South Korea will carry out the International Standards Olympiad among the pupils. Russian Federation will take part in this event for the first time. Relevant agreements have been achieved between the CEO of GOST R Anton Shalaev and the Head of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) Sanghoon Lee.
This event has been held annually since 2006 according to the initiative of national body on standardization of South Korea - KATS. It is aimed at popularization of standards among teenagers that will enable them to unlock the potential of standardization tools. 120 participants representing 40 teams from 7 countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Rwanda and Singapore took part in the Olympiad in 2021.
GOST R is carrying out the Standards Olympiad for Young People for the purposes of creation of the team representing the Russian Federation. Nowadays a qualifying tour is being conducted which will last until March 31, 2022. Any pupil from 13 to 18 years old can participate in this qualifying tour.
Jury of the Olympiad will be presented by the specialists from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, experts of technical committees, representatives of business societies and Members of the GOST R Public Council. Pupils will be judged according to various criteria such as creative approach in course of solving different challenges, creative thinking and knowledge of English language.
Final competition will be conducted in Ufa where Russian team will be formed on June 1, 2022. It will represent our country in the International Standards Olympiad in South Korea.