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Structure of the Bebras Community

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:

 

For contacting local Bebras organizations, go to Countries


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
Argentina Mariela Reiman CHICOS.NET
Afghanistan Mehrdad Hashem Zadeh Towhid Private Educational Institutions
Armenia Gohar Khachatryan CODZILLA LLC
Azerbaijan Adil Aliyev OzunOyren
Brazil Cristina Diaz UPMAT Brasil Educacional Ltda.
Cambodia Ich Khuy Noble Education Co. Ltd.
Colombia Carolina Portela Fedesoft - Colombian Federation of the Software and Related Information Technologies Industry
Costa Rica María Inés Gómez Jiménez Desarrollo del Talento Matemático
Cuba Tomás Orlando Junco Vázquez Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (UCI)
Denmark Mette Eis-Hansen Danmarks Matematikl rerforening
Dominican Republic Roberto Abreu Sociedad Dominicana de Computacion
El Salvador Humberto Alfonso Sermeño Villalta Programa Jóvenes Talento de El Salvador
Greece Eleni Petra Athena Research and Innovation Centre (Athena RC)
Israel David Ginat Tel-Aviv University
Jamaica Marvin G. Hall Halls of Learning
Kazakhstan
Kosovo Bekim Kasumi SHPIK
Laos Phoukhaoka Sacklokham Ministry of Education and Sports
Malta Dr Leonard Busuttil Computational Thinking Malta
Mexico César Arturo Cepeda García, Carlos A. Coello Comité Olímpico Mexicano de Informática A.C. (COMI), Academia Mexicana de Computación (Mexican Computing Academy)
Montenegro Jelena Milojkovic NGO Tinker
Morocco Anas Abou El Kalam Moroccan Assoc. of Digital Trust (Am@N) Moroccan Olympiads of Informatics
Country Name Organization
Namibia Susanne Berchtold Berchtold Software Development and Training cc
Niger Ibrahim Abdoulahi AlgoBot-Niger
Norway Brit Helle Aarskog Bebras Norge
Palestine State Mousa Alrefaya Palestine Polytechnic University
Paraguay Francoise Lhouth Bogarin OMAPA (Multidisciplinary Organization for Teachers and Students Support)
Peru Juan Guti rrez Department of Computer Science of the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) and Generaci n Tec SAC
Puerto Rico Edwin Flórez-Gómez OMPR (Olimpiadas Matemáticas de Puerto Rico)
Senegal Seydy Ibrahima LY Association des enseignants et formateurs en TIC (ASEFTIC) in IEARN Senegal

 

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

(download).