Scouting and Guiding in Andorra

Scouting and Guiding in Andorra
Country	Andorra

Scouting and Guiding in Andorra is currently represented by a single coeducational Scout and Guide group, based in Sant Julià de Lòria and founded in 2016.[1]

History

Until 2016, Andorra was one of only six of the world's independent countries that do not have Scouting. The former Scout association of the country in the Pyrenees, Scouts d'Andorra, has been dormant since the 1980s. At least one group was known to be sponsored by Collège Mare Janer private school, run along the lines of the Scouts of Europe method.^[citation needed]

The principality issued Scout Centenary stamps for the 2007 celebration, through both French and Spanish posts.[2]

The Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya, a Catalan Scouting organization, undertook a study on the possibilities for Scout groups in Andorra in summer 2007.[3] Activities were started in 2008 and are supervised by the European Scout Region.[4] As of August 2012, this was without success.[5]

References

1. "L'escoltisme arriba a Andorra". Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
2. "Andorra / Europa Stamps / Centenary Stamps / Media Centre / Information & Events / Home - World Organization of the Scout Movement". World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
3. "S'estudia la creació d'un agrupament escolta a Andorra" (PDF). Diocese of Urgell. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
4. "Circular N°17/06.08" (PDF). WOSM-European Region. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
5. Information derived from reports of Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya.