World Federation of Independent Scouts
The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) is an international umbrella organization for scouts and was founded in 1996 in Laubach , Germany. The aim is to be a global umbrella organization for scouts who are not members of another scout world organization , to establish contacts between scouts at camps, leadership training and jamborees and to contribute to their care.
The association now has more than 50 scout associations from around 40 countries with around 35,000 members. In order to facilitate cooperation, the WFIS is organized in regional associations. The seat of the European region (WFIS-Europe eV) is Berlin .
President of WFIS since May 2007: Klaus Tegeder, Heistenbach , Germany.
history
| 1996 | Foundation of the World Federation of Independent Scouts in Laubach , Germany. |
| 1999 | Foundation of WFIS - Europe |
| 2001 | Foundation of WFIS - North America |
| 2002 | 1st WFIS-Jamboree (World Scout Meeting) in Skørping, Denmark |
| 2004 | Foundation of the WFIS - South East Asia |
| 2006 | 2. WFIS-Eurocamp (European Scout Meeting) in Switzerland |
| 2007 | 2nd WFIS Jamboree (World Scout Meeting) in Colombia |
| 2010 | 3. WFIS-Eurocamp (European Scout Meeting) in Hundsdorf, Germany |
| 2011 | 3rd WFIS Jamboree (World Scout Meeting) in Mexico |
| 2014 | 3rd WFIS-Eurocamp (European Scout Meeting) in Bassano Romano, Italy |
Member associations in German-speaking countries
Germany
- Association of European St. George Scouts and Scouts
- Association of Independent Scouts, Cassiopeia tribe
- Christian Free Scouting Society Goldenstedt
- Christian Scouting Dreieich
- German Boy Scout Association V. founded in 1911
- European Scout Association - George Knight
- European Scout Association St. Georg
- Free German ranger Olpe
- Free Scouting Crusaders
- Asgard Free Scout Association
- Free Boy Scout Association St. Georg
- Independent Scout Association
- Scouts in the Mühlenbecker Land
- Boy Scout Association Globetrotters
- Boy Scout Troop Frederick Selous
- Solms Scouting
Austria
- Scouts of Europe
Switzerland
- Fire circle Niklaus von Flüe