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Each Country has the right to be invited as an Observer.
If a Host Country wants to invite more or fewer then four Contestants, it's advisable to announce this
in the General Assembly beforehand.
The IC should include Countries that represent all geographical regions of the world. It should be
encouraged that all IC members actively participate in the IC and that there are no vacant positions
in the IC.
In the process of organizing IOI's since 1989 all kind of materials about past IOI's are collected. This
material forms the basis of the IS.
The BP can promote the IOI, can provide advice to the IOI, and can act as intermediaries between
the IOI and others who can support the development of the IOI (e.g. with extending the scope of the
IOI, with organizing the IOI in specific countries, with providing some financial support).
The IOI Regulations can not and will not prescribe in which way the Host Team of IOI'n is composed
and tasks are performed by the members.
But in order to prepare IOI'n statements S4.6 and S4.7 record that the Host Team includes as a
member:
If several positions are combined by one person, by a default of that person, each position is taken
up as is indicated for that position in the Statutes.
It is not recommended that the organizing Host reduces the Host Team to one person.
Problems which need to be specified in a more 'permanent' Judging Procedure are such as (for
example):
It is not necessary to make an English version of the Guidelines, although parts, such as Competition
Procedures and Judging Procedures, should be English.
E2 Definitions
E2.1
The original idea of initiating the IOI was proposed to the 24th general conference of UNESCO by the
Bulgarian delegate Professor Sendov in October 1987. This plan was included into the fifth main
program of UNESCO for the biennium 1988 - 1989. In May 1989, UNESCO initiated and sponsored
the first IOI, which was held in Pravetz, Bulgaria.
E2.4
The Observer-status is introduced as a possibility to see the IOI in practice before participating in the
IOI. But the more functional reason is that by introducing the Observer-status, the number of
Participating Countries is regulated. Before a Country can participate with Contestants it should be
present with one or two Observers and announce its participation for the coming year(s). This has the
advantage that the IOI and the Future Hosts are not surprised by an unforeseen amount of complete
Delegations in the next year(s).
E2.7
A representative of UNESCO is always invited to the Olympiads. UNESCO is a link to the other
Science Olympiads as well and distributes information around the world about the IOI and the other
Olympiads.
E3 Objectives and Means
E3.3
Informatics is a relatively young, scientific and engineering discipline of growing importance in
society. Currently it is underrepresented in secondary education throughout the world.
E3.4
It is firmly recommended that Contestants participated in a local, regional or national informatics
competition in their Country as a pre-selection for the IOI and that they belong to the winners of that
competition.
E3.5
It is firmly recommended that Countries reasonably circulate the yearly issues of the IOI among each
other. To spread the average costs for travel it is also recommended that Countries sufficiently keep
to geographical staggering.
E4 Office Bearers and Tasks
E4.1
The International Committee (IC) is established by the General Assembly of the GA in order to
prepare revisions of the Regulations and to elaborate decisions and recommendations of the GA.
E4.2
The Secretary-General of the IOI is a continuing position which is taken up by a member of the Host
Team of IOI'n after the Opening Ceremony of IOI'n. The Secretary-General of the IOI holds this
position in the full period up till the Opening Ceremony of IOI'n+1.
E4.4
The level of support which the IC and GA can give to the International Secretariat of the IOI (IS) is
not yet arranged. After the needed support has been specified, and the IC and GA have taken their
decisions, the 'provisional' character of the IS might change to 'permanent'.
E4.5
As an organisation the IOI lacks sustained influence from universities, research, commerce and
industry. A permanent Board of Patrons, consisting of a group of well-known, respected, male and
female members of information technology and business from different regions of the world, can
have the necessary profile and influence.
E4.6
In the year preceding IOI'n the Host Team of IOI'n functions under supervision of the IC, whose
composition is established during IOI'n-1.
The main reasons for the distinction of the four main positions are:
There is no preference wether the organizing Host of IOI'n combines any of the positions of
Secretary-General of the IOI, Manager of IOI'n, President of the GA, Chair of the SC of IOI'n in one
person, or not.
E4.8
Up till now the details of the Judging Procedure are 'provisional'. There are not enough specifications
which the SC can use to propose a distribution of medals among the Contestants. Although the GA is
the body which awards the Contestants, it is strongly recommended that the procedures to determine
this distribution should be better specified and the SC can be given more authority to present a
complete awarding proposal to the GA.
E5 Host Nomination and Selection
E5.4
It should be known which Host Countries will offer the future issues of the IOI in the coming three
years (IOI'n+1, IOI'n+2, and IOI'n+3) and have the status of Future Host.
E6 Responsibilities and Organizing Rules of Present Host
E6.4
The Guidelines for the organization of IOI'n is a plan which is necessary for the preparation,
production, organization, timescales, and distribution of information of IOI'n. The plan should be
suited for the local situation in the Country offering IOI'n.
E6.5
A discussion of the presentation of the Guidelines does mean that there is agreement between IC
and Host Team about the contents of the Guidelines and the way the Host Team prepares IOI'n.
Created on JUN-01-95, last updated on JUN-02-95 by
daniel.weiler@ci.educ.lu
from CIL
Update on June 22 1995, by Richard Verhoeven.
IOI 95