The International Geography Olympiad (iGeO) is an annual competition for the best 16 to 19 year old geography students from National Geography Olympiads. The competition consists of three parts: a written test, a multimedia test and a substantial field work exercise. iGeO tests the abilities of every participants in spatial patterns and processes. It is about frontiers, centers and peripheries, about tourists, terrorists and refugees, about trade of food, clothes, drugs and digital data, about population growth, El Niño, tsunamis and earthquakes, etc. The International Geography Olympiad is organised by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Olympiad Task Force.
Beginning in 2012, the competition will be held annually, rather than biannually.
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During the 1994 congress of the International Geographical Union (IGU) in Prague, people from Poland and the Netherlands launched the idea of an International Geography Competition (iGeo) or Olympiad for students between 15 and 19 years of age. The first one was held in 1996 in The Hague, Netherlands, with five participating countries. The participant count grew to 24 countries with the 2008 competition in Carthage, Tunisia.
At iGeo 2010, held in Taipei, Taiwan, the number of participating countries was 28 countries, plus 1 area. The participating countries were: Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, China Hong Kong, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan (host country), Tunisia, United Kingdom.
Aims of the International Geography Olympiad
Since 2012, iGeo will be hosted annually[2]
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