... Last decades alongside with realisation of six International (all-the-world) Science Olympiads ( http://olympiads.win.tue.nl/ ) on some continents were founded and began to be conducted regional international olympiads, in particular: . ... Asian-Pacific Mathematics Olympiad - since 1989. ... Last years a few organisers of the National Astronomy Olympiads in Asian countries and team leaders coming to the International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) , stated wishes to strengthen a role of Asia. ...