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Intercountry Committees events
Fully funded Rotary Peace Fellowship – Invitation
The Rotary Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2024 Rotary Peace Fellowship. Each year, Rotary awards fully funded fellowships for peace and development leaders from diverse backgrounds to study at one of our peace centers located at premier universities...
Rotary Institute Abu Dhabi – December 2-4, 2022
For information on the Rotary Institute in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi (UAE) visit the website: https://2022yasislandrotaryinstitute.org . Inter-Country Committees leaders will participate in this meeting to develop the image of the ICCs and talk about ICC programs and...
Rotary Institute Limassol – November 7-13, 2022
WELCOME at THE ROTARY INSTITUTE in LIMASSOL (CYPRUS)from 10th to 13th November 2022 BIENVENUE à L’INSTITUTE ROTARY de LIMASSOL (CHYPRE)du 10 au 13 novembre 2022 An International multicultural meeting in the heart of the Mediterranean basin with Rotarian from Europe...
Rotary Institute Basel – November 2-6, 2022
For information on the Rotary Institute in Basel (CHE) visit the website: https://www.rotary-institute-basel.com . Inter-Country Committees leaders will participate in this meeting to develop the image of the ICCs and talk about ICC programs and achievements in the...
Peace Conference “The long road to peace” – Saturday October 15, 2022 – Lille
The Rotary Peace Forum will be organized on Saturday October 15, 2022 in Lille (FRA). For information visit the website: www.cheminpaix.org . The previous day, Friday October 14, 2022, the meeting of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees Executive Council will take...
Strengthening international Service through ICCs
For those of you who will be attending the Rotary International Convention in Houston, you may join us on Monday 6 June 2002 - 03:00 to 05:00 hrs PM for a meeting on Strengthening international Service through ICCs. This meeting will take place in the Montgomery Room...
Intercountry Committees News & Features
ICC Great-Britain & Ireland – Southern Africa
The new Inter-Country Committee between Great-Britain & Ireland and Southern Africa was chartered on the 21th November 2021 during a virtual ceremony attended by Katerina Kotsali-Papadimitriou, Rotary International Director, David Ellis, Chairman of the Executive...
The German Annual Conference for the International Service
The German Annual Conference for the International Service and Intercountry Committees took place in Frankfurt on November 12-13, 2021.Speakers included ICC Executive Council Chairman Cyril Noirtin, PRIP Holger Knaack, Frank Meik (German Governor Council) as well as...
A new ICC Argentina – Italy – Malta – San Marino
The charter ceremony of the new ICC between Argentina and Italy, Malta, San Marino took place on May 12, 2021 in a virtual online meeting. More than two hundred people attended the ceremony, under the witness of Celia Cruz de Giay, Past Vice President of Rotary...
New orizons from the Land of Abraham
On March 30, 2021, the online event "New orizons from the Land of Abraham - The Bridge of Pope Francis after his apostolic journey to Iraq" took place on the Zoom platform. It was organized by the ICC National Sections Italy-Malta-San Marino and Belgium-GD Luxembourg,...
Past Rotary ICC Executive Council Chairman Anton Polsterer dies
It is with great sadness that the ICC Executive Council must inform you of the passing of Intercountry Committee Executive Council Former Chairman Anton (Tony) Polsterer on the 15 March 2021 at the age of 86. Tony joined Rotary in Vienna in 1986 and transferred to the...
A new ICC between Philippines and Taiwan
The charter ceremony of the new InterCountry Committee between Philippines and Taiwan took place on Wednesday 24th February 2021 at the Okada Manila Resort in Metro Manila, Philippines. Many persons attended the ceremony, under the witness of PRIP Gary Huang, PRID...
A new ICC between GB&I and Portugal
The charter ceremony of the new InterCountry Committee between Great Britain and Ireland and Portugal took place virtually on Sunday 14th March 2021. Over 50 persons attended the ceremony and among them, were Rotary International Director-elect Nicki Scott, Judith...
Past Rotary ICC Executive Council General Secretary Arthur Bowden dies
It is with great sadness that the ICC Executive Council must inform you of the passing of Intercountry Committee Executive Council Former General Secretary Arthur Bowden in Salisbury Hospital on the 1st January 2021 at the age of 92. Arthur was a founding member and...
Happy New Year 2021
On behalf of the Executive Council of the Inter-Country Committees and the Taipei Preconvention Organizing Committee, I wish you a happy new year 2021. May this new year bring happiness and health to you and your loved ones and I wish you success in all the projects...
Charter of a new ICC between GB&I and Germany
On the evening of 20th December 2020, I had the chance to take part in the charter ceremony of the ICC between Great Britain & Ireland and Germany. Reaching across borders to promote peace, international understanding and goodwill are an integral part of Rotary’s...
Past Rotary International President Luis Vicente Giay dies
Luis Vicente Giay, a past Rotary International president died on 29 August. He was 82. His involvement and great support to the Intercountry Committees was very well known. Giay served as RI president in 1996-97 and used his term to encourage governors to lead their...
Supporting the environment becomes a new area of focus
The Rotary Foundation Trustees and Rotary International Board of Directors have both unanimously approved adding a new area of focus: supporting the environment. More than $18 million in Foundation global grant funding has been allocated to environment-related...
Past Rotary International President Frank J. Devlyn dies
Frank J. Devlyn, a former Rotary International president who encouraged members to think ahead and take quick action on humanitarian issues, died on 27 May. Devlyn was a friend and a great supporter of ICCs. On March 25, 2001, at an ICC conference organized in Lille,...