The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Guiding.
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 other adults who wish to support Scouting.
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 75 countries presently. Furthermore, there are members of Central Branch (individual members or groups) in 32 countries.
In 2013, the 55,500 members celebrated the 60th 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 called NSGFs (National Scout and Guide Fellowships) and of the members of the Central Branch in countries where there is not yet a NSGF.
World Regions
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Africa Angola Benin Burkina Faso Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gambia Ghana Ivory Coast (associate member) Nigeria Senegal Uganda Zambia
Arab Algeria Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Tunisia United Arab Emirates Sudan Libya Mauritania Oman Iraq
Asia Pacific Australia Bangladesh India Indonesia Malaysia Maldives Nepal New Zealand Pakistan South Korea Sri Lanka
Europe Region Europe has 4 regional divisions: Nordic Baltic Sub-region Western Europe Sub-region Central Europe Sub-region Southern Sub-Region
Central Europe Sub-region Austria Czech Republic Estonia Germany Latvia Liechtenstein Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland
Nordic Baltic Sub-region Denmark Finland Iceland Lithuania Norway Sweden
Southern Sub-region Cyprus France Greece Italy Portugal Spain South (French speaking) Switzerland Turkey
Western Europe Sub-region Belgium France Ireland Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom - National Scout & Guide Fellowship UK
Western Hemisphere Argentina Brazil Chile Curaçao Guatemala Haiti Mexico Panama Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela
Central Branch Groups and/or individuals in the following countries: Aruba Botswana Burundi intends to join ISGF as a full member Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Colombia Congo Brazzaville Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Hong Kong Israel Japan Kenya Malawi Philippines Rwanda Singapore South Africa Sudan Taiwan (ROC) Tanzania Thailand Togo Uruguay
United States of America Zimbabwe
International Ambassadors Guild This Guild, founded in 1997, is a foundation to support Scouting and Guiding worldwide.
See also
Scout Fellowship (UK) Baden-Powell Guild (Australia)
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