| Confederation of European Scouts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Headquarters | Belgium | ||
| Country | International | ||
| Founded | 12 November 1978 | ||
| President | Wouter Aarts | ||
| Website Confederation of European Scouts | |||
 Scouting portal | |||
TheConfederation of European Scouts, called inFrenchConfédération Européenne de Scoutisme and abbreviated asCES, was formed inBrussels, Belgium, on 12 November 1978 and is still based inBelgium. CES stresses the European dimension of theScouting programme and claims to provide the "authentic Scouting of Baden-Powell". The CES is a confederation of national federations. The CES is a split-off from the Fédération du Scoutisme Européen (FSE) later renamed to theUnion Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe; it left after controversies about the importance of religious elements in the single associations' programs andco-education.[1] The exact number of members of the CES is unknown.
CES has national federations in:[2]
Friend associations and corresponding members:
The following organizations were listed as members in 2002[7] and left the CES or were dissolved between 2002 and 2009:
Another former member is the ItalianFederazione del Movimento Scout Italiano (until June 2006Federazione Scautistica Italiana; FEDERSCOUT), which left the CES in 2008 joining theWorld Federation of Independent Scouts.
Until 1996 the CES had a member in Portugal, the Associação das Guias e Escuteiros da Europa (Guide and Scout Association of Europe),[9] which left the CES and joined the UIGSE.
2019–2022
2022-2025
President: Wouter Aarts (FSE-NL)
Vice-President: Łukasz Mikielewicz (ZHPnL)
Secretary: Amanda Clayton (FSE-BA)
Treasurer: Théo Lemahieu (E&S)
TheEurojam is theScouting jamboree of the CES.[9]
| Year | Location, Country | Theme/Name | Attendance | Annotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Bramhope, United Kingdom | - | 700 | |
| 1985 | Hosenbachtal (nearNiederhosenbach), Germany | Pierre de Lumière (Stone of Light) | > 600 | |
| 1989 | Heeze, The Netherlands | Environment and Pollution | ~ 1,000[10] | |
| 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 the2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis[11] |
| 2006[12] | Hauenstein, Germany | Vier Elemente (Four Elements) | 401 | originally planned for 2005 in Spain[13] |
| 2010[14] | Villers-sur-Lesse, Belgium | Belgian comics | 382[6] | |
| 2013[15] | Gilwell Ada's Hoeve, Ommen, Netherlands | That monster, that cursed monster! (Saint George and the dragon) | 550[16] | |
| 2017[17] | Campamento Juvenil "Raso de la Nava",Covaleda, Spain |
