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2010 Taipei
Taipei from the Air
"Taipei from the Air, a photo by Po-lin Chi."
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The coming iGeoInvitationDear Colleague On behalf of the Geographical Society of China located in Taipei and the Department of Geography of the National Taiwan Normal University, it is my pleasure to invite your country to send a team to the 8th International Geography Olympiad (IGEO). This will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, from 29 July to 4 August 2010, under the auspices of the International Geographical Union Olympiad Task Force. The venue will be the Sacred Heart High School beside the Tanshui River. The IGEO competition contains three elements: a written response test, a multimedia test and a fieldwork test. The official language of the IGEO is English. Questions will be presented in English and students must answer in English. Extra facilities will be provided for non-native English speakers. See also the Guidelines for the tests during iGeo 2010 . A country’s team will be made up of four secondary school students between the ages of 16 and 19 years of age (inclusive) on 30 June 2010. Students must be selected through a national geography competition. They will be accompanied by two adults who are involved in geographical education in their country, and who can speak and write English. Please also refer to the IGEO website for the updated statutes under which the IGEO operates (http://www.geoolympiad.org/ look under ‘What is GeoOlympiad?’). Countries are responsible for their own travel, visas and insurance. In addition, a contribution of TWD 12000 per person (c.a., 250 Euro per person at current exchange rates) is payable as a contribution to local expenses. (TWD = Taiwan New Dollars, currency converter http://www.xe.com/ucc/) As well as the tests, the IGEO 2010 programme includes geographical poster presentations and a cultural function. Details of these will be sent to participating countries. Excursions will be arranged, including visiting the active fault sites of Chichi Earthquake, Palace Museum, Taipei 101 and night markets. An optional post-IGEO tour at your own cost will be arranged if enough countries are interested. Please return the IGEO 2010 Application Form by 4 January 2010 at the latest. Countries which took part in the 2006 or 2008 Olympiads will be automatically accepted for the 2010 IGEO if they apply by 4 January. Other countries will be allocated available places in order of the date of receipt of their application. The maximum number of teams that will be accepted for 2010 IGEO is 30. If you need a formal written invitation to the IGEO, please email me the name, position and address of the person to whom the letter should be sent. Please send the application form, and any queries about the Taipei Olympiad, to me. If you have general queries about the Olympiad, for instance about eligibility, those should go to the Secretariat. Please email them to Kath Berg at admin@rgsq.org.au. For some countries we have more than one contact on our email list. If you believe that this email is better directed at another person, please forward it to them. If you would like to be taken off the email list, please let Kath Berg (admin@rgsq.org.au) know, and preferably give her a contact to whom future communications should be emailed instead. We look forward to welcoming you to Taipei in 2010. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase the geographical skills and understandings of your country’s geography students, as well a reward for student excellence. Yours sincerely,
Su-Min Shen General iGeo contact Ms Kathryn Berg |
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