The Bebras Community is an association of organizations which are involved with informatics and educational activities in this area.
The members of the Bebras Community are organizations responsible for running a national Bebras Challenge in their country. A member organization of the Bebras Community is referred to as National Bebras Organizer (NBO). There may be only one NBO per country.
The Bebras Community requires an NBO (among other duties mentioned later on)
- to have expertise in the area of informatics education, nationally or internationally;
- to annually organise a national Bebras Challenge in its country;
- to promote the national Bebras Challenge and provide the resources necessary to make the challenge available to as many young people in the country as possible;
- to make visible to the public that their national activities are part of the international activities of the Bebras Community, and to provide a website that can be used by the Bebras Community to point to the NBOs national activities;
- to provide a contact person and contact data for permanent liaisons with the Bebras Community; and
- to annually report about its activities to the Bebras Community.
The International Bebras Committee (IBC) is composed of NBO representatives. During the International Bebras Workshop, all NBO delegates are considered IBC members. For all IBC actions to be taken in between the workshops, each NBO nominates one representative as a voting member of the IBC.
The IBC is the main decision body of the Bebras Community. Among its duties are
- to decide about NBO membership, including suspension and dismissal;
- to decide about changes to the statutes, including appendices;
- to decide about guidelines for the work of the Bebras Community;
- to elect members of other Bebras Community bodies, as well as office-bearers.
Full members of IBC:
Country | Name of contact person | Name of the organization | Country | Name of contact person | Name of the organization |
Algeria | Karima Sayah | Al AWAEL school of education and learning | New Zealand | Tim Bell | Canterbury University |
Australia | Graeme Buckie | CSIRO – Digital Careers | North Macedonia | Mile Jovanov | Computer Society of Macedonia |
Austria | Gerald Futschek | Austrian Computer Society, Vienna |
Pakistan | Marios Omar Choudary | Kangourou Sans Frontières – Pakistan |
Belarus | (suspended) | (suspended) | Philippines | Rechilda Villame | Asian MathSci League, Inc. (AMSLI), in partnership with National Olympiad in Informatics – Philippines (NOI.PH) |
Belgium | Sébastien Combéfis | Computer Science and IT in Education ASBL | Poland | Maciej M. Sysło | Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń |
Bulgaria | Emil Kelevedjiev | Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians (UBM) | Portugal | Pedro Ribeiro | University of Porto (Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Haris Gavranovic | Bosnian Science Center | Romania | Irinuca-Gabriela Vaduva | ECDL ROMANIA under the authority of The Association for Information Technology and Communications of Romania |
China | Yuqin Jiang | Beijing Bebras Culture Communication Co. Ltd. | Russian Federation | (suspended) | (suspended) |
Canada | Troy Vasiga | Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC), Waterloo |
Saudi Arabia | Esraa M. Al-Majhad | King Abdulaziz Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) |
Croatia | Lidija Kralj | NGO "Suradnici u učenju" (Partners in Learning) | Serbia | Milan Rajković | Informacione tehnologije – Udruženje profesora Srbije - (IT-UPS) |
Cyprus | Panicos Masouras | Cyprus Computer Society | Singapore | Henry Ong | Singapore International Math Contests Centre (SIMCC) |
Czechia | Jiří Vaníček | University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice | Slovakia | Monika Tomcsányiová | Comenius-University |
Egypt | Eslam Mohamed Wageed | Arab Academy for Science, Technology Maritime Transport – AAST Regional Informatics Center | Slovenia | Andrej Brodnik | ACM Slovenija |
Estonia | Ahto Truu | University of Tartu, Tartu | South Africa | Chanelle Booysen | Institute for IT professionals South Africa (IITPSA) |
Finland | Heikki Hyyrö | Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University |
South Korea | Kim Dong Yoon | The Korea Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers |
France | Mathias Hiron | France-IOI, Paris | Spain | Javier Bilbao | University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) |
Germany | Wolfgang Pohl | BWINF, Bonn | Sweden | Arnold Pears | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Hungary | Zsuzsa Pluhár | Faculty of Informatics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest |
Switzerland | Nora A. Escherle | SVIA-SSIE-SSII, Schweizerische Vereinigung für Informatik in der Ausbildung |
Iceland | Arnheidur Gudmundsdottir | Sky – Skyrslutaeknifelag Islands (The Icelandic Computer Society) | Syria | Mahmoud Elias | Commission of Distinction and Creativity (CDC) |
Indonesia | Inggriani Liem | TOKI | Taiwan | Greg Lee | National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City |
India | Vipul Shah | ACM India | Thailand | Nopporn Chotikakamthorn | Faculty of Information Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang |
Iran | Hamed Mohebbi | Fatemi Cultural Institute | Türkiye | Yasemin Gülbahar | Ankara University |
Ireland | Gillian Harty | ICS Foundation | UK | Chris Roffey | University of Oxford, Hertford College, Oxford, and Raspberry Pi Foundation |
Italy | Mattia Monga | The University of Milan, Milan | Ukraine | Rostyslav Shpakovich | Physics and Mathematics Lyceum, Lviv |
Japan | Seiichi Tani | The Japanese Committee for the IOI, Tokyo | USA | Eljakim Schrijvers | USA Bebras Challenge |
Latvia | Ilze Nīlandere | VISMA | Uruguay | Emiliano Pereiro | Plan Ceibal |
Lithuania | Valentina Dagienė | Vilnius University, Vilnius | Uzbekistan | Alisher Ikramov | Competencies Development Center Ltd (CDC) |
Malaysia | Khairul Anwar M. Zaki | Beaver Informatics Malaysia Secretariat | Vietnam | Le Anh Vinh | Bebras Vietnam |
Netherlands | Willem van der Vegt | Stichting Informatica Olympiade |
Provisional members:
Country | Name of contact person | Name of the organization | Country | Name of contact person | Name of the organization |
Argentina | Mariela Reiman | CHICOS.NET | Laos | Phoukhaoka Sacklokham | Ministry of Education and Sports |
Azerbaijan | Adil Aliyev | OzunOyren | Niger | Ibrahim Abdoulahi | AlgoBot-Niger |
Brazil | Cristina Diaz | UPMAT Brasil Educacional Ltda. | Montenegro | Jelena Milojkovic | NGO Tinker |
Cambodia | Ich Khuy | Noble Education Co. Ltd. | Morocco | Anas Abou El Kalam | Moroccan Assoc. of Digital Trust (Am@N) – Moroccan Olympiads of Informatics |
Colombia | Carolina Portela | Fedesoft – Colombian Federation of the Software and Related Information Technologies Industry | Norway | Brit Helle Aarskog | Bebras Norge |
Cuba | Tomás Orlando Junco Vázquez | Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (UCI) | Palestine State | Mousa Alrefaya | Palestine Polytechnic University |
Dominican Republic | Roberto Abreu | Sociedad Dominicana de Computacion |
Paraguay | Francoise Lhouthé Bogarin | OMAPA (Multidisciplinary Organization for Teachers and Students Support) |
El Salvador | Humberto Alfonso Sermeño Villalta | Programa Jóvenes Talento de El Salvador | Peru | Juan Gutiérrez | Department of Computer Science of the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) and Generación Tec SAC |
Israel | David Ginat | Tel-Aviv University | Puerto Rico | Edwin Flórez-Gómez | OMPR (Olimpiadas Matemáticas de Puerto Rico) |
Jamaica | Marvin G. Hall | Halls of Learning | Senegal | Seydy Ibrahima LY | Association des enseignants et formateurs en TIC (ASEFTIC) in IEARN Senegal | Kazakhstan |
The Bebras Board is the executive body of the Bebras Community. It is responsible for all ongoing business of the Bebras Community. Among the duties of the Bebras Board are:
- to deal with membership issues such as receiving applications, checking with NBOs for satisfaction of NBO requirements, suggesting suspensions or dismissals of membership to the IBC;
- to find hosts for upcoming International Bebras Workshops;
- to support workshop hosts;
- to manage financial issues as being related to the international operations of the Bebras Community;
- to prepare proposals for changes to the statutes;
- to report to the IBC with at least one written summary of all activities per year.
Members of the Bebras Board - Javier Bilbao, University of the Basque Country, Spain - Sébastien Combéfis, Computer Science and IT in Education ASBL, Belgium - Valentina Dagienė, Vilnius university, Lithuania (Bebras ambassador) - Christian Datzko, Wirtschaftsgymnasium and Wirtschaftsmittelschule Basel, Switzerland - Zsuzsa Pluhár, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Milan Rajković, Informacione tehnologije – Udruženje profesora Srbije - (IT-UPS), Serbia - Vipul Shah, Tata Consultancy Services, India |
Additional committees:
Task Handling Committee: - Esraa Almajhad (SA) - Špela Cerar (SI) - Kris Coolsaet (BE) - Valentina Dagienė (LT) - Christian Datzko (HU) - Atheer Khabti (SA) - Judith Lin (TW) - Zsuzsa Pluhár (HU) - Chris Roffey (UK) - Jiří Vaníček (CZ) |
Interactive Tasks Committee: - Esraa Almajhad (SA) - Javier Bilbao (ES) - Eugenio Bravo (ES) - Andrew Csizmadia (UK) - Vaida Masiulionytė-Dagienė (LT) - Justina Daukšaitė (US) - Susanne Datzko (CH) - Mathias Hiron (FR) - Eljakim Schrijvers (US) - Bronius Skūpas (LT) - Alieke Stijf (US) |
Membership Committee: - Graeme Buckie (AU) - Susanne Datzko (CH) - Cristina Diaz (BR) - Victor Koleszar (UY) - Kamohelo Motloung (SA/ZA) - Wolfgang Pohl (DE) - Karima Sayah (DZ) - Eljakim Schrijvers (US) - Vipul Shah (IN) |
Research Committee: - Špela Cerar (SI) - Sébastien Combéfis (BE) - Andrew Csizmadia (UK) - Valentina Dagienė (LT) - Christian Datzko (HU) - Atheer Khabti (SA) - Taina Lehtimaki (IE) - Yoshiaki Matsuzawa (JP) - Kamohelo Motloung (SA/ZA) - Tom Naughton (IE) - Marika Parviainen (FI) - Zsuzsa Pluhár (HU) - Willem van der Vegt (NL) |
Task Repository Commitee: - Leonardo Cavalcante (BR) - Christian Datzko (HU) - Susanne Datzko (CH) - Atheer Khabti (SA) - Taina Lehtimäki (IE) - Mattia Monga (IT) - Tom Naughton (IE) - Zsuzsa Pluhár (HU) - Alieke Stijf (US) |
Awards Committee: - Esraa Almajhad (SA) - Javier Bilbao (ES) - Valentina Dagienė (LT) - Lidija Kralj (HR) |
Technical Comittee: - Graeme Buckie (AU) - Marta Burzanska (PL) - Christian Datzko (HU) - Chris Roffey (UK) - Bronius Skūpas (LT) - Ahto Truu (EE) |
More information in the Bebras Community Statutes, V. 1.1, 2022