Circular No.IAR-C11-2024-EN
Open Call for Regional Youth Representatives
Dear friends in Scouting,
During the last Interamerican Scout Conference, Resolution 12/2022 was approved, requesting to establish a Youth Representatives in our Region. After careful consideration, the initiative was created and the Terms of Reference attached to this circular were approved by the Interamerican Scout Committee in January 2024. This circular describes the main elements of the open call to apply to the role of Youth Representative of the Interamerican Scout Region.
About the Youth Representatives:
Being a Youth Representative to the Interamerican Scout Region is a great commitment. Their main role is to represent and be the voice of the more than 2 million of Scouts in the Interamerican Scout Region. The Youth Representatives will:
- Deliver advocacy efforts of the Interamerican Scout Region engaging with relevant external stakeholders to positively influence decision-making processes in our Region.
- Actively stay in contact with key external stakeholders agreed with the Interamerican Scout Committee and report back on these communications.
- Contribute to positioning World Scouting, and particularly the Interamerican Scout Region, as the world’s leading educational youth movement.
Each applicant will be required to give at least 5 volunteering hours per month.
The complete Terms of Reference can be found at: https://treehouse.scout.org/topic/youth-representatives-interamerican-region-terms-reference
Additional considerations of the open call:
We kindly ask NSOs and potential applicants to keep the following in mind:
- Resolution 6/2022 “Management of Adult Volunteering in International Teams of the World Organization of the Scout Movement” taken during the 28th Interamerican Scout Conference, Paraguay 2022, agreed to: Strongly urge the Member Organizations of the Region to facilitate the application of adult volunteers registered in them, taking into consideration that the only requirements necessary to apply are the desire of the adult volunteer, their willingness to accept and comply with the respective commitments, comply with the profile described in the respective call, be a registered and active member in a Member Organization. Therefore, this call is for all adults 18-26 years, who are part of a National Scout Organization of the Interamerican Region, who are duly registered in it and who express their desire to participate.
- Gender equality as well as a global spread of volunteers are also very important to ensure diversity and inclusion in this initiative. We, therefore, call upon all NSOs to consider endorsing interested and competent members, both female and male.
- Expertise at the international level within WOSM or any other NGO is certainly considered an asset but is not essential. It is even conceivable that a person without national-level experience could contribute to the work to be done, depending on their personal skills.
- Further general requirements are described on the Terms of Reference.
- The appointment of the Regional Youth Representatives will be taken by the Interamerican Scout Committee, who also reserves the right to remove anyone who does not perform well or does something that is deemed to be inappropriate during his/her term of service.
Deadline:
In order to apply for this position, the following form must be filled in: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/509f5488fa114778bed03d1d4e4729e9
The application process will begin on June 5th, 2024, and will end on June 30th, 2024 at 23:59 (GTM-5)
A Selection Committee will be established to evaluate each of the applicants with the following criteria
1. Content of the answers to the specified questions - 50%
2. Presentation of the video - 40%
3. Creativity - 10%
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