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The coeducational '''Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan''' ({{lang-kz|'''Скауттык Қoзғaлыс Ұіымы Қазақстан''', ''Skawttık Qozğalıs Uiımı Qazaqstan''}}; {{lang-ru|'''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/world_scouting_welcomes_a_new_member_country_kazakhstan |title=World Scouting welcomes a new member country: Kazakhstan |publisher=[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] |accessdate=2008-01-25}}</ref> In 2011, it had 1,223 members.<ref name="Census_2010">{{cite web |title=Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010|url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |accessdate=2011-01-13}}</ref>

==History==
As far as is known, [[Scouting]] was not introduced to the region during the [[History of Central Asia#Return of indigenous rule|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 [[Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators#After 1990|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 ([[Jamboree (Scouting)|National Jamboree]]) "Jasybay's Arrow" was held in the summer at [[Jasybay]], a national camp near [[Bayanaul National Park]], [[Pavlodar Province]], named for a [[Kazakhs|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 [[Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain|Morocco]]. In 1995, Kazakhstan's Scouts were represented at the 18th [[World Scout Jamboree]] in the Netherlands by a small group. 

Since 1994 the Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan has received financial and organizational support from the German Scout Association [[Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder]] (BdP), with which they share an exchange program. 20 Guides and Scouts from the BdP travelled to Kazakhstan for the National Camp in 2002. Every year Guides and Scouts from the OSMK and BdP meet each other in camps or training courses either in Germany or Kazakhstan, helping and learning from each other. In 2006 8  Guides and Scouts from the BdP travelled to Kazakhstan for the National Camp.

In 1999, Kazakhstan held the First International Scout Camp "Kakharman-99", and in 2003 held WINGS2003, a subcamp for 10 to 14-year-olds. On October 5, 2004, the [[Internet Access and Training Program]] (IATP) brought together 20 Scouts from Kazakhstan and [[Uzbekistan]] for a two-hour online discussion of their activities from the IATP access sites in five cities in Kazakhstan and three in Uzbekistan, aimed to bring together representatives of the Scouting movements from these countries to promote friendship and cooperation. Scouts from Kazakhstan named as their main challenge a lack of funds, and the difficulty of building a successful fundraising operation. 

With the 1991 breakup of the [[Soviet Union]], it was suggested that the [[Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu]] assist in the creation of Scouting movements in the Turkic [[Central Asia]]n republics of Kazakhstan, [[Scouting in Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyzstan]], [[Scouting in Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]] and [[Scout Association of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]], but it is uncertain if this plan ever materialized.

==WOSM recognition==
In October 2007, the [[World Scout Bureau]] received an application for membership in WOSM from the OSMK. In accordance with the requirements of the WOSM Constitution, the [[World Scout Committee]] considered this application at its meeting from September 28 to 30, 2007, and recommended that it be accepted. The OSMK was declared a WOSM member on January 16, 2008. In becoming a member of WOSM, OSMK will become a member of the [[Eurasia Scout Region]], if it so desires.

If Kazakhstan had chosen not to become a member of the Eurasia Region, they would have been eligible to join the [[European Scout Region (World Organization of the Scout Movement)|European Region]], as [[Germany]] was responsible for the support of OSMK. The WOSM constitution contains no obligation for National Scout Organizations to join the regions, but it is strongly expected.

==Program and ideals==
Kazakhstan Scouts are expected to hold spiritual values and national loyalty, but the organization does not discriminate by faith or ethnic origin. Scouts are also expected to live up to the Scout Oath and Law and to serve their communities, which they accomplish through such activities as working with handicapped children and cleaning natural areas. The program's goal is to strengthen character and promote healthy minds, bodies and spirits in participants.

The OSMK presently has no property except a headquarters. OSMK favors youth membership and youth involvement through an active strategy to recruit youth members. The adult policy aims at supporting leadership and [[recruitment]] of [[volunteering|volunteers]]. 

OSMK is open to girls and boys, women and men, in three age sections: 

*Junior Scouts-ages 7 to 10
*Scouts-ages 11 to 14
*Senior Scouts-ages 15 to 17
*Scout leaders are over 18

The [[Scout Motto]] is ''Dayyin Bol'', translating as ''Be Prepared'' in [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], and ''Bud' Gotov'', translating likewise in Russian. The noun for a single Scout is ''Скаут'' in both languages. Kazakh Scouts wear a dark green uniform.

The membership badge of the Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan incorporates elements of the [[flag of Kazakhstan]] set inside the [[Rub El Hizb]] (۞).

The National Council, composed of eleven members, includes seven women and four men. OSMK has three regularly employed professional staff. The Council Chairman is Victor Georgievich Deimund, and the International Commissioner is Mrs. Ainur Shaikhimova Abylayevna.

==Scout Oath==

On my honor, I promise that I will do my best, to do my duty to God and the Motherland, to help other people and to obey the Scout Law.

==Scout Law==
*A Scout is devoted to the Motherland.
*A Scout is honest and truthful.
*A Scout's duty is to help others.
*A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout.
*A Scout is courteous.
*A Scout is a friend to nature.
*A Scout obeys orders of his parents and leaders without question.
*A Scout is thrifty and he respects others property.
*A Scout smiles and never gives up.
*A Scout is diligent and persevering.
*A Scout is restrained.
*A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.

==See also==
*[[Kazakh Guide Association]]

==References==
Article distilled from information provided by former OSMK International Commissioner Oleg Mozheyko. 
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==External links ==
*[http://www.scouts.kz/ Official website] 
*http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0011/a-kaza.html 
*http://www.wings2003.org.uk/Kazakhstan/startup.htm
*[http://scout.org/en/content/download/9495/80882/file/C0729Kazakhstan_e.pdf WOSM Circular N° 29/2007]

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