Euro Challenge!
Euro Challenge: Educational Competition for High School Students
What is Euro Challenge?
Similar in concept to the Model UN, Euro Challenge is an exciting educational competition for high school students that provides the opportunity to learn about the European Union and the euro. Students in 9th and 10th grades at all schools are eligible, and students in 9th-12th grades at Title I schools are eligible. Teams of three to five students are asked to make presentations answering specific questions about the European economy and the euro currency. They are also asked to pick one member country of the “euro area”, to examine an economic problem at the country level, and to identify policies for responding to that problem.
After preliminary rounds, the winning school’s team will travel (expenses paid) to New York City, where the national finals are held. Top teams in the national Euro Challenge win cash prizes and a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the European Union Delegation (embassy).
Teams of three to five students are asked to make presentations answering specific questions about the European economy and the euro currency, and identify policies to address problems in their chosen euro-zone member state. After preliminary rounds, the winning school’s team will travel (expenses paid) to New York City, where the national finals are held. Teachers may register their school now, even if they don’t have their team formed yet.
Click here to see USA Preliminary Round Dates and information webinar dates.
The competition does not require previous knowledge of economics or Europe. Students and teachers can gain access to an array of educational resources and training materials on the Euro Challenge website.
Read about past Euro Challenge events at UW here.
For more information, please contact AChen@wise-ny.org.
This event is co-sponsored by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, the Center for European Studies, and Working in Support of Education, with generous support from the World Affairs Council of Seattle.
