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What is Scouting all about?
The pedagogical concept behind the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides has its origins with Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Based on the principle of "learning by doing", children and young people of roughly the same age gather in small groups to experience their world together. More than 100 years after the creation of the first scout troops, many of the scouting movement's most typical approaches, such as camping, hiking and teamwork are more relevant and more alive today than ever before.
All scout leaders are volunteers. The Vienna International Scout Group follows the Austrian programme but has an international flavour! The leaders are a mix of Austrian trained guiders and scouters and internationally warranted guiders. The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Association of Austria spends around three years training young adults to become youth leaders through a four-step program. The training focuses on methods of working with children and young people, personality development and the foundations of group dynamics.
For the Vision Statement of the Association of Girl Guides and Boy Scouts of Austria click here!
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