Slovenian Catholic Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Association

Združenje slovenskih katoliških skavtinj in skavtov
Slovenian Catholic Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Association
Headquarters	Ulica Janeza Pavla II. 13
Location	Ljubljana
Country	Slovenia
Founded	March 31, 1990
Membership	4,700
Chief Scout	Irena Mrak Merhar Žiga Kovačič
Affiliation	World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Website http://zskss.skavt.net/

Irena Mrak Merhar

Združenje slovenskih katoliških skavtinj in skavtov (ZSKSS, Slovenian Catholic Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Association) is the national Guiding organization of Slovenia. It is an independent, voluntary, youth, educational and open Slovenian Scout and Guide association which was established in 1990 taking into account pre-Second World War Slovenian Scouting and was built up on experience and values from other scout and guide associations especially AGESCI (Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani) who helped establishing the concept of the organizations activity (structure, education, programme).

ZSKSS is a member of WAGGGS (WAGGGS).

Affiliated to ZSKSS is the Slovenska Zamejska Skavtska Organizacija (SZSO) serving Slovenian Scouts in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy, which is also affiliated to the Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani.

For individual members of ZSKSS, Zveza tabornikov Slovenije, the Slovenian WOSM member, guarantees the right of personal WOSM-membership.

The history of Scouting in Slovenia dates to when Slovenia was a part of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and possibly back to 1915. In 1922, a meeting of Sokol, an important political and sporting movement in Yugoslavia, took place in Ljubljana, and Bosnian and Serbian Scouts attended. Scouting was officially established in Slovenia in October 1922, when a large number of Scout groups in Slovenia contributed to the establishment of the Scout Parish for Croatia and Slovenia, founded in Osijek. The Slovenia Scout Region was established in early 1923 in Ljubljana. The first Slovene Scout and Guide camp was organized during the summer of 1923 at a Slovene alpine resort. Scouting in Slovenia was officially dissolved on June 10, 1941 because of World War II. Just prior to the dissolution, there were 1,380 members of the Slovene Scout Organization.