout associations of other Regions.
This region is the counterpart of the [[WAGGGS-Europe Region|Europe Region]] of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS). The European Scout Region has a strong relationship with the Europe Region of WAGGGS. To further develop their relationship, the two Regions had a Joint Regional Office during the late 1990s in [[Brussels, Belgium]], which was closed again in 1998.
An informal Joint Regional Committee composed of the two Regional Committees continues to discuss matters of mutual interest and supports the planning and running of joint youth activities and training events.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
The two Regions also maintain a Joint Communication Platform ([http://www.europak-online.net Europak]), which provides information for member organisations of the European Scout Region and the Europe Region WAGGGS. Together published a monthly newsletter called ''Eurofax'' (this newsletter was already published by the European Scout Office before the joint office was opened, and reverted to WOSM when the joint office closed.<!-- ; it is still in existence under the name Euro.Scout.Info).{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} -->
The European Scout Region represents the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in a number of relevant inter-governmental institutions as well as non-governmental platforms in Europe. This includes, in particular, the [[European Youth Forum]] (YFJ), which operates within the [[Council of Europe]] and [[European Union]] areas and works closely with these two bodies. It is also represented in the Advisory Council on Youth of the [[Council of Europe]] and has regular contacts with relevant institutions of the [[European Union]].
A WOSM joint Eurasian-and-European Scout meeting was held in [[Kyiv]] in April 2009.
In 2023, it was decided to dissolve the Eurasian Region, on 30 September.<ref name="WSC Meeting 2023">{{Cite web |date=21 March 2023 |title=📣 World Scout Committee Meeting Highlights - March 2023 |url=https://mailchi.mp/scout.org/wsc-meeting-highlights-51214 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001122913/https://mailchi.mp/scout.org/wsc-meeting-highlights-51214 |archive-date=2023-10-01 |website=[[Mailchimp]] |publisher=[[World Scout Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name="Boundaries2023">{{Cite web |title=New Geographical Boundaries of the European Scout Region |url=https://treehouse.scout.org/new-geographical-boundaries-of-the-european-scout-region |website=treehouse.scout.org}}</ref> [[National_Organization_of_the_Scouts_of_Ukraine|Ukraine]], [[Organiza%C8%9Bia_Na%C8%9Bional%C4%83_a_Scou%C8%9Bilor_din_Moldova|Moldova]], [[Scouting_and_Guiding_in_Belarus|Belarus]], [[Sakartvelos_Skauturi_Modzraobis_Organizatsia|Georgia]], [[National_Scout_Movement_of_Armenia|Armenia]], and [[Association_of_Scouts_of_Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]] joined the European Region on 1 October,<ref name="Boundaries2023" /> while [[Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement_of_Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan]] and [[Ittihodi_Scouthoi_Tojikiston|Tajikistan]] joined the Asia-Pacific Region.<ref name="WSC Meeting 2023" />
==Activities==
The European Scout Region offers a number of sharing and training activities for its member organizations, a number of which are organised jointly with the [[WAGGGS-Europe Region|Europe Region]] of WAGGGS. The main purpose of these activities is to provide opportunities for sharing and exchanging of experiences and best practices as well as training for adult volunteers and professionals involved in Scouting.
Among regularly held events are:
* The Academy – an annual sharing and training event for Scout and Guide associations in Europe
* The Symposium – held every three years in preparation of the European Scout Conference
* The Chief Volunteers and Chief Executives Meetings – networking events for people occupying similar positions
* The International Commissioners Forum – sharing and networking event held in preparation of the European Scout and Guide Conference
* Training Commissioners Meeting – networking event for people occupying similar positions
* Education Methods Forum – sharing and networking event for people involved in Youth Programme and/or Adult Resources
The European Scout Region also supports informal networks of member organisations of the European Scout Region which provide platforms for dialogue and exchange in specific areas:
* North-South Network – development and support of partnership projects between NSOs in Europe and, in particular, Africa
* Overture Network – sharing and networking of NSOs working in the area of diversity
* Odysseus Group (European Sea Scouting Network) – sharing, networking and training of NSOs engaged in Sea Scouting
===European Scout Jamboree===
{{main|European Scout Jamboree}}
The European Region of WOSM was the organizer of the [[European Scout Jamboree]], which has been organized twice, in both cases as a [[Dry Run (testing)|dry run]] for a [[World Scout Jamboree]] organized in the same country within a few years. European jamborees were open to youth between the ages of 11 and 17, however many adults are involved as [[Scout leader]]s or as members of the IST (International Service Team),
Past European Scout Jamborees include:
* 1st European Scout Jamboree in [[Dronten]], The Netherlands, 1994
* 2nd European Scout Jamboree in Hylands Park ([[Chelmsford]], United Kingdom), 2005
The European Jamboree 2020, a joint event between WOSM and WAGGGS' European Regions, was planned to take place on Sobieszewo Island, in Gdańsk, Poland, with a target of 30,000 participants. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was initially postponed in April 2020 to summer of 2021, before being cancelled in November 2020.
===Roverway===
Roverway is a joint activity of the European Region of WOSM and the [[WAGGGS-Europe Region|Europe Region]] of WAGGGS, a ten-day event open for youth aged 16 to 22, who are members of the senior branches of member organisations of WOSM or WAGGGS. The activity was introduced in 2003 (as a follow-up to the [[Eurofolk]] event that existed from 1977 to 1997) and consists usually of two stages: a "journey" with small units of Scouts making their way to the main camp, which is the second stage.
Roverway is usually held every three years and hosted by a member organisation of the European Scout Region:
* Roverway 2003 in [[Leiria]], Portugal; motto "People in motion"
* Roverway 2006 in [[Florence]], Italy; motto: "Dare to share"
* Roverway 2009 in [[Úlfljótsvatn Scout Center]], Iceland; motto: "Open up"
* Roverway 2012 in [[Evo, Hämeenlinna|Evo]], [[Hämeenlinna]], National Campsite of the [[Guides and Scouts of Finland]], Finland; motto: "See. Feel. Follow"
* Roverway 2016 in France; 2015 was skipped as not to overlap the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, per decision of the March 2011 meeting of the Joint Committee;<ref>{{Cite web |title=WAGGGS & WOSM Europe Circular |url=http://www.europak-online.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/JointCircular_Pr%C3%A9avis_Roverway2012_EN.pdf |access-date=2011-07-25 |archive-date=2020-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125080054/http://www.europak-online.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/JointCircular_Pr%C3%A9avis_Roverway2012_EN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> motto: "Sur la Route", which translates 'On the Road".
* Roverway 2018 in International Scout and Guide Centre Zeewolde,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roverway 2018 &#124; |url=http://www.europak-online.net/roverway-2018/ |website=www.europak-online.net}}</ref> the Netherlands; motto: "Opposites Attract"
* Roverway 2024 in Norway; jointly hosted by the [[Norges Speiderforbund]] and [[Norges KFUM-KFUK-speidere]]; motto: "NORTH of the Ordinary";<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2021 |title=Roverway 2024 til Norge - NORTH of the Ordinary! |trans-title=Roverway 2024 to Norway - NORTH of the Ordinary! |url=https://speiding.no/nyhetsarkiv/roverway-2024-til-norge-north-ordinary-2/ |access-date=2021-09-11 |website=[[Speiding.no]] |language=nn}}</ref> 2021 was skipped due to the planned WOSM/WAGGGS [[European Jamboree 2020]]
==Non-WOSM European Scouting==
Two other multinational Europe-specific Scout organizations exist, not linked to WOSM, the only geographic area to have such.  These are the [[Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme]] and the [[Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe]].
==See also==
*[[Scouting 2007 Centenary]]
*[[Piet J. Kroonenberg]]
*[[Central European Jamboree]]
*[[Europe Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.scout.org/europe/ European Scout Region]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510044424/http://europe.seascout.org/ European Sea Scouting]
* [http://euroscoutinfo.com/ Blog of the European Scout Region]
* [https://weconnect.eu.com/ WEConnect - Joint Communication Platform of the European Scout Region and the Europe Region WAGGGS]
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