International Service Team
The International Service Team (IST) was a group of about 10,000 adult volunteers who ran the jamboree.
Program modules for the IST included four themes:
- Our world
- Personal Development
- Spiritual Experience
- New Skills
IST members had to attend at least two activities from two different themes to attain the IST Experience silver badge and three activities from three different themes to attain the gold badge. A patrol of IST consisted of unit of from four to eight scouts from different countries. Each patrol was assigned to a specific task.
The ISTs from larger contingents lived in Spring town, 40 people from one contingent in a plot.
Read more about this topic: 22nd World Scout Jamboree
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