EURO CHALLENGE 2010

  

The Euro Challenge is an exciting educational opportunity for high school students (grades 9 and 10) to learn about the European Union (EU) and the euro. Student teams are asked to make presentations answering specific questions about the European economy as a whole and the single currency, the euro. They are 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. In the Euro Challenge 2010 competition up to 80 teams are competing in regional rounds and the final round in New York City for cash awards and an exciting trip to Washington D.C., made possible by The Moody's Foundation.

 

The International Academy Central has won the Michigan preliminary round of the EURO Challenge 2009 Regional Competition and placed fourth in the final round of the competition in New York City on April 29, 2009. They competed against 24 other teams from eight states.  

 

Further Information on the Euro Challenge

• Euro Challenge Goals:
  
  - Increase students' knowledge and understanding of the European Union and the euro
  - Promote an understanding of economic challenges facing European Union member nations
  - Support local learning standards related to global studies and economics
  - Foster economic and financial literacy and understanding of economic policy issues
  - Develop communication, critical thinking and cooperative skills

 

For more information please see www.euro-challenge.org; Euro Challenge Facebook page; Euro Challenge FORUM.

 

• The website features:
  - Enhanced Information for participating teams, teachers and interested parties.
  - Enlarged resources section with video study materials, information and links on the European economy and Euro Area countries.
  - Video material of former competitions and testimonies of last year's winning teams and their teachers, sharing their experience with the Euro Challenge competition and offering tips on how to prepare.
  - Forum for Q&A, discussions on the competition and exchange of experiences.
  

The Euro Challenge is a program created and run by the Delegation of the European Commission, with assistance from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and support from The Moody’s Foundation, Credit Suisse and Deloitte & Touche. Euro Challenge is managed by Working In Support of Education (W!SE). Regional expansion has been achieved through the support and participation of the Federal Reserve banks of Chicago and Boston, as well as the European Union Centers of Excellence at the Florida International University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the European Union Center at the University of Illinois.

 

For more information and to register contact the Delegation of the European Commission at delegation-usa-eurochallenge@ec.europa.eu, or visit www.euro-challenge.org

Additional resources on EURO:
Video from ECB (inflation, price stability, interest rates) http://www.ecb.eu/home/movie/edumovie_en.mov
Games in Euro Kids' Corner
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/netstartsearch/euro/kids/index_en.htm
http://europa.eu/europago/games/euros/euros.jsp

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