PAGGS is an international twin town cooperation involving Guides, Scouts, Boys and Girls Brigade from the following towns -
P - Paisley (Scotland)
A - Apeldoorn (The Netherlands)
G - Gagny (France)
G - Gladsaxe (Denmark)
S - Sutton (England)
- - Minden (Germany)
- - Wilmersdorf (Germany)
- - Pardubice (Czech Republic)
It started as a leader’s conference in 1970 between five twin towns with
the first letters P-A-G-G-S. The conference was a success, with many new friendships made, it became annual event, with the towns taking turns hosting the conference. After a while the concept was expanded with a camp instead of a conference every other year. Today new towns have joined in, but the original name still sticks. There are three different PAGGS events, one each year, with the towns taking turns hosting. The PAGGS camps is for children of the age 13-18 years. (the age limits may vary from camp to camp) Adults can participate as either leaders or staff. A camp is usually ten days in late July / early August. Around 200 guides and scouts participate. PAGGS-IN is the name of the leader’s conferences, which was earlier known as TWITOCO (Twin Town Conference). YLC – The Young Leaders Camp is the camp for young guides and scouts, primarily between 18 and 25 years. The idée of YLC is a camp with action, where you can do activities you can’t normally do, and without having to prepare anything yourself. – A camp for those who normally do camps for others. The camp is five days in Easter.
