FOS Open Scouting
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| FOS Open Scouting | |||
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 FOS Open Scouting | |||
| Headquarters | Ghent | ||
| Location | Zwijnaardsesteenweg 93 | ||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Founded | 1910 | ||
| Membership | 10,000 | ||
| Federaal Verantwoordelijke | Jan Verbeure | ||
| Voorzitter FOS Open Scouting | Sam Bastiaens | ||
| Affiliation | Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/ Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België | ||
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| Website www | |||
FOS Open Scouting or FOS is a pluralistic, internationally oriented, coeducational, Flemish Scout and Guide organisation in Belgium and is a member of the Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België (GSB, Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium). FOS is a federation of 55 Scout Groups.
The first pluralistic Boy Scouts organisation in Belgium was the "Boy-Scouts de Belgique" (B.S.B.) founded in 1910. 1913 was the "Sea Scouts of Belgium" (S.S.B) and in 1914 "Eclaireurs de Belgique" (E.B.) founded. In 1916 the S.S.B and the E.B. merged with the B.S.B.. In the same year was the "Girl-Guides van België" (G.G.B.) founded, the first pluralistic Girl Guide organisation. 1945 the B.S.B. and the G.G.B. merged to form the Boy-Scouts en Girl-Guides van België (B.S.B.-G.G.B.). 1966 the B.S.B.-G.G.B. split in a Flemish organisation, "Federatie voor Open Scoutisme" (F.O.S.) and a Walloon organisation, "Fédération des Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs" (F.E.E.), later renamed to Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique (S.G.P.). In 1999 dropped F.O.S. the periods and renamed to "FOS Open Scouting".[1]
Sections
| Agegroup | Boys / Girls / Common | Seascouts |
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| 6 - 7 | Bevers | Zeehonden |
| 8 - 9 | Welpen | |
| 10 - 11 | Wolven | |
| 12 - 13 | Jongverkenners / Jonggidsen / JVG | Aspiranten |
| 14 - 15 | Verkenners / Gidsen / VG | Juniors |
| 16 - 17 | Seniors | Loodsen |
| 18 + | Leaders / Stam | |
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