Program Enrichment

The International Division sponsors varied programs throughout the year that are geared to enhancing the international Scouting experience for participants. Included are such programs as:

• International Camp Staff program
• European Camp Staff program
• Jamboree-on-the-Air
• Jamboree-on-the-Internet
• World Brotherhood Exchange
• World Scout jamboree

Other international events, such as encampments, jamborees, and jamborettes are held in various other countries each year. A list of international events is available from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (http://www.scout.org).

The International Camp Staff program provides Scouters from other nations, ages 18 through 30, to serve as international camp counselors in BSA camps and day camps. The council pays a fee to the Boy Scouts of America and provides a salary and camp room and board for the counselor.

The European Camp Staff program is operated by the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Members of the Boy Scouts of America, ages 18 through 30, are given opportunity to serve as counselors in European Region Scout camps and training centers. The counselor pays for personal roundtrip air transportation. Room and board are provided in camp in addition to accident and illness insurance.

Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) is a worldwide annual Scouting ham radio event sponsored by the World Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and held the third weekend in October.

Jamboree-on-the-Internet(JOTI) is an annual Scouting event sponsored by the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. This event utilizes computers and the Internet.

World Brotherhood Exchange offers a Boy Scout troop, Venturing crew, or local council an opportunity to provide home hospitality and program activity for a group of Scouts from another nation, followed by a group of Scouts from the BSA reciprocating the visit for home hospitality by Scouting families in the aother nation. The International Division can help establish a foreign contact and provide resource material for planning.

World Scout Jamborees, held every four years, bring Scouts from throughout the world together in a large international encampment, under sponsorship of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The BSA organizes provisional troops in each of its regions. Information and applications are available from local councils. Registration for the world Scout jamboree must be made through your local council.