Swiss Guide and Scout Movement

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Swiss Guide and Scout Movement
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CountrySwitzerland
Founded1912
Membership42,000
Affiliation World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Organization of the Scout Movement
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The Swiss Guide and Scout Movement (SGSM) (German: Pfadibewegung Schweiz (PBS), French: Mouvement Scout de Suisse (MSdS), Italian: Movimento Scout Svizzero (MSS), Rumantsch: Moviment Battasendas Svizra (MBS)) is the national Scouting and Guiding association of Switzerland formed in 1987. Scouting was founded in Switzerland in 1912 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922 and among the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. The SGSM has more than 50,500 members in about 550 local groups (as of 2022). [1]

Contents

The Swiss Guide and Scout Movement is mixed at all levels. The only thing that still reminds of the old separation between Girl Guides and Boy Scouts is that some of the terms for different levels (in one or more of the three major languages spoken in Switzerland) are different.

The young age of Swiss leaders is a tradition, "the young lead the young". [2] Even members of the district or national committees are rarely older than 30. The result is more freedom at the unit level, no discrimination[ citation needed ], and a very important experience in leadership for young people.

The mandatory parts of the Swiss uniform are the shirt, the neckerchief, any kind of good hiking boots, a fire lighter and a Swiss army knife. Optional parts are belt, Scout jeans, hat, dagger, etc. A youth receives his/her neckerchief and vulgo (Scout name) from his unit leader in an initiation ceremony.

History

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In 1910, the first Scout group in Switzerland was founded in Basel as part of the abstinence movement. fr:Gaston Clerc, then secretary-general of the Unions Cadettes de suisse romande , enthusiastically supported the Scout method after reading Scouting for Boys . He organized several conferences (notably in Le Locle in October 1910) within the cadet unions to explain and discuss the interest of cadets in using the Scout method. In 1911, the first groups of Swiss Girl Guides were formed. Gaston Clerc bought the translations of Scouting for Boys and translated the first chapter for those who would become Scouts. In 1912, delegates of the cadet sections of the Union chrétienne de la suisse romande launched the Swiss Scout movement. William Borel chaired this neutral committee to patronize and spread Scouting in Switzerland. Geneva pedagogue Pierre Bovet took up the translation of Éclaireurs and other Scout books, to make it the first edition in French. This edition was the first in a long series of Scout books published by the publishing house fr:Delachaux et Niestlé in Neuchâtel. In 1913, the Federation of Swiss Scouts (Fédération des Eclaireurs suisses, FES/Schweizerische Pfadfinderbund (SPB)) was founded in Bern. This brought together the multilingual Swiss Scouts under the same organization. In 1919, the Swiss Federation of Girl Guides (Fédération des Eclaireuses suisse, (FESes)/Bund Schweizerischer Pfadfinderinnen (BSP)) was established.

Switzerland was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922 and among the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. In 1925, the first Federal Camp was held in Bern, Switzerland. [3]

In 1931, the first World Scout Moot was held at Kandersteg International Scout Centre. In 1939, after the beginning of World War II, Swiss Scouts also began to support the Swiss army. Many Scouts were registered with the International Red Cross.

In 1953, a second World Scout Moot took place In Kandersteg. In 1957, WAGGGS organized a World Camp at the Lac de Conche.

In 1980, the first Federal Camp of FES and FESes in common took place in the region of Gruyères. The originally separate Swiss Guide Federation and Swiss Scout Federation merged in 1987. [1]

In 1992, the World Scout Moot took place in Kandersteg for the third time.

In 2003, The SGSM was reformed. After structural changes, the SGSM is now run by the Swiss federal government de:Jugend und Sport ("Youth and Sports"), a governmental institution affiliated with the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, which promotes sports among youth. Camps for youth in the 5-20 age range are subsidized by J+S, and also receive some basic material (wool blankets, denim square units, ropes, spades, etc.) from J+S for these occasions. J+S is also deeply involved in leader training, because unit leaders are basically special youth sport trainers.[ citation needed ]

Program

Sections

The association is divided in five sections according to age. The different languages-Swiss German, French, and Italian-use different terms for sections: [1]

Special Scout units include Sea Scouts around the major lakes and Extension Scouting for handicapped young people.

Scout Motto

There are different mottoes for each section:

Scout Promise

(With the help of God,) with your help and happily I promise to do my best:

Scout Law

Guides and Scouts, we wish:

BuLa Jamborees

The Bundeslager (BuLa) (fr:"camp fédéral", it:"campo federale", "rm:"champ federal") "Federal camp" is a scout jamboree that is held by the association every 14 years. [5] [6]

Bula occurrences

(hosts in parentheses) [7]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Swiss Guide and Scout Movement - About us". Swiss Guide and Scout Movement. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Article 2. Führung der Abteilung (Leadership), Clause Abteilungsleiterin und Abteilungsleiter (Department Head) of the Constitution of Swiss Guide and Scout Movement  (2011-12-12) "Abteilungsleiterin und Abteilungsleiter" [Department Head](PDF) (in Swiss German). Archived from the original (pdf) on 24 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "The federal camps in fast motion". www.Pfadfinder-Briefmarken.ch. Schweiz Pfadfinder-Philatelistenverien. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Swiss Guide and Scout Movement-The Promise and Law". Swiss Guide and Scout Movement. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  5. 1 2 "Massive scout camp gets leg-up from Swiss government and army". Swissinfo.ch .
  6. 1 2 "Le Valais va accueillir le plus grand camp scout jamais organisé en Suisse". rts.ch (in French). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Geschichte der Bundeslager" [History of the Federal Camp]. Blick (in Swiss German). 20 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "Das 1. schweizerische Pfadfinderlager in Bern" [The 1st Swiss Federal Camp in Bern]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in Swiss German). 31 July 1925.
  9. ↑ "Das zweite Bundeslager der schweizerischen Pfadfinder" [The Second Swiss Scout Federal Camp]. Der Bund (in Swiss German). 22 May 1932.
  10. ↑ "Pfadfinder bauen ihr Bundeslager" [Scouts build their federal camp]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in Swiss German). 20 July 1938.
  11. ↑ "Vor dem vierten Pfader-Bundestreffen in Trevano" [Ahead of the Fourth Federal Scout Meeting in Trevano]. Der Bund (in Swiss German). 19 July 1948.
  12. ↑ "l. Bundeslager der Pfadfinderinnen" [1st Girl Scouts' Federal Camp]. Der Bund (in Swiss German). 21 July 1949.
  13. ↑ "Der Bischof von Basel im Bundeslager der Pfadfinder" [The Bishop of Basel at the Federal Scout Camp]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in Swiss German). 30 July 1956.
  14. ↑ "Drei Jubiläen in einem Jahr" [Three Jubilees in one year]. Walliser Volksfreund (in Swiss German). 11 October 1957.
  15. ↑ "Startschuß zum Pfadfinder-Bundeslager 1966" [Opening Ceremony of the Federal Scout Camp 1966]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss German). 25 April 1966.
  16. ↑ "Ein «Hippie-Ochsner» für die blaue Invasion im Bleniotal" [A "Hippie commune" for the blue invasion of the Blenio valley]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in Swiss German). 24 July 1969.
  17. ↑ Arnet, Daniel (17 July 2022). "Und plötzlich kam ein Orkan mit Hagel" [And suddenly there was a hurricane with hail-]. Blick (in Swiss German).
  18. ↑ Agence télégraphique suisse (13 May 1980). "22 000 éclaireurs attendus dans l'ancienne Gruyère" [22,000 Scouts meet in old Gruyere] (in French). p. 10.
  19. ↑ Anne-Marie Ley (5 August 1980). "Cana 1980 : deux ans de préparation" [National Camp 1980: Two Years of Preparation] (in French). p. 7.
  20. ↑ "Das grösste Bundeslager aller Zeiten" [The largest Federal camp of all-time]. Der Bund (in Swiss German). 6 August 1994.
  21. 1 2 3 Tanner, Samuel; Wanner, Aline (30 July 2022). "Lager deines Lebens" [Camp of your lives]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss German).
  22. ↑ Agence télégraphique suisse (26 July 1994). "La plus grande rencontre de l'histoire des scouts suisses" [The Largest meeting in the history of Swiss Scouts] (in French). p. 15.
  23. ↑ "Pfadi - Bundeslager" [Scouts Federal Camp] (in Swiss German). Schweiz aktuell. 18 July 2008 – via SRF.ch.
  24. ↑ "Camp géant pour 25'000 scouts" [Giant Camp for 25,000 Scouts]. Swissinfo.ch (in French). 21 July 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  25. ↑ "Es geht los: 880 Pfadigruppen aus der ganzen Schweiz und 5000 Helfende strömen ins grösste Bundeslager aller Zeiten" [It's on: 880 Scout groups from all of Switzerland and 5000 helpers pour into the largest BuLa of all Time]. Aargauer Zeitung (in Swiss German). 23 July 2022.
  26. ↑ "Bundeslager 2022". www.goms.ch.
  27. ↑ Steiner, Alexandre (30 July 2022). "Entre débrouille, inclusion et valeurs, reflets de cinq jours passés au camp fédéral scout" [Between resourcefulness, inclusion and values, reflections of five days spent at the federal scout camp] (in French). ISSN   1423-3967 . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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