Services
On behalf of the international commissioner and Chief Scout
Executive, the International Division of the BSA maintains communications with
the World Organization of the Scout Movement and other national Scouting
organizations to help provide international and American Scouts a broad
Scouting experience. Among the services the division provides are:
In cooperation with the council leadership, the council international
representative sets up a communications and organizational plan that will
make it possible to keep the council membership informed of the opportunities
for program enrichment in the area of international Scouting.
An international letter of introduction is a document
of the World Organization of the Scout Movement identifying Scouts and leaders
who travel abroad, individually or in groups, as registered members of the Boy
Scouts of America.
The Direct Service Center, administered by the
International Division, serves more than 5,000 American youths throughout
the world who are members of diplomatic, military, and multinational
corporation families, as well as others living abroad. Council emblems,
unit program resources, and supplies are available to overseas units from
the International Division. For more information, visit their Web site
at http://www.directservicebsa.org
International training seminars and conferences for
council international representatives and others interested in international
Scouting are conducted periodically at national meetings and at the Philmont
Training Center in New Mexico. Visit the
Philmont Training Center Web Site for updated information on scheduled events.