The initiative for the establishment of the Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (BOI) came from Romania who organized the 1st BOI in Costantza, Romania .

Dr. Stelian Niculescu, Dr. Choria Georgeskou, Dr. Clara Ionescou were, among others, the driving force of that first unforgettable event.

Following the success of the 1st BOI, other countries continued the tradition as follows:

1994 - Thesalloniki, Greece

1995 - Varna, Bulgaria

1996 - Nicosia, Cyprus

1997 - Drama, Greece

1998 - Ankara, Turkey

1999 - Ioannina, Greec

2000 - Ohrid, FYROM

2001 - Duras, Albania

2002 - Belgrad, Serbia & Montenegro

2003 - Iasi, Romania

2004 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2005 - Rhodes Island, Greece

2006 - Nicosia, Cyprus