If you want to know what IGEO is have a look at the IGEO video made by Werner Wallert of the 2008 IGEO in Tunisia.
2009 Japan
The 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Geography Olympiad in Tsukuba, Japan, from 1 to 6 August 2009.
The 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Geography Olympiad will be held in Tsukuba, Japan, will be hosted by the Japanese Association of Geographers. Tsukuba is a university town, 60 km north of Tokyo. Teams from Australia, China-Taipei, Japan and Mexico will be taking part. For more information visit the website.
2009 Poland
The Central European Regional International Geography Olympiad in Poland
We are glad to inform you that a website for the Central European regional Olympiad has been launched – http://cerigeo.eu
“The IV Central European Regional International Geography Olympiad will take place in Poland in the beautiful region of Bielsko-Biala and Chorzów between 15th and 21st September 2009. The Olympiad organised by the Polish Geographical Society and the National Geography Olympiad Committee will be hosted by two prominent secondary schools in the Southern Poland: M. Rej Educational Society Secondary School in Bielsko-Biala and J. Slowacki Secondary School No. 1 in Chorzów. The Olympiad has received the support of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Poland. The Olympiad will be divided into two parts, one of which will be held in Silesia region and the other one in Beskidy Mountains. The parts will be separated by a one-day Cracow-Wieliczka excursion. Nine countries have confirmed participation so far. For more information please visit http://cerigeo.eu or contact Katarzyna Kot (kot_kasia(at)wp.pl) or Tomasz Sawicki (tomasz(dot)j(dot)sawicki(at)gmail.com) who are coordinating organisation of the Olympiad.”
2010 TAIPEI
Dear Colleagues
We are pleased to announce that Taipei will be the host city of the 2010
International Geography Olympiad. The 2010 Olympiad will be held
during the period late July/early August. The organizations supporting
the 2010 Olympiad are The Geographical Society of China located in
Taipei and the Department of Geography of the National Taiwan Normal
University. We thank Professors Jiun-Chuan LIN and Kuo-Chuan CHEN for
their support. Dr Su-Min SHEN will be the Local Organizer. Su-Min has
been a team leader at the Olympiads since 2002 and she organized the first Asia-Pacific Regional Geography Olympiad in 2007, so she brings a lot of experience with Olympiads to her role. We are grateful that she has offered to take on this task.
Su-Min’s contact details are:
Su-Min SHEN (Dr)
Department of Geography
National Taiwan Normal University
162, Sec 1, Hoping East Rd Taipei, TAIWAN 106
Tel: + 886-2-23627057 Fax: + 886-2-23691770 smshen@ntnu.edu.tw.
Su-Min will send out details and invitations to countries later this year. We hope that both previous and new participants will be able to send teams, and so give their students not only the opportunity to explore the cultures and landscapes around Taipei, but also the wonderful experience of mixing with students from all over the world. Please forward this email to any of your colleagues who may be interested.
If you have any general queries about Olympiads please see the Olympiad website at www.geoolympiad.org or contact the Olympiad Task Force Secretary, Kath Berg, at admin@rgsq.org.au.
Kind regards
Henk Ankoné and Joop van der Schee Co-Chairs International Geographical Union Olympiad Task Force
c/o Ms Kathryn Berg, Administrator
The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc
237 Milton Road, Milton Qld 4064, Australia
Phone: + 61 7 3368 2066
Fax: + 61 7 3367 1011
Email: admin@rgsq.org.au
Website: www.rgsq.org.au
Results 2008
The top-3 best performing countries were:
1. Romania
2. Estonia
3. Australia
Congratulations!
For the assignments of the multimediatest click here, for the images of the multimedia test click here and for the answers of the multimedia test click here.
More test assignments will follow as soon as possible.
