What is the International

Geography Olympiad?

Thousands of students all over the world participate enthusiastically in National Geography Olympiads or competitions. The best of them compete in the International Geography Olympiad (iGeo). iGeo is a competition for the best 16 to 19 year old geography students from National Geography Olympiads. It is organised every other year. The competition consists of three parts: a written test, a multimedia test and a substantial field work exercise.

The International Geography Olympiad is organised by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Olympiad Task Force. The Task Force members are: Henk Ankoné, co-chair (The Netherlands), Joop van der Schee, co-chair (The Netherlands), Kathryn Berg (Australia), Zouhaier Hlaoui (Tunisia) and Su- Min Shen(China Taipei). Fernando Garcia-Garcia (Mexico) and Sue Lomas (United Kingdom) are counsellors of the Task Force.

The next International Geography Olympiad will be held in Taipei in the summer of 2010 with support of the Geographical Society of China located in Taipei and the Department of Geography of the National Taiwan Normal University.

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