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2025 Competition Overview

Title : Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities 2025
Participants : About 1700(total) youth with disabilities from 20 countries
Host : Ministry of Health and Welfare(Republic of Korea), LG
Organizer : GITC Organizing Committee, LG Electronics
Sponsor : Ministry of Foreign Affairs(Republic of Korea), Community Chest Korea

Features of the GITC 2025

Hybrid format(Preliminary Round)
- Participant countries will hold regional and national competitions online, onsite or both based on the requirements specified by each national league. Countries without National Committees or well-developed national leagues must join the online International Preliminary round in July to select delegates for the Final round. Thoses selecting Final round delegates soley through their national competitions must provide a report on results to the GITC Secretariat for annual data review purposes.
- No restriction on competition venue: Participants may take part in the competition at any place by using the online platform
- No restriction on equipment: Participants may use any type of compatible equipment: mobile phone, laptop, tablet PC, etc.
- No limit on event participation: Any contestant can participate in more than one event regardless of the type of disability
- No limit on number of participants: There is no limit on the number of participants per country or competition event
The Final Round(onsite only) in partnership with Government of the Republic of Korea.
Strengthening the development foundation for internationally renowned and sustainable competitions
- Enhancement of the operation of National Leagues: an essential gateway to select qualifiers in each country(compulsory operation of all the competitions of the GITC)
- Expansion of National Committees: strengthening the accountabilities of participating countries
- Establishment of long-term strategies to evaluate individual, social, and political achievements

The Competitions

Competitions	Description
eCombination	To evaluate the integrated application skills including information search, spreadsheet utilization, and presentation that can be applied in real-life situations.
eContent	To evaluate the skills to make and edit video dealing with specific topics creatively
eCreative_Smart Car	To evaluate the skills to use Scratch program for self-driving car programing(coding)
eCreative_IoT	To evaluate the skills to make life more convenient for persons with disabilities through IT or appropriate idea

The Process

eLearning (all year round) Mar~June National
League View more check arrow_forward_ios June Registration for Preliminary
Round View more check arrow_forward_ios July. 3^rd week Preliminary
Round View more check arrow_forward_ios Aug~Sept Registration for Final Round View more check arrow_forward_ios Oct. 5^th week Final
Round View more check arrow_forward_ios Oct. 5^th week InI
Forum View more check

eLearning skip_next

Schedule: All year round (Anyone can study with eLearning without restrictions on time and place.)
Self-directed online educational platform to learn relevant knowledge and skills for the competitions of the GITC

National League skip_next skip_previous

Purpose: To select the qualifiers for Preliminary Round
Schedule:Mar~June (at the discretion of each country)
Venue: Online or offline (at the discretion of each country)

Registration for Preliminary Round skip_next skip_previous

Schedule: Within 2 weeks after the announcement of the results of the National League (different by each country)
Targets: Qualifiers by National League
How to register: After joining as a member on the GITC web site, submit the application form

Preliminary Round skip_next skip_previous

Purpose: To select the qualifiers for Final Round
Schedule: 18th, July, 2025 (Prior task submission: for 2 weeks)
Venue: Online

Schedule (Korea Standard Time, tentative)

June 10^th (Thur) ~ 29^rd (Sun)	Time	July 18^th (Fri)
Prior task submission 1) eContent - A video clip (2 min) 2) eCreative_Smart Car - One-take video clip on the self-driving car performance - Coding program (file extension: xml) 3) eCreative_IoT - Development plan - Presentation materials - Presentation video	14:00~14:10	Opening Ceremony (10’)
	14:10~14:20	Competition Orientation eCombination (100’) ※ Additional 30 mins to screen reader users
	14:20~16:00
	16:00~16:30
	16:30~17:30	Meals and Breaks (60’) / Global Talk Talk
	17:30~17:50	eContent(20’)
	17:50~18:10	eCreative_Smart car (20’)
	18:10~18:30

Registration for Final Round skip_next skip_previous

Schedule: August~September
Targets: Qualifiers by Preliminary Round
How to register: Revise the application form as the qualified competitions by Preliminary Round

Final Round skip_next skip_previous

Schedule: 28^th~31^th October, 2025 (Prior task submission: for 2 weeks)
Venue: Ulsan, South Korea
Schedule (Korea Standard Time)

Prior task submission : Sep 16^th(Mon) ~ Sept 29^th (Sun)
1) eContent - Pre-prepare video software and media	2) eCreative_Smart Car - Pre-prepare coding language software(if necessary)	3) eCreative_IoT - development completion report, presentation materials - videos of demonstration and production process

Time	28^th(Tue)	29^th(Wed)	30^th(Thur)	31^th(Fri)
09~10	- Arrival - Final check - Orientation for volunteers	Opening	eContent	Awards Ceremony I
10~11		eCombination		Courtesy Meeting with Distinguished Guests
11~12				Awards Ceremony II
12~13				Awards Ceremony II
13~14		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14~15		eCreative_ Smart Car	eCreative_IoT
15~17			AI Demonstration Competition
17~18			AI Demonstration Competition
18~20	Dinner	Side Event
18~20	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Gala Dinner

InI Forum skip_previous

Purpose: To evaluate the GITC for the year and discuss the way to promote as an internationally renowned competition
Schedule: October 30^th, 2025
Venue: Ulsan, South Korea
Participants: About 50~100 persons (public officers of relevant ministries, chaperones and Organizing Committee)

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