Buró Scout Mundial

El Buró Scout Mundial, The World Scout Bureau es la oficina que gestiona y difunde las instrucciones de la Conferencia Scout Mundial y del Comité Scout Mundial a las Regiones y a las Organizaciones Scouts Nacionales.

Dirección

El Buró Scout Mundial está dirigido por el Secretario General de la Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout. Es elegido por el Comité Scout Mundial y es el responsable administrativo de la Organización. Existen oficinas regionales en:

• Región Scout Africana: Nairobi, Kenya; Dakar, Senegal y Capetown, Sudáfrica.
• Región Scout Árabe: Cairo, Egipto.
• Región Scout Asia Pacífico: Manila, Filipinas
• Región Scout Eurasia: Yalta-Gurzuf, Ukrania, y Moscú, Federación Rusa
• Región Scout Europea: Ginebra, Suiza, y Bruxelas, Bélgica
• Región Scout Interamericana: Santiago, Chile

Funciones

As the secretariat of the World Organization, the World Bureau has a number of Constitutionally-defined functions.

   * It assists the World and Regional Scout Conferences, and the World and Regional Committees and their subsidiary bodies in the fulfillment of their functions. This includes the preparation of meetings and the provision of the necessary services to implement the decisions of the various bodies.
   * It provides services for the promotion of Scouting throughout the world.
   * It maintains relations with national Scout organizations and helps them develop Scouting in their country.
   * It promotes the development of Scouting in countries where it does not exist.
   * It supervises the organization of international and regional Scout events such as world and regional jamborees.
   * It maintains relations with international organizations whose activities are concerned with youth matters.

The World Bureau carries out these functions in a number of different ways:

   * providing the support for committees, task forces and working groups
   * developing and conducting courses in the field
   * providing advice and giving technical assistance
   * preparing publications
   * publishing regular newsletters of Scouting news

The World Bureau's operations are financed partly from the annual registration fee paid by national Scout organizations, based on their membership. Other support comes from foundations, corporations, development agencies, and individuals.

Support also comes from the World Scout Foundation, which is building a capital (endowment) fund. Contributions to the Foundation are invested permanently to produce a regular income for the benefit of the World Organization. The Foundation also receives non-capital donations for international Scouting.