All the formerly communist states of Central and
Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include
Albania,
Bulgaria,
East Germany,
Hungary,
Poland,
Romania, and the successor states to
Czechoslovakia,
Yugoslavia and the
Baltic nations independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the
Czech Republic and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Guide movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of Guides-in-Exile movements for the diaspora of each nation. This region is the counterpart of the
European Region of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). The Europe Region WAGGGS has strong connections to the European Region of WOSM. Both maintained a joined office in Brussels for some years and published a monthly newsletter called
Eurofax. Currently the two regions run the joint communication platform 'WEConnect'.
Post-Soviet nations are divided between the WAGGGS-Europe Region and the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region. ==References==