The main organizer of the 30th Balkan Olympiad in Informatics – BOI 2023 in Maribor is The Association for technical culture of Slovenia (ZOTKS). It is a non-governmental and non-profit organization with over 75-year-long tradition of working with young adult population in the fields of science and technology. ZOTKS main programme aims to encourage young people to develop their creative and innovative potential, especially in the field of science and technology. Young people are involved in scientific research of technical and natural sciences through various forms of activities, ZOTKS’ team is experienced in addressing and encouraging young people to engage in various activities and provide their innovative proposals of solution to various problems in the society. Every year the above-mentioned activities attract over 60.000 children and young people as well as 5.000 scientists, teachers, tutors, and other experts.
As a main organizer, ZOTKS coordinates all the organizational activities of the BOI 2023. They are preparing the competition, organizing excursions, social events, providing and ensuring an accommodation and receptions for students and mentors. The professional part of the preparation of tasks is the responsibility of ZOTKS experts and external associates as well some experts from The Faculty of Computer and Information Science from University of Ljubljana and The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Maribor. The young students will compete at the II. gimnazija Maribor.
Main supporter of the contest is the Ministry of Digital Transformation.