| World Federation of Independent Scouts | |||
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| Country | Worldwide | ||
| Founded | 1996 | ||
| Founder | Lawrie Dring | ||
| Membership | 7.2 million (2020)[1] | ||
| President | Klaus Tegeder | ||
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| Website wfis | |||
The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) is a non-governmental international Scouting organization with over 7 million members in 151 affiliated Scout organizations in 65 countries.[1] WFIS was formed in Laubach, Germany, in 1996 by Lawrie Dring, a British Scouter with the independent Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (BPSA).
The World Federation of Independent Scouts is open to any Scouting association that is not affiliated with another international organization. WFIS requires that member associations "follow, and use, Baden-Powell's original program, traditions, uniforms, morals, ethics, and structure as laid out in Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys," amended only for "health, environmental, first-aid, and safety reasons."
The current president of the WFIS World Council is Klaus Tegeder, who was elected for a five-year term in 2007 and reelected in 2012 and 2017.[2] He is the former president of WFIS-Europe and still leads a German Scout troop.
The World Federation of Independent Scouts has experienced strong growth, the affiliate Scout organizations collectively had an estimated 200,000 members in 3562 Scout Groups in 2010.[3]
- ^ a b "WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WFIS WAS FOUNDED?". 27 February 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "WFIS WORLD COUNCIL". Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "WFIS World Council Report 2010" (PDF).