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Savez izviđača u Bosne i Hercegovine
Scout Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founded	17 December 2011
Membership	1,250
President	Dragan Gnjatić
Vice President	Emira Kršlak
Affiliation	World Organization of the Scout Movement
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The Savez izviđača u Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is the state Scouting organisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on 17 December 2011 through the merger of the three constituent organisation of its predecessor, the Savjet izviđačkih organizacija u Bosni i Hercegovini (Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina), which was a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1999. The coeducational Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina has 1,250 members as of 2011.

Program sections

• Cub Scouts/Poletarac-ages 7 to 10
• Scouts/Izviđači-ages 11 to 20

History of Scouting in Bosnia

In his book, What Scouts Can Do: More Yarns, Baden-Powell wrote about Bosnia before the First World War; in a section "Biking in Bosnia" he provides a fascinating picture of this war-torn land. Bosnia-Herzegovina, as part of Yugoslavia, helped found the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922 and remained a member until Scouting in Yugoslavia was coopted by the SFR Yugoslavia in 1950 into Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije, at which time WOSM membership was forfeited.

The Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprised the Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske (Scout Association of the Republic of Srpska). Both Scout Associations agreed to work together to form a federation and join WOSM together, and met to finalize matters presented to WOSM for consideration of membership. WOSM granted full membership to Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1999. In 2000, after the establishment of the Brčko District, a third association, the Savez izviđača Distrikta Brčko (Scout Association of the Brčko District) joined the council.

In 2011, the three member organizations of the council agreed to form a unified association, the Savez izviđača Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina). The Scout Motto is Буди Спреман (Budi Spreman), translating as "Be Prepared" in the dialect of each ethnic group. The noun for a single Scout is interchangeably Skaut and Izviđač.

Emblems

The membership badge of the council is often seen in black-and-white so as not to show ethnic leaning of the various groups. The emblem of Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine incorporates the gold-on-green color scheme of the coat of arms of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the maple leaf design of the original Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije. The emblem of Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske incorporates elements of the coat of arms of Republika Srpska.

References

1. "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
2. "From a Council of Scout Associations to a National Scout Organization". World Organization of the Scout Movement. January 1, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "Eurofax". World Organization of the Scout Movement. December 17, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2012.

External links

• Scout Association of the Republic of Srpska
• "Scouting in Bosnia & Herzegovina". Pine Tree Web. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

• Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
• Organizations established in 1999
• 1999 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina