INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES

After two pandemic years, we have once again managed to prepare, in cooperation with foreign partners, an in-person international round of the Economics Olympiad. The event was organised by the Czech Institute of Economic Education (INEV), in cooperation with the Hungarian Economic Association and with support from the Visegrad Fund.

The pandemic, war and heavily criticized graduation exams have not deterred young people interested in economics from taking part in this year's Economics Olympiad. Interest in economic topics grows every year, which was evident in the fifth year of the Olympiad, which attracted a record number of students from all over Slovakia.

Despite the unfavourable situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic restrictions in 2020-2021, we were able to hold the fourth edition of the Economics Olympiad, the first comprehensive nationwide competition in economics and finance for high school students in Slovakia. What is more, we were happy to welcome a record number of high school students from all over the country to take part in the competition this year.