Scout Association of Croatia
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Savez izviđača Hrvatske | |||
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Country | Croatia | ||
Founded | 1951 | ||
Membership | 3,827 | ||
Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website scouts.hr | |||
Scout Association of Croatia (Croatian: Savez izviđača Hrvatske, SiH) is the Croatian national Scouting organization. As part of Yugoslavia, Croatia was a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1922 to 1948. Independently, Croatia has been a member of the World Organization since 1993, and joined the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 2023,[1] making it a "Scout & Guide National Organization".[2] The coeducational Savez Izviđača Hrvatske has 3,827 members as of 2011.[3]
Early history
Prior to the origination of Scouting, Austria had the Scholar Excursion Society, established in
Scouting continued to expand after the end of the war, and in 1922 a Scout Parish was created in Osijek for Croatia and Slovenia. According to the Parish journal, Scout, in 1923 Croatia had 14 groups of Scouts. The first meetings of the World Scout Movement and WAGGGS, in 1922 and 1928 respectively, were attended by Yugoslavian Scouts.
Political interference
In Yugoslavia, the king took patronage of the Scouts in 1923, but six years later the organization was banned along with others that did not include the word 'Yugoslav' in their titles. Scouts in Croatia continued with the checkerboard pattern from the coat of arms of Croatia as their emblem and standing openly against the monarchy. Scouts were banned in Croatia in 1946, after Young Pioneers began to appear during World War II in Partisan territory.
Scouting in Yugoslavia was coopted by the Tito government in 1950, at which time WOSM membership was forfeited, but Scouts continued in conjunction with the Pioneers. The Croatian Scouts' Day, recognized on May 19, commemorates the first training of Pioneer-Scouts in camp and excursion leadership, held from May 19 to May 25, 1950. Trainees in Zagreb worked from Vožatago, a Russian manual that had been modified from the Scout handbook. These training sessions spread the Pioneer-Scouts across the region.
On November 24, 1951, the Scout Association of Yugoslavia,
Scouting since break with Yugoslavia
On June 2, 1991, Savez Izviđača Hrvatske broke ties with the Scout Association of Yugoslavia and reorganized, returning to its earlier principles of youth education. It received recognition by numerous western nations. On July 19, 1993, World Organization of the Scout Movement voted the Savez Izviđača Hrvatske to full membership. Croatian Scouts have participated internationally in Jamborees, including the 1st and 2nd European Scout Jamboree in 1994 and 2005 respectively, the 1996 Danish Jamboree, and every World Scout Jamboree since 1995.
There were 3,865 Scouts in 1998, and as of 2005 the count was 4,068.
Among the group's programs is "The Sunrise City Project", which since 1993 offers an annual summer camp intended to assist children impacted by the 1991 war in reintegration to society.
Program and ideals
There are four sections of Scouting based on age:
- Cub Scouts-ages 8 to 11
- Scouts-12 to 15
- Venture Scouts-ages 16 to 20
- Rangers and Rovers-21 on
The Scout Motto is Budi Pripravan, Be Prepared in Croatian. The membership badge of Savez izviđača Hrvatske incorporates the checkerboard pattern of the coat of arms of Croatia.
International Scout units in Croatia
In addition, there are
Notes
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- ^ "ENG WoCo 6b Proposed Motions" (PDF). World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 2023. p. 7.
- ^ "Scout & Guide National Organizations (SAGNOs)" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. 2010.
- ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ a b c d Pribich, Kurt (2004). Logbuch der Pfadfinderverbände in Österreich (in German). Vienna: Pfadfinder-Gilde-Österreichs.
- ^ a b Albert J.Dräger (2007). "Die Seepfadfinder des ÖPB". Unser Weg-Die Pfadfinderzeitung des ÖPB (in German). 4. Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund: 9–11.
- ^ Albert J.Dräger; Getraude Gasparini; Rossana Fano; Fabio Ferluga; Christine Dräger; Willi Semlic; Gerhard Raab; Günter Paar; Gerhard Winter (September 2009). "Die Seepfadfinder des ÖPB 1913-1918 an der Adria-UW Sonderdruck". Unser Weg-Die Pfadfinderzeitung des ÖPB (in German and Italian). Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund.
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