History

The 1^st CSDP OLYMPIAD was organised in the context of Cyprus contribution to the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers Inspired by Erasmus Program. The main goal of the CSDP OLYMPIAD was to acquaint the cadets with the basic knowledge on CSDP providing them with the incentive to study accordingly, in order to write a paper on CSDP, and to compete with cadets of other Member States in a CSDP knowledge Competition.

The 1^st CSDP Olympiad was held in Cyprus from 3^rd to 5^th October 2012. It was attended by 11 countries. Following the 1^st Olympiad's success, it was decided to hold the competition every two years.

The awarded students, per category, are as follows:
 
a)  The Single Competition Winner and 1^st CSDP Olympiad Winner – Thomas Van Hoecke (The Belgian Military Academy),
b)  Best Paper Winner – Andrea Patrignani (Scuola di Applicazione e Istituto Studi Militari dell Esercito, Italy),
c)  Best Cover Winner – Stefan Haubner & Martin Engleitner (The Theresan Military Academy, Austria).

The 2^nd CSDP OLYMPIAD was attended by 35 Military Academy students from 13 countries, who during the first cycle of the competition submitted papers on selected topics related to Common Security and Defence Policy. During the final phase, hosted in Athens (Greece) at the Military Academy premises, 29 students qualified from 11 countries (Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Belgium, Spain, France and Germany). The CSDP Olympiad was organised by Hellenic National Defence General Staff and lasted from 7^th to 9^th May 2014.

The awarded students, per category, were as follows:
 
a)  The Single Competition Winner and 2^nd Olympiad winner - Paolo Faneli (Italy),
b)  Best Paper Winner - Gonzalo Vallespin Terry (Spain),
c)  Best Cover Winner - Manuel Kurbantfinski (Austria).

The CSDP Olympiad was organised by Hellenic National Defence General Staff and lasted from 4th to 7th October  2016.

The awarded students, per category, were as follows:

The 4^th CSDP OLYMOIAD was attended by 49 Military Academy Cadets/Students from 14 EU Member states, who during the first cycle of the competition submitted papers on selected topics related to Common Security and Defence Policy. During the final phase, hosted in Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) at the Vasil Levski National Military University 34 Cadets/Students qualified from 13 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain).

The CSDP Olympiad lasted from 21^st - 25^th May 2018.

The awarded students, per category, were as follows:

 All results of the 4^th CSDP Olympiad

The 5^th CSDP OLYMPIAD was organised by the Croatian Defence Academy (CDA). The residential phase was originally planned to take place in Dubrovnik (Croatia) in June 2020, but because of the SARS-CoV-2 situation it was postponed several times.

Finally, the Implementation Group decided in February 2021 - in compliance with the organisers - that no resedential phase will take place and that the results of the pre-phase (essay writing and cover page competition) will count as the final results of the 5^th CSDP Olympiad. That is why the 5^th CSDP Olympiad has 2 winners only.

The winners of the 5th CSDP Olympiad are::

a)  Best Paper Winner: Nikolaus PACHUCKI-BAMMER  – Austria – Theresan Military Academy

b)  Best Cover Winner: Alexander KERN – Austria – Theresan Military Academy

 

 All results of the 5^th CSDP Olympiad

 

The 6^th CSDP OLYMOIAD was attended by 39 Cadets, Midshipmen and Students from 14 EU Member states, who during the first cycle of the competition submitted papers on selected topics related to Common Security and Defence Policy. For the final phase - hosted in Salon de Provence (France) at the French Air and Space Force Academy - 31 Cadets, Midshipmen and Students qualified from 14 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain).

The CSDP Olympiad lasted from 30^th May - 3^rd June 2022.

The awarded students, per category, were as follows:

a)  Single Competition Winner: VUMBA Maie – Estonia – Estonian Mlitary Academy

b)  Paper Winner (presentation included): MURUMETS Iida Elise – Estonia – Estonian Military Academy

c)  Cover Page Winner: KOURMOUSIS Georgios – Greece – Hellenic Air Force Academy

d) Special prize beause of being among the top 3 of each competition: PUSHKAROVA Antonia – Bulgaria – Bulgarian Naval Academy 

 

 All results of the 6^th CSDP Olympiad