Annex 1 to the Minutes of the Meeting of the Organizing Committee for the International Olympiad on Financial Security dated 3 February 2025

STATUTE
on the procedure for holding
the International Olympiad on Financial Security

Section I. General provisions

1.	This Statute is developed in accordance with Federal Law No. 273-FZ “On Education in the Russian Federation” dated 29 December 2012, the Rules for Discovering, Supporting and Monitoring the Further Development of Children with Outstanding Abilities approved by Resolution No. 1738 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 19 October 2023, taking into account the Procedure for Olympiads among School Students approved by Order No. 566 of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation dated 22 June 2022 (“the Procedure for School Students Olympiads”).
2.	The International Olympiad on Financial Security (hereinafter “the Olympiad”) shall be held to:
2.1.	provide opportunities for school and university students to demonstrate their individual personal, meta-subject and subject academic performance in financial and information (computer) security;
2.2.	foster creativity among school and university students and promote interest in financial security, including countering illegal financial transactions and involvement in them;
2.3.	discover talented young people with outstanding abilities, knowledge and skills required in the domain of financial security;
2.4.	make accessible and spread scientific knowledge, foster a scientific worldview among the society in the interests of financial security;
2.5.	promote professional orientation of school and university students;
2.6.	strengthen international cooperation of partner countries of the Russian Federation in the anti-money laundering sphere (hereinafter “the partner countries”).
3.	The organizers of the Olympiad are the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, educational organizations that are members of the International Network AML/CFT Institute (hereinafter “the INI”).
4.	The partners of the Olympiad are the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, foreign financial intelligence units (hereinafter “FIUs”), other authorized state bodies of partner countries of the Russian Federation, PJSC Promsvyazbank, the Christian Charity charitable foundation, as well as other organizations involved in holding the Olympiad as appropriate.
5.	The Olympiad organizers may involve organizations providing information support, sponsorship and organizational support, including territorial bodies of federal executive authorities of the Russian Federation, leading publishing houses, AML/CFT organizations, IT service providers and other organizations to support the holding and organization of the Olympiad.
6.	The Coordinator of the Olympiad is the International Training and Methodology Center for Financial Monitoring, an Autonomous Non-Profit Organization (hereinafter “the Coordinator”), which provides organizational and methodological support of the Olympiad and maintains interaction of educational organizations which are members of the INI in the preparation and holding of the Olympiad (including the inter-Olympiad period).
7.	Information about the Olympiad is published on the official website of the Olympiad, https://rosfinolymp.ru, as well as on the websites of its organizers, partners and the Coordinator.
8.	The official language of the Olympiad is Russian, the working languages are Russian and English.
9.	The Olympiad is held in the domain of Financial Security. The list of academic subjects from school and university curricula based on which the Olympiad tasks are compiled is determined by the organizers with the participation of the Olympiad Coordinator.
9.1.	Unified Olympiad tasks for school students (nomination “Financial Security”) are developed based on federal syllabi included in the respective federal ‘principal educational program’ for grades 9, 10 and 11 for the following subjects: mathematics, computer science, social science.
10.	Unified Olympiad tasks for university students shall be developed based on the principal educational programs of higher education in the following nominations:
10.1.	Law (fields of education: law);
10.2.	Information Security (fields of education: mathematics, applied mathematics and IT, applied mathematics, mathematics and computer science, fundamental IT and IT technology, IT and computer technology, applied IT, information security);
10.3.	Economics (fields of education: economics, finance and banking, economic security);
10.4.	International Relations (fields of education: international relations, foreign studies).
11.	This Statute, the Action Plan on Olympiad Preparation ("Roadmap") (hereinafter “the Action Plan”), as well as other regulations developed in accordance with the competencies (powers) of the Olympiad organizers (working bodies) are the regulatory and organizational documents establishing the procedure, sequence and timeline of the Olympiad stages, participation terms and persons in charge.
12.	The following individuals shall voluntarily participate in the Olympiad:
 12.1. citizens of the Russian Federation studying at the time of the Olympiad eliminatory stage in grades 8-10 of general education institutions or outside educational institutions, including various training formats under the main academic program (in the form of family education or self-education);
12.2. citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens studying at the time of the Olympiad eliminatory stage in bachelor's degree programs (1st-3rd year), specialist's degree programs (1st-4th year) and master's degree programs (1st year) in higher education institutions of the Russian Federation and its partner states, including in the form of family education or self-education, or similar forms according to the national legislation of partner states.
13. during the Olympiad the personal data are processed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on personal data.
14. Participation in the Olympiad is free for school and university students. The Olympiad stages are held with financial support received from Olympiad organizers and partners, as well as through other sponsorship funds raised.
Section II. Olympiad Working Bodies 

15. For organizational, methodological and financial support, as well as for Olympiad operational management, Olympiad working bodies are created, including:
15.1. Organizing Committee for the International Olympiad on Financial Security (hereinafter “the Olympiad Organizing Committee”);
15.2. The head of the Olympiad Executive Committee is approved by the Olympiad Organizing Committee. The members of the Olympiad Executive Committee are approved by the Olympiad Organizing Committee upon the proposal of the head of the Olympiad Executive Committee.
15.3. Olympiad Jury;
15.4. Olympiad Appeals Commission.
16. Members of the Olympiad working bodies who, by virtue of performing their duties, have access to confidential information, bear personal responsibility for violating the information confidentiality and failing to comply with the necessary precautions and protect information from unauthorized access. The procedure for accessing confidential information and the list of individuals allowed to such information are determined by the Olympiad Executive Committee.
17. The members of the Olympiad Organizing Committee are approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation. The Olympiad Organizing Committee performs the following functions:
17.1. approves the Olympiad Statute;
17.2. approves the head of the Olympiad Executive Committee and its members;
17.3. adopts the list of Olympiad participating states;
17.4. approves the dates and venue of the Olympiad final stage;
17.5. adopts the Olympiad Executive Committee’s report on conducting the Olympiad;
17.6. determines the Olympiad development and promotion areas.
18. The Olympiad Executive Committee performs the following functions:
18.1. approves the heads of the Olympiad working bodies: the Jury, Appeals Committee and their members;
18.2. adopts the Action Plan;
18.3. approves the venues for holding the rounds of Olympiad eliminatory stage;
18.4. approves the list of higher and general education institutions and other established venues where the second round of the Olympiad eliminatory stage is held;
18.5. coordinates the organization and holding of the Olympiad stages, including developing the Olympiad assignment topics in the Olympiad nominations with due regard to the requirements of the relevant federal state educational standards of basic general and secondary education, federal state higher education standards;
18.6. determines the number of winners according to the results of the Olympiad eliminatory stage based on the ratings, approves the list of participants (school and university students) of the Olympiad final stage;
18.7. submits a report on the Olympiad results to the Olympiad Organizing Committee, inter alia, develops proposals for the Olympiad Organizing Committee to improve organization and methodological support of the Olympiad;
18.8. carries out other functions as assigned by the Olympiad Organizing Committee.
19. The Olympiad Jury performs the following functions:
19.1. checks Olympiad assignments and assesses the results;
19.2. compiles ratings of participants based on the results of the Olympiad tasks and draws up the Olympiad final minutes;
19.3. identifies and approves the lists of Olympiad winners and runners-up;
          19.4. submits to the Olympiad Executive Committee analytical reports on the Olympiad results and presents proposals to improve the Olympiad;
          19.5. carries out other functions as assigned by the Olympiad Executive Committee.
20. The Olympiad Appeals Committee performs the following functions:
20.1. receives and reviews appeal requests from the Olympiad participants;
20.2. examines the Olympiad participants' assignments, if necessary;
          20.3. after reviewing the appeal requests makes decisions to allow the appeals or dismiss them.
           21. Decisions on appeals are final and not subject to revision.

Section III. Olympiad Stages

 22. The Olympiad is conducted in several stages:
•	 Thematic Lesson on Financial Security (hereinafter “the Lesson”);
•	 Invitation stage;
•	 Eliminatory stage;
•	 Qualifying stage;
•	 Final stage.
       23. The Lesson is held at the educational institutions of the Olympiad participating states and other institutions as defined by the Action Plan.
       24. The invitation stage is held online at the Sodruzhestvo International Social and Educational Digital Platform (hereinafter "the Sodruzhestvo platform").
        25. The eliminatory stage consists of two rounds:
       25.1. The first and second rounds for Russian school and university students are held online at the Sodruzhestvo platform (using distance learning technologies that ensure identification of the participants and control over compliance with the terms and requirements for holding the Olympiad);
      25.2. The first and second rounds for foreign students are conducted under the appropriate procedure established by the organizers at the sites of INI educational institutions or FIUs of countries, inter alia, by using the Sodruzhestvo platform (using distance learning technologies that ensure identification of the participants and control over compliance with the terms and requirements for holding the Olympiad).
	   26. Participants of the Olympiad eliminatory stage can take part in the Olympiad only at the site of one educational institution and only in one Olympiad nomination.
      27. The Olympiad qualifying stage is held remotely at the site of an INI educational institution as defined by the Olympiad Executive Committee in the Action Plan.
     28. The final stage is held in a hybrid format (offline and online as established by the organizers) at sites approved by the Olympiad Organizing Committee.
     29. Participants of the Olympiad final stage can take part in the Olympiad competitions only in the nomination in which they became winners of the Olympiad eliminatory stage, unless otherwise established by the Olympiad Executive Committee.
     30. The winners of the Olympiad stages shall be determined by assessing the Olympiad participants’ assignments based on ratings compiled from the total points obtained by participants from the results of the Olympiad tasks, taking into account the appeal results. The winners and runners-up of the Olympiad final stage are recognized as the Olympiad winners and runners-up.

IV. Final Provisions

      31. Issues not reflected in this Statute shall be resolved by the Olympiad Organizing Committee based on its competence under the current circumstances and in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.