Scouting in Spain

The official beginning of scouting in Spain dates back to 1912 with the approval on July 30 of the statutes and regulations of the Association of Explorers of Spain.

History

Constitutional reign of Alfonso XIII and Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera

The promoters of the first scouting initiative in Spain were the cavalry captain Teodoro Iradier y Herrero and the journalist Arturo Cuyás Armengol. After the approval of the statutes of the Explorers of Spain on July 30, 1912, the first troop of the explorers of Spain was constituted in Vitoria on August 11. In Barcelona, Pedro Roselló Axet had founded the Barcelona Explorers the previous year.

During the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, a commission chaired by General Agustín de Luque y Coca presented a project of «Bases for the development in Spain of citizenship, physical and pre-military education» that proposed that the Explorers of Spain intervene in physical education. The project came to fruition in January 1929 with the creation of the National Service for Physical, Citizenship and Pre-military Education, under the command of General José Villalba Riquelme.

General Franco's dictatorship and democratic transition

After the Spanish civil war, and the suspension of scouting activities (1940), a gradual process of reintroducing the Spanish scout movement took place, which was carried out in an uneven and uncoordinated manner. Thus, on the one hand, some former members of "Exploradores de España" give rise, from the late 50s, to "Scouts of Spain - Explorers of Spain". In other areas, especially in the Basque Country and Catalonia, it will be the Church that will assume the task of continuing the original Scouting by introducing a new confessional Scouting from the DDE (Diocesan Scouting Delegations). In Catalonia, parallel to diocesan scouting and with great success, the Diocese of Barcelona created the Servei de Colònies (1965), which later evolved into the Clubs d'esplai, configuring the other great option of the free time education movement in Catalonia along with Catholic scouting (Minyons Escoltes - Guies Sant Jordi) and the layman (Escoltes Catalans).^{[ citation required]}

In 1978 the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) recognized the Federation of Scouting in Spain (FEE) as the entity representing Spanish scouting. The FEE is made up of:

• Federation of Spanish Scouts (ASDE)
• Catholic Scout Movement (MSC)
• Catalan Association of SculpturesAssociació Catalana d' Escoltisme, ACDE) which would later be constituted as the Catalan Federation of Sculpture and Guidism (Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge, FCEG)

The Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge, formed by Minyons Escoltes i Guies Sant Jordi, Escoltes Catalans and later Acció Escolta, previously a full member of the FEE, became an observer or associated entity in 2004, a situation that was maintained until July 2021.^{[citation required]}

Other federations or associations in Spain

• Spanish Federation of Guidism, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scout (WAGGS).
• The Scouts Association, 1st Fuengirola and 1st Murcia Sur (are part of the British Scouts organization).
• Boys Scouts of America (BSA) Transatlantic Council, with headquarters in Madrid and Rota (Cádiz).

The following associations are not recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement, so they are not part of WOSM and are splinter groups or that use the name of "scouts& #3. 4; in its name:

• Asociación de Scouts Independientes de Madrid (ASIM), founded in 2006 and a member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS).
• Catalan Association of Scouts, founded in 2003 and also a member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS)
• Guides and Scouts of Europe, a Catholic movement founded in 1956 and present in Spain since 1978.
• Association of Evangelist Scouts (ASE).
• Centre Marista d`Escoltes de Catalunya (CMS).
• Federación de Scouts Regional de Madrid (FSRM), founded in 1993.
• Asociación Scout Independiente de Castilla-La Mancha (ASICLM), founded in 2014.
• Scout Federation of the Valencian Community.
• Independent Scouts of the Principality of Asturias (SIPA).
• International Scout Association.
• Muslim Scouts from Spain (SME).
• Independent Scouts of Spain (SIE).

Adults

Adults can live their scouting experience under two independent options but that can be combined:

1. Adults in Scouting. Scouting requires the support of adults and this support can be in different ways in education, in the organization or in any other way that is required in compliance with the guidelines established in the adult policy document "Adults in Scouting". #34;.

2. Adult Scouts and Guides. Since 1953, Scouting has had a platform for adult scouts and guides, the International Scouts and Guide Fellowship (ISGF-AISG), an independent organization that maintains a close collaborative relationship through agreements signed with the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).

These adults are Scouts and Guides who have finished their youth stage of development, or adults who were not introduced to Scouting and Guiding in their youth but later decided to incorporate Scouting values and principles into their daily lives. Adult scouts and guides are organized in national and local associations whose representation in Spain is obtained through the federation of associations called "International Scout and Guide Friendship (AISG-Spain)", which is recognized by worldwide by the aforementioned ISGF - AISG. Adult scouts and guides are organized in smaller work units called Guildas, terminology derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "Guild" -guild-. These guilds are transversal operational units that serve as an organizational framework for service and twinning activities, allowing adults to put into practice their own experience under the same values and principles of scouting.

The International Scouts and Guide Fellowship ISGF-AISG enjoys consultative status with the World Committee of the WOSM (World Organization of the Scout Movement).^{[citation needed]}

The objectives of the ISGF-AISG are:

1. Keep alive the spirit of the Promise and the Law established by Baden-Powell, founder of Scout and Guide Movements.
2. Bring that spirit to the communities in which their members live and work.
3. Actively support Scouts and Guides in their local communities, in their countries and around the world.