European Scout Jamboree

Flag bearers at the opening of EuroJam 2005

Closing ceremony of EuroJam 2005

The European Scout Jamboree (or EuroJam) is an international Scouting jamboree, which is organized at irregular times by the European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).

So far, two European Scout Jamborees have been held as a dress rehearsal for the World Scout Jamborees to be held one or two years later at the same site, each with about 10,000 participants:

• EuroJam 1994 in Biddinghuizen, Dronten municipality, Flevoland, Netherlands
• EuroJam 2005 in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, England

Other EuroJams

Other international Scout associations have also organized events under the name Eurojam, but generally have fewer participants. These agencies include the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme (CES) and the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe (UIGSE).

UIGSE EuroJams

The EuroJams organized by the UIGSE are:

• EuroJam 1984 in Velles, Indre, France with 5000 participants
• EuroJam 1994 in Viterbo, Italy; Pope John Paul II received 7500 scouts in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome
• EuroJam 2003 on August 11, 2003 in Żelazko, Poland, with 8000 youths from fifteen European countries
• EuroJam 2014 in Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois in Normandy, France, with 12500 participants

CES EuroJams

The EuroJams organized by the CES have been:^[1]

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[2]
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[3]
2006[4]	Hauenstein, Germany	Vier Elemente (Four Elements)	401	originally planned for 2005 in Spain[5]
2010[6]	Villers-sur-Lesse, Belgium	Belgian comics	382 [7]
2013[8]	Gilwell Ada's Hoeve, Ommen, Netherlands	That monster, that cursed monster! (Saint George and the dragon)	550 [9]

Notes

1. "Histoire de la Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme" (PDF). CES. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
2. "Geschiedenis van de Ashanti groep". Retrieved 2009-11-20.
3. "Impulsnachrichten 2001/II". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
4. "Eurojam 2006". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
5. "CEFASEUROJAM ' 2005 -SPAIN-" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-11-30.
6. "CES EUROJAM presentation". Retrieved 2009-11-30.
7. "provisional list of entries for Eurojam 2010". Retrieved 2010-07-27.
8. "Coming Events". Retrieved 2011-11-06.

External link

• Official site of EuroJam 2014