Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland)

Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej (Scouting Association of the (Polish) Republic, abbreviated ZHR) is a Polish Scouting organization founded on 12 February 1989. At present, Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej has over 23,000 members and is second largest scouting organisation in the country.

The association draws on the ideological traditions of scouting and Polish scouting (harcerstwo), continues the programme, methodological, and organizational principles of the Polish Scouting Association from 1918–1939, and develops the achievements of independent scouting communities operating after 1945 within and outside then communist-controlled Polish Scouting Association.

The association is under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland and, in accordance with the law, constitutes a civil protection and civil defense entity.

Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej is an associate member of the Confederation of European Scouts.