Scouting aims to develop the mental, moral and physical capabilities of youth through a progressive program emphasizing outdoor activities. Scouting is well regarded for introducing young people to environmental issues, outdoor skills, community service projects, and co-operative activities. Scouting is a team that works on the patrol system and as such is a uniformed organization with a Promise and Law.
Sites must be in English or have significant English content. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World (Language) category.
Topical Scouting Sites
The Scouting category has been divided into various topical sub-categories. Please consult the Directory sub-categories for an appropriate subject when submitting a subject oriented site.
International Scouting Organizations should be submitted to: Organizations sub-category.
National, regional and local council sites; Group, and Section sites:
Step ONE
consult the sub-category listings under Organizations
Step TWO,
Listed Scouting Associations
If the Scouting association to which your group belongs is listed please submit your site to the appropriate sub-category.
Unlisted Scouting Associations
If the Scouting association to which your group belongs is not yet listed under Organizations then select the country listed under Organizations and submit it to that Country sub category. If neither the Organization nor the Country is listed as a sub-category of Organizations then submit the site to:
Regional under the appropriate Geographic Area or Country
If you do not know where your site belongs submit it to this top category and we will find the proper placement.
Campsites of international interest go in the top category. Sites of more local interest go in their respective country categories.
The campsite should be owned, operated, or administrated directly by an official scouting organization even if the web site is not. Campgrounds friendly to scouting open to the general public would be more appropriately listed in a sub-category of Recreation/Outdoors/Camping/Campgrounds/
Scouting grew into an international movement within the first year of its existence. International Scouting organizations have grown up to facilitate and support the international aspect of the movement.
This category includes those various supporting organizations that assist in the provision of scouting programs on a worldwide basis as well as individual scouting, guiding or girl scouting groups or sections, and their senior councils.
In 1938 Winston S. Churchill made this tribute to BP and the Scouting Movement:
In this uncertain world one cannot be sure of much. But it seems probable that one or two hundred years hence, or it may be more, this monument that we have seen set up in our lifetime will still proclaim the fame of its founder, not in the silent testimony of bronze or stone, but as an institution guiding and shaping the lives and thoughts of men.
Sites must be in English or have English pages or significant English content. On the main Scouting page is a list of the language groups that have a scouting category. Sites in all other languages should be submitted to the most appropriate available category in the particular language.
National Scouting Organizations and sub units of listed Associations are to be submitted under the appropriate association sub-category while those relating to Associations that are not listed as sub-categories are to be listed under Country Name
General scouting sites for a particular country are to be listed under Regional by Geographic Designation or Country.
NOTE
Please follow the guidelines set out below for placement of your group or council site.
Section, Group, and Council Web Sites
Only scouting, girl scouting, and guiding groups that belong to an association listed as a directory sub-category are to be submitted here.
For the Scouting associations listed here, please suggest your site under the sub-category name of the Association to which your group belongs. Please read the Submission Notice for your Association's sub-category for details on submitting a council, group or section site.
ALL OTHER GROUPS
If your scouting, girl scouting, or guiding association is not listed as a sub-category of Organizations please suggest the site under the appropriate Country sub-category in Organizations
If the country name does not appear as a sub-category of Organizations then submit to Regional under the appropriate country or regional sub-category.
All sites suggested must be in English or have English pages or significant English content. Sites in other languages should be submitted to World under the appropriate language category. There are Scouting categories for each of the languages listed in the "This Category in Other Languages" notice of Scouting. The editors may consider making an exception for the official national site of a scouting association for which no scouting category or language category yet exists for a particular language.
Please submit regional organizations to the appropriate geographic region. Scouting sites related to scouting in a particular country are to be submitted to the appropriate country category. If a country sub-category does not exist submit sites of that country to the next appropriate larger geographic sub-category. Sites related to specific topics such as Resources, Campsites, Collectibles etc. should be listed under the proper category. Scouting sites that do not have any other appropriate place for listing in the Directory may be listed under the relevant country or geographic sub-category of this category.