Soma Hellinon Proskopon is a Non-Governmental Organization that is being governed by 15 member administrative council, which is elected every 4 years by the General Assembly representing Scouts from all the regions in Greece and abroad.

During the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, Athanasios Lefkaditis, a young physical education teacher, observed with interest the British Scouts' service and activities at the Games.

In the beginning of 1911, K. M. Melas, G. Panas and N. Paspatis, officers in the Royal Hellenic Navy and Filippos Xrisovelonis, banker, joined the Hellenic Scout movement, supported it, constituted its First Managing Committee and later become members of the Executive Board of "Omilos Hellinon Proskopon" ("Association of Greek Scouts") as the corps was initially called.

The first official public appearance of the Boy Scouts took place during the Grand Parade for the National Independence Day, on March 25, 1912.

Mostly because of their work in refugee camps around mainland but especially in the island of Lesbos and Chios Scouts of Greece received attention from international media as well as public figures such as Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General.

The Scout emblem incorporates a phoenix, the mythic bird symbolizing rebirth, allegory to the creation of the modern Greek nation.

[4] Scouts of Greece is also active in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.