Confederation of European Scouts

Confederation of European Scouts
Headquarters	Belgium
Country	International
Founded	November 12, 1978
President	Tony Ward
Website Confederation of European Scouts

The Confederation of European Scouts, called in French Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme and abbreviated as CES, was formed in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 November 1978 and is still based in Belgium. CES stresses the European dimension of the Scouting programme and claims to provide the "authentic Scouting of Baden-Powell". The CES is a confederation of national federations. The CES is a split off of the Fédération du Scoutisme Européen (FSE) later renamed to the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe; it left after controversies about the importance of religious elements in the single associations' programs and co-education.^[1] The exact number of members of the CES is unknown.

Member organizations

CES has national federations in:^[2]

• Belgium - Europe et Scoutisme - 10 groups (3 Sea Scout groups)^[3]
• Germany - Bund Europäischer Pfadfinder (BEP, founded 1952) - 3 groups ^[4]
• Italy - Federazione Scautistica Italiana - Federazione del Movimento Scout Italiano (FSI) - federation with one member organization:
  • Associazione Scautistica Cattolica Italiana
• Netherlands - Federatie Scouting Europa Nederland (FSE) - one Rover crew ^[5]
• United Kingdom - European Scout Federation (British Association) (FSE) - at least 8 groups ^[6] - 459 members^[7]

Associate Members:

• Spain - Organización Juvenil Española (OJE), became official Associate Members of the CES in November 2009^[8]
• Poland - Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej (ZHR)
• Brazil, Joinville - Grupo Escoteiro Pirai
• Lithuania - Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego na Litwie

Former members

The following organizations were listed as members in 2002^[9] and left the CES or were dissolved between 2002 and 2009:

• France - Fédération Française de Scoutisme (FFDS, founded 1970); umbrella federation
  • France/Alsace - Fédération du Scoutisme Européen Alsace (FSE Alsace, all known active groups are located in Germany near Mannheim)
  • France/Picardy - Guides et Scouts St Bernard
  • France/Picardy - Scouts de la Forêt de Brocéliande
  • France/Champagne - Scouts Libres Européens
• Spain - Confederación Española de Federaciones y Asociaciones Scouts; umbrella federation^[10]
  • Spain/nationwide - Federación de Asociaciones Scouts Baden-Powell (SBP)
  • Spain/Andalusia - Asociación de Guías y Scouts ASA - Andalucía (ASA)

Another former member is the Italian Federazione del Movimento Scout Italiano (until June 2006 Federazione Scautistica Italiana; FEDERSCOUT), which left the CES in 2008 joining the World Federation of Independent Scouts.

Until 1996 the CES had a member in Portugal, the Associação das Guias e Escuteiros da Europa (Guide and Scout Association of Europe),^[11] which left the CES and joined the UIGSE.

Board

2015-2018

• President: Tony Ward (FSE-UK)
• Vice-President: Antonio Bosco (A.S.C.I-Italy)
• Secretary: Philippe Sauvenière (E&S-Belgium)

Emblems

The emblem of Europe et Scoutisme

• The emblem of Europe et Scoutisme is based on the emblem of the CES, a Fleur-de-lis with the European stars on a blue background.
• The Bund Europäischer Pfadfinder, the Federatie Scouting Europa Nederland and the European Scout Federation (British Association) use the old emblem of the FSE, a gold fleur-de-Lys on a red Cross Paté, with a blue background.
• The emblem of the Organización Juvenil Española is a gold lion on a red cross potent.

Eurojam

The Eurojam is the Scouting jamboree of the CES.^[11]

Year	Location, Country	Theme/Name	Attendance	Annotations
1981	Bramhope, United Kingdom	-	700
1985	Hosenbachtal (near Niederhosenbach), Germany	Pierre de Lumière (Stone of Light)	> 600
1989	Heeze, The Netherlands	Environment and Pollution	~ 1,000[12]
1993	Olloy-sur-Viroin, Belgium	Tales and Legends	1,372
1997	Bassano Romano, Italy	Let us help Europe to develop	1,645
2002	Thoresby Hall, United Kingdom	Robin Hood and his merry men	417	planned for 2001 but postponed to 2002 due to the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis[13]
2006[14]	Hauenstein, Germany	Vier Elemente (Four Elements)	401	originally planned for 2005 in Spain[15]
2010[16]	Villers-sur-Lesse, Belgium	Belgian comics	382 [6]
2013[17]	Gilwell Ada's Hoeve, Ommen, Netherlands	That monster, that cursed monster! (Saint George and the dragon)	550 [18]

References

1. "FSE Alsace Geschichte". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
2. "Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme - National Federations". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
3. "Europe et Scoutisme - Les Groupes". Retrieved 2009-11-25.
4. "Bund Europäischer Pfadfinder - der BEP". Retrieved 2009-11-25.
5. "FSE Nederland". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
6. "provisional list of entries for Eurojam 2010". Retrieved 2010-07-27.
7. "FSE 2019" (PDF). European Scout Federation (British Association). Retrieved 2011-11-15.
8. "Spain". Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
9. "Liste des membres de Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme" (PDF). European Commission. 2002-11-07. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
10. The Spanish federation was dissolved in 2006; both organisations are now independent.
11. "Histoire de la Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme" (PDF). CES. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
12. "Geschiedenis van de Ashanti groep". Retrieved 2009-11-20.
13. "Impulsnachrichten 2001/II". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
14. "Eurojam 2006". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
15. "CEFASEUROJAM ' 2005 -SPAIN-" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-11-30.
16. "CES EUROJAM presentation". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
17. "Coming Events". Retrieved 2011-11-06.

External links

• History of the "European Scouting Movement" (French)
• Official website of the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme