Central European Olympiad in Informatics article about the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), which served as a role model for the invention of the more local CEOI. The first CEOI was held in 1994 (Romania, founder of the CEOI), five years after the first IOI. Central European Olympiad in Informatics The Central European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI) is an annual informatics competition for secondary school students. Each of the participating central European countries (plus one or two guest countries, and a local team from the host area) sends a team of up to four contestants, a team leader and a deputy team leader. The contestants
International Philosophy Olympiad International Philosophy Olympiad The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is an International Science Olympiad, a philosophy competition for high school students. It is organized under the auspices of the FISP (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie) and supported by UNESCO. The International Philosophy Olympiad was founded through an initiative by Ivan Kolev from Sofia University, Bulgaria. The idea was to help replace the Marxist-Leninist subjects taught in schools throughout Eastern Europe between 1947 and 1990. The first International Philosophy Olympiad was held in 1993 in Smolyan, Bulgaria, with three participating countries, Bulgaria, Romania (lead by Elena Florina Otet) and Turkey (lead