Introducing FIRST to other countries

[abualhaijar]

Hi, I'm a new poster on Chief Delphi, but I am by no means new to FIRST. Right now it is summer, I am on vacation, and something hit me the other day... I'm not doing enough for FIRST! The country of my vacation is irrelevant to this topic, so I will just pose a general question: What kind of steps does it take to get some FIRST robotics programs going in another country? (I am writing from the perspective of an American, so by other country, I mean not United States) Where do you start? Who do you talk to? I want to know what it takes. I would appreciate it if people with experience in this field would post some useful information. (it has to have been done before right?) I haven't scoured other threads that thoroughly yet, so I will keep looking, and I will post if I find a duplicate thread that resolves my question, or if someone knows a thread that does so, that would be helpful too. I will also post anything I learn from personal experience here as I plan on pursuing leads here as soon as I can.
Thanks,
-R