2009 West Coast Model EU

External Link to the 2009 West Coast Model EU Photo Album

The European Union Center of Excellence will hold the 2009 West Coast Model EU on March 6-7, 2009, in Seattle. For information about the 2009 West Coast Model EU, please contact the EU Center of Excellence.

Letter of Invitation.

The Model EU is a simulation of a European Council Summit. Teams made up of two undergraduate students playing the roles of representatives of EU member state delegations. This year, the students will negotiate issues that will be discussed during the Czech Presidency of 2009 (Work Programme of the Czech Presidency). The 2009 Model EU will feature two concurrent summit negotiation sessions focusing on the following issues: enlargement and energy security.

The 2009 West Coast Model EU is sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence, the Center for West European Studies, and the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.

The EU Center of Excellence of Seattle is please to announce the Keynote Address of the Model EU Opening Plenary Session will be given by Mr. Jiri Ellinger, Head of Political Department, Embassy of the Czech Republic to the United States.

2009 Awards

Conclusions of the Presidency from the Energy Minister's Session 

[Above: Participants of the 2009 West Coast Model EU pose for a group photo.]

Model EU Documents

As a delegate participating in the Model EU you are expected to prepare in advance for the Model EU. Adequate preparation before the Model EU will create a better experience for all involved. Students are expected to produce and submit two documents prior to the conference: a position paper, which addresses the Agenda developed by the Presidency, and a proposed resolution, in which students draft a resolution to bring to the negotiations before the conference, and to participate in negotiations during the conference. Submission of these two documents by the due date (February 20, 2009) is required to be eligible for awards. 

Tentative Schedule

Agenda

Rules and Procedures

Guidelines for Position Papers

Guidelines for Draft Resolutions

Judging Criteria

Position Papers

Country Assignments

 
View the 2008 West Coast Model EU web site

View the 2007 West Coast Model EU web site

View the 2006 West Coast Model EU web site

Other Model European Unions in the US:

University of Pittsburgh:
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/outreach/ModelEU/index.html

Southwest Model EU (University of Oklahoma):
http://www.ou.edu/eucenter/Links/UsefulLinks.htm

Midwest Model EU (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis):
http://www.iupui.edu/~modeleu/

Mid-Atlantic EU Simulation Consortium:
http://www.geocities.com/eurosimweb/

Graduate Eurosim (Syracuse University):
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/Programs/euc/GBS/Graduate%20EU%20Simulation%2006.htm

Suny Model EU:
http://www.fredonia.edu/org/sunymeu/