Fédération du Scoutisme Européen (FSE)

(Federation of European Scouting)

also known as:

l'Union internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe (UIGSE-FSE or UIGSE)

(19 member associations in 16 countries, ~70 000 members, founded 1956)

In English, FSE is Federation of European Scouting (but also known as the European Scout Federation). UIGSE means the International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe. This multi-named, coed organization is headquartered in France. FSE was founded in 1956 by a group of German and French Christian youth leaders, and remains Christian only.

Member Associations listed alphbetically by country:

Austria—Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas - Österreich, 1989
Belgium—Guides et Scouts d'Europe - Belgique, 1963
Belgium—Guides et Scouts d'Albanie (Albanian exile group, headquarters in Belgium)
Bulgaria—National Scout Organization of Bulgaria "St Georges"
Canada (Québec, New Brunswick, & Ontario)—Association des Eclaireurs Baden-Powell/AEBP (also known in English as the Association of Baden-Powell Explorers/ABPE), 1973 (originally called Eclaireurs du Québec; has had units in Ontario since 1998 and in New Brunswick since 2003; is discussing ways of joining forces for headquarters, activities, training, etc, with the independent AQAB in Québec)
Canada (Québec)—Association Evangélique du Scoutisme au Québec
France—Guides et Scouts d'Europe de la Fédération du Scoutisme Européen/GSE, 1958
Germany—Evangelische Pfadfinderschaft Europas/EPE, 1977
Germany—Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas/KPE, 1980
Hungary—Magyarorszagi Europai Cserkeszek, 1990
Italy—Guides e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici, 1976
Latvia—Eiropas Katolu Skauti
Lithuania—Lietuvos Nacionaline Europos Skautu Asociacija, 1990
Luxembourg—Guides et Scouts Européens du Luxembourg, 1977
Poland—Stowarzyszenie Harcerstwa Katolickiego/Zawisza, 1995
Portugal—Associação das Guias e Escoteiros da Europa/AGEEP, 1970 (former CES association, has replaced the former Associação Nacional do Escutismo Europeu [1977])
Romania—Cercetasii Crestini Români din FSE, 1991
Spain—Guias y Scouts de Europa, 1977
Switzerland—Schweizerische Pfadfinderschaft Europas [German]/Scoutisme Européen Suisse [French]/Scautismo Europeo Svizzero [Italian]