Scouting and Guiding in Lithuania

Scouting and Guiding in Lithuania consist of a number of different organizations, some of them connected to international bodies. Besides open associations, there are also some for the national minorities living in Lithuania, as well as Girl Scouts of the USA.

Lithuanian organizations

Lithuanian Scout organizations include

Lietuvos skautija, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, registered in 1996, 1,446 members
Lietuvos skaučių seserija, associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, restarted in 1989, 652 membersLietuvos jaunųjų krikščionių sąjungos skautai ir skautės, YMCA and YWCA Scouts and Guides, registered in 1996, 130 membersJūrų skautija "Divytis", Lithuanian Sea Scouts, registered in 2001, 600 membersLietuvos lenkų harcerių sąjunga, connected to Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, aimed at ethnic Poles, restarted in 1989, 400 membersLietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija, belonging to the UIGSE, founded in 1992, 300 members
Lietuvos skautų sąjunga, restarted in 1989, 1,000 membersVisagino skautų organizacija, connected to LS and to ORYuR, aimed at ethnic Russians, founded in 1992, 300 members Žemaitijos skautų organizacija, belonging to the World Federation of Independent Scouts, founded in 2002, 150 members
"Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego na Litwie" belonging to the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme

Alumni organizations

Alumni organizations includeLietuvos suaugusių skautų bendrija for former Scouts and Guides, member of ISGF, founded in 1992, 50 membersStudentų skautų korporacija "Vytis", Akademinė skaučių draugovė ir Skautų filisterių sąjunga, an academic corporation of Scouts and Guides, restarted in 1989, 200 members

Lithuanian Scouts-in-exile

The association Lietuvių Skautų Sąjunga was formed after World War II and serves the Lithuanian communities abroad. As of 2008, there were active units in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Most of these units were also members of the respective National Scout Organization within WOSM.

International Scout units in Lithuania

In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in Vilnius, serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in New York.