Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan | |||
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Flag of OSMK-the sky-blue color and steppe eagle are from the national flag of Kazakhstan; the violet and white colors and fleur-de-lis are symbolic of the World Scout Movement
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Kazakh | Скауттык Қoзғaлыс Ұіымы Қазақстан | ||
Country | Kazakhstan | ||
Founded | 1992 | ||
Membership | 1,223 | ||
Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website http://www.scouts.kz/ |
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The coeducational Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Скауттык Қoзғaлыс Ұіымы Қазақстан, Skawttık Qozğalıs Uiımı Qazaqstan; Russian: Организация Скаутского Движения Казахстана, Organizatsiya Skautskogo Dvizheniya Kazakhstana) was officially founded in 1992, and received World Organization of the Scout Movement recognition on January 16, 2008. In 2011, it had 1,223 members.
As far as is known, Scouting was not introduced to the region during the khanate period of the pre-Soviet era.
In 1990 a conference (or Congress) of people interested in Scouting was held in Moscow. Viktor Deimund (now the President of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan) represented Kazakhstan at the Congress. The Congress established the Association of Russian Scouting Renaissance. The homegrown Scout troops within Kazakhstan joined the membership of the Ural Scout Region.
Viktor Deimund and Oleg Mozheyko organized the first Scout Troops in Kazakhstan in 1991. Republic-wide newspapers published the first articles on the work of Pavlodar Scout troops. Shortly thereafter, hundreds of letters came to Pavlodar from people asking for help to create Scout units. Pavlodar Scout leaders published and sent out Scouting literature, and Scout troops were created in different cities and parts of Kazakhstan.
On December 28, 1992, the Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan was registered in the Ministry of Justice, and in 1993 Scout leader training courses were made available. An All-Republic Camp (National Jamboree) "Jasybay's Arrow" was held in the summer at Jasybay, a national camp near Bayanaul National Park, Pavlodar Province, named for a Kazakh mythic hero. 1994 saw both the publication of handbook "Scouting for Everybody" and the participation of Kazakhstan Scouts in a World Scout Committee Informative Council on Scouting in Crimea. During the Council, President Deimund discussed the development of Scouting in Kazakhstan with Doctor Jacques Moreillon, the Secretary General of WOSM. Leaders of Kazakh Scouts took part in the international seminar "Scouting: Youth without Borders" in Morocco. In 1995, Kazakhstan's Scouts were represented at the 18th World Scout Jamboree in the Netherlands by a small group.