Scouting Antiano

Scouting Antiano (Papiamento: Antillean Scouting) is the national Scouting organization of the former Netherlands Antilles. It serves 1,600 members in 25 Scout groups, 21 Scout groups on Curaçao, two on Sint Maarten, two on Bonaire, none on Saba and Sint Eustatius. Since 2016, Scouting Antiano is a full member World Organization of the Scout Movement. Until then, it was an associate member of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.[1]

Scouting Antiano
The Scout Association of Curacao
HeadquartersArowakenweg 41 A, Willemstad, Curaçao
CountryCuracao
Founded1930/1997
Membership1,600
Chief ExecutiveRegis Mercera
Website
http://www.scoutingantiano.org

History
Scouts of Curaçao in 1947

In 1997, two Scout associations, Antilliaanse Padvinders Vereniging (APV, Antillean Scout Association), and the Katholieke Verkenners Nederlandse Antillen (KVNA, the Catholic Scouts of the Netherlands Antilles) merged. On April 15, 2000, Aruba got its own organisation, Scouting Aruba. Scouting Antiano share their headquarters with the "Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen" and other Netherlands Antillean youth organisations.

Structure

Scouting Antiano primarily follows the Dutch system of Scouting.

The Scout Motto is Ser Prepara, Be Prepared in Papiamento, and Wees Paraat in Dutch.

On 27 February 2016, the World Scout Committee recognized Scouting Antiano as the National Scout Organization of the Curaçao and conferred it with Full WOSM Membership with voting rights.[2] The membership certificate was presented to the organisation in the 41st World Scout Conference, which was conducted in Baku of Azerbaijan in 2017.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "WOSM welcomes Scouting Antiano and Scouting Aruba, congratulates the Palestinian Scout Association". World Organisation of Scout Movement. 2016-02-29.


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