Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder
The Association of Scouts and Guides Association ( BdP ) is the largest interdenominational association of Scouts and Guides in Germany with about 30,000 members.
Profile
The work of the BdP is guided by the principles of the Scout Movement ( Scout Promise, Scout rules, progressive programs ) and the Bund Youth. In three age groups or levels ( Cub Scouts about 7-11, Scouts and Guides from about 11 to 15 and Ranger and Rover about 16-25 years ) girls and boys meet regularly for group lessons ( at Cub Ingen pack hours in the Girl Scouts and Scout level clan hour and at rangers and rovers round meeting called ), trips, camps, workshops, hikes and many other leisure activities.
The BdP is politically and ideologically independent. The work is non-profit, publicly acknowledged and is done by volunteers. As an independent providers of youth work expenses from membership fees, donations and public grants are funded.
The co-educational work of the BdP is also reflected in the sign of the covenant, which combines the shamrock the Girl Scouts movement and the lily of the Scout Movement. The BdP is both a member of the ring German Guide associations (RDP ) and in the ring German Scout associations ( RdP ) and is therefore part of the world Scout associations World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts ( WAGGGS ) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement ( WOSM ) to.
History
In 1971, after almost lost board election of a working group within the German Federal Association Scouts (BDP ) of the "covenant of the Boy Scouts Association " founded. For this "covenant in the covenant " was developed with the time of the Confederation of Independent Scouts ( BdP ). This was due to irreconcilable differences, and the politicization of the BDP, which was perceived as a socialist infiltration. The World Federation of the Scout Movement WOSM had signaled not to condone this breach of the principle of international scouting movement, to be apolitical longer. Then broke up in May 1971, the German ring Scouts frets on. With the German Scout Association of Saint George, which split from the BDP Federation of Scouts ( BdP ) and the resulting by merging the three evangelical Scout and Scout associations Association of Christian Scouts and Guides (VCP ), the umbrella organization founded on 1 January 1973 as a ring German Scout associations again. This umbrella organization was and is necessary for membership of the World Federation of the Scout Movement WOSM. This complicated process was necessary for the exclusion of BDP from the international Scout Movement, as the unanimity requirement of the associations was not achieved.
1976 merged the Federation of Scouts ( BdP ) and the Federation of German Scouts (BDP ) for the Federation of Scouts and Guides ( BdP ).
National associations
The BdP is divided into different national associations, which are based generally on the borders of the provinces.
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Bavaria
- Berlin / Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hesse
- Lower Saxony
- North Rhine -Westphalia
- Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg (including Mecklenburg -Vorpommern) connected is the Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig
- Thuringia
The national associations are integrated in different ways into the BdP. Some of them are only a dependent subdivision of BdP. In this case they are legally not independent, elected state chairman is only a vicarious agent of the national chairman. Other state associations are registered associations. In this case all rights and obligations of the chairman of the national association registered as eV.
Facilities
The Federal center of BdP located in Immenhausen. It offers beds in group homes and a large campground with several wash-houses. For courses in addition several seminar rooms, including equipment are available.
To support and protect the work, the Foundation was established in 1998 Scouting.
For BdP also includes the Federal Finance Department ( outdoor equipment ), which has its headquarters together with the Federal Office in Immenhausen.