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The study looks at the educational concept of two youth associations, namely the Scouting and the Pioneer movement as two defining youth associations in the 20th century Hungary. In the beginning of the 20th century, due to several social influences, there was an increased demand for communities that bring young people together and educate them outside of school. The Scouting movement spread in the first half of the century, and was replaced by the Pioneer Association during the socialist-communist Hungary. Both youth movements were closely linked to politics and ideology. The study analyses the common and opposite characteristics, everyday life, and mainly the educational concept and structure of the two youth associations with the help of literature and the contemporary press. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]