Secondary school students from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, and China competed in the International Economics Olympiad, which took place from 16th to 18th September. Each country was represented by five students who had already successfully completed the national rounds among almost 30 000 high school students.
From the last year, the Economics Olympiad has grown, and new countries participated in the IEO. Apart from all Visegrad Four countries, also Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Greece have become a part of the project.
The International Economics Olympiad started with a written test which was conducted online. On the following day, an online panel discussion was held on the topic of “How the COVID crisis affected International trade and how to build resilience for similar situations?”.
Participants of the panel discussion:
- György Iván Neszmélyi, Professor at Budapest Business School and Professor of Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Panagiotis Liargovas, President of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Professor at Department of Economics of University of Peloponnese
You can watch a recording of the discussion on YouTube.
On the last day, a grand finale took place with the top 10 students from the written test taking part. Participants measured their knowledge in an oral exam, which was held online in front of a committee.
Members of the committee:
- Monika Budzák, Analyst in the Institute of Economic and Social Studies
- Admir Čavalić, Economic analyst, lecturer and researcher, founder of the Association ‘Multi’
- Panagiotis Liargovas, President of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Professor at Department of Economics of University of Peloponnese
- Gábor Tóth, Economic analyst, member of the organizing committee of the Hungarian Economics Olympiad, lecturer at Corvinus University of Budapest, member of the Hungarian Economic Association
And most importantly in the end, the winner of the second International Economics Olympiad Finals was Daniel Baňár from Slovakia, the second place took Júlia Tyukosová also from Slovakia, at the third place was Otakar Kořínek from the Czech Republic.
Congratulations to the winner, but also to everyone who participated in the International Economics Olympiad.
