International Scout and Guide Fellowship

Infobox WorldScouting
type = Organization
name =International Scout and Guide Fellowship


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website = [http://www.isgf.org ISGF]
[http://isgf.wordpress.com/ ISGF Blog]
affiliation = World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
World Organization of the Scout Movement The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of Scout alumni in support of Scouting and Guiding who want to strengthen dialogue between communities through community-oriented projects worldwide.

The International Scout and Guide Fellowship is open to former members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), and to adults who did not have the opportunity to be Scouts, Guides, or active Scout/Guide leaders, but who believe in the Scouting ideals.

It was created in 1953 under the name of "International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides" ("IFOFSAG").

ISGF is supported by WOSM and WAGGGS, and it has members in 59 countries presently. Furthermore, there are members of "Central Branch" (individual members or groups) in 32 countries.

In 2003, the 80,000 members celebrated the 50th anniversary of ISGF by carrying out projects to the benefit of communities in which they live and work or worldwide.

Organization

ISGF consists of national Member Organizations and of the members of the Central Branch.

World Regions

[cite web
title = Member Organisations/Organisations membres
publisher = ISGF
url = http://www.isgf.org/Members/annick/Folder.2004-05-25.5104/Document.2004-03-08.3221/view?searchterm=Member%20Organizations
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] [cite web
title = Schaubild Subregion und Mitgliedsländer
publisher = VDAPG
language= German
url = http://www.scoutnet.de/vdapg/Subregion/03orga1.html
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] [cite web
title = Schaubild Subregion und Mitgliedsländer
publisher = VDAPG
language= German
url =http://www.scoutnet.de/vdapg/Subregion/03orga2.html
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] [cite web
title = ISGF regions overview
publisher = ISGF
url = http://www.isgf.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=250&Itemid=125&lang=en
accessdate =2008-08-04 ]

Africa

*Benin
*Gambia
*Ghana (associate member)
*Democratic Republic of the Congo
*Nigeria
*Senegal
*Uganda

Arabia

*Algeria
*Bahrain(associate member)
*Egypt
*Kuwait
*Lebanon
*Libya
*Morocco
*Saudi Arabia
*Tunesia

Asia Pacific

*Australia
*Bangladesh
*India
*Indonesia
*Malaysia
*New Zealand
*Pakistan
*Sri Lanka

Europe

The World Region Europe has 4 regional divisions:
*Nordic Baltic Sub-region
*Western Europe Subregion
*Central Europe Subregion
*Southern SubRegion

Central Europe Subregion

[cite web
title =Liste unserer Mitgliedsländer | publisher = VDAPG
language= German
url =http://www.scoutnet.de/vdapg/Subregion/06mitlaend.html
accessdate =2008-02-03 ]
*Czech Republic
*Hungary
*Latvia
*Poland
*Romania
*Slovakia
*Slovenia
*Switzerland

IDOL

[cite web
title = Was sind erwachsene Pfadfinderinnen oder Pfadfinder?
publisher = VDAPG
language= German
url =http://www.scoutnet.de/vdapg/Subregion/05wassind.html
accessdate =2008-02-03 ]
*Austria
*Germany
*Italy (member of IDOL network, but not of the subregion)
*Liechtenstein

Nordic Baltic Sub-region

*Denmark
*Estonia (associate member)
*Finland
*Iceland
*Latvia "(is also in Central Europe Subregion)"
*Lithuania (associate member)
*Norway
*Sweden

outhern SubRegion

*Cyprus
*France
*Greece
*Italy
*Portugal
*Spain

Western Europe Subregion

*Belgium
*Ireland
*Luxemburg
*Netherlands
*United Kingdom

Western Hemisphere

*Canada
*Chile (associate member)
*Curaçao
*Haiti
*Mexico
*Panama

Meditarranean

*Algeria
*Cyprus
*Egypt
*France
*Greece
*Italy
*Kuwait
*Lebanon
*Libya
*Morocco
*Portugal
*Spain
*Tunesia

Central Branch

Groups and/or individuals in the following countries: [cite web
title = Newsletter CB 2007 – 2
publisher = ISGF
url = http://www.isgf.org/Members/l_doelman/file.2008-01-26.7771948809
format = doc
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] [cite web
title = Central Branch Countries
publisher = ISGF
url = http://www.isgf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55%3Acentral-branch-countries&catid=40%3Acentral-branch&Itemid=86&lang=en
accessdate =2008-08-04 ]

*Argentina
*Azerbaidjan
*Brazil
*Burkina Faso
*Burundi
*Cameroon
*Canada
*Cape Verde
*Congo Brazzaville
*Cuba
*Ecuador
*Iran
*Israel
*Ivory Coast
*Japan
*Jordan
*Kenya
*Liberia
*Nepal
*Nicaragua
*Peru
*Rwanda
*South Africa
*Sudan
*Taiwan (ROC)
*Tanzania
*Thailand
*Togo
*Trinidad & Tobago
*United States of America
*Uruguay
*Venezuela
*Zambia
*Zimbabwe

=International Ambassadors Fellowship Guild= This Fellowship was founded in 1998. It is a Foundation to support Scouting and Guiding worldwide. [cite web
title = International Ambassadors Fellowship Guild
publisher = ISGF
url = http://www.isgf.org/Members/c_pasche/document.2008-01-18.7274598489
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] Honorary president of the International Ambassadors Fellowship Guild is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. [cite journal
author =Ferry Partsch
year = 2003
title = Ambassadors Guild was ist das?
journal = Der Gildeweg
issue = 1/2003
pages = 2
publisher = Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs
location = Vienna
url = http://www.gildenweg.at/texte/2003-01/seite02.pdf
language = German
format = pdf
accessdate = 2008-02-03]

Forthcoming International Events

*Vienna, Austria will host the 25th ISGF World Conference, 21-26 August 2008. Theme of the conference: “Together for a better world.”

ee also

*Scout Fellowship (UK)
*Baden-Powell Guild (Australia)
* [http://www.isgfmumbai.org Greater Mumbai Unit]

References