History Flemish Catholic Scouting
- 1912: the Belgian Catholic Scouts‘ (BCS) was founded, later that year renamed to Baden-Powell Belgian Boy Scouts’ (BPBBS)
- 1913: the first Catholic Flemish group was founded in the city of Antwerp: 1ste Sint-Jacob (First Saint Jake).
- 1915: the Baden-Powell Belgian Girl Scouts’ (BPBGS) was founded.
- 1916: the first Catholic Sea Scout group was founded in the city of Antwerp, BPBBS remamed to the Baden-Powell Belgian Boy and Sea Scouts (BPBBSS)
- 1929: BPBGS renamed to Association Catholiques des Guides Belges-Associatie der Katholieke Padvindsters van België (GCB-KPB)
- 1930: the BPBBSS split in the Dutch speaking Vlaamsch Verbond der Katholieke Scouts (VVKS) and the French speaking Fédération des Scouts Catholiques
- 1939: some guide groups left the GCB-KPB and founded, with help of the VVKS, the Katholieke Vlaamse Meisjesgidsen (KVMG), "Blue Guides", a more Flemish organisation, not recognized by the WAGGGS.
- 1945: the GCB-KPB changed its structure to a federation with a Dutch speaking branch KPB and a French speaking branch GCB
- 1945-1953: some tries to rejoin KPB and KVMG as Katholieke Meisjesgidsen van België (KMGB), GCB-KPB renamed to GCB-KMGB
- 1959-1960: the last Blue Guides rejoin the GCB-KMGB and the GCB-KMGB split in two separate organisations: the Dutch speaking Katholieke Meisjesgidsen van België (KMGB) and the French speaking Les Guides Catholiques des Belgique (GCB)
- 1961: KMGB renamed to Vlaams Verbond der Katholieke Meisjesgidsen (VVKM)
- 1973: VVKM and VVKS started merger as VVKM-VVKS
- 1982: VVKM and VVKS fully merged and renamed to Vlaams Verbond van Katholieke Scouts en Meisjesgidsen (VVKSM)
- 2006: VVKSM renamed to Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen.
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