2009 Euro Challenge

● Recruiter: MEUCE-FIU – 2nd Year

● Among eight Miami-Dade High Schools, 2 won in Florida and went to NY in 2008

► Coral Reef Senior High School ► Miami Palmetto Senior High School

● The 2009 competition has been extended to Broward and Palm Beach County.

● A new Website: www.euro-challenge.org

OverviewOverview

WEBSITE :http://euro-challenge.org/

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. http://euro-challenge.org/forum

♦ Euro Challenge @ Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Euro-Challenge-High-School-Competition/33926921634

OverviewOverview• Teams of 3-5 students

• 9-10 grade global studies, European studies, world geog., & world history students

• 1 team per school

• Presentation: 15 minutes

• Q & A: 10 minutes

• Format: your choice

• Up to 100 teams, nationally, will compete in Regional rounds and in New York City.

Three-part Challenge Question

• Describe the current economic situation in the euro area (the economic region consisting of the 15 EU member countries who have adopted the euro).

Euro Challenge 2009 Part I

• Select one economic-related challenge confronting the euro area as a whole, and pick one of the 15 member countries of the euro area to illustrate that challenge.

Euro Challenge 2009 Part II

Examples of Challenges

• Slow growth

• High unemployment

• Inflation

• Adapting to technological change (raising productivity)

• Globalization (including immigration)

• Ageing (including health care)

• Living with a single monetary policy

• Sustaining the social system (welfare state)

• Coping with a housing market slowdown

• High government deficits and debt

2008 Challenges Chosen in Florida

COUNTRY CHALLENGE

France- Ageing- Unemployment

Italy

- Slow growth - Issue of the Debt Relief- Government Deficit and Public Debt

Slovenia- Living with the single currency- Privatization of Industry

Spain - Inflation- Immigration

• Recommend a policy or policies for addressing the challenge you identified in the country you selected.

• Be sure to include in your recommendation a discussion of how having a single currency may or may not affect the policy choices for addressing the challenge.

Euro Challenge 2009 Part III

Knowledge about the EU, euro, and related economic concepts

Responses to judges’ questions

Quality of presentation

Depth of research and analysis

Teamwork and cooperation

Scoring

Prizes/ Awards

All students: certificates

1st place: $1,500 per student

2nd place: $1,000 per student

3rd place: $750 per student

4th place: $500 per student

2009

Time Line • Faculty Orientation Wed., November 5, 2008

FIU

• REGISTRATION DEADLINE Dec. 1st, 2008

• Student Orientation Thursday, January 22, 2009

FIU

• 1st Round Competition in Miami Wednesday, April 1st 2009

FIU

• Recognition and Award Luncheon Friday, April 24, 2009for the Florida HS winners

Federal Reserve Bank - Miami

Top teams will be selected (2 to 4):

• Semi-finals AM / Finals PM in New York Wed., April 29, 2009

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• Recognition and Award Reception Wed., April 29, 2009Moody’s Foundation of New York

WEBSITE – www.euro-challenge.org Euro Challenge Forum – How to Register?

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Information

• www.euro-challenge.org

• FIU EU Center of Excellence Christine I. Caly-Sanchez – Tel: 305-348-5949 E-mail: calyc@fiu.edu

• Working in Support of Education

• Delegation of the European Commission

For Information Contact W!SE: Kristy Nguyen email: knguyen@wise-ny.orgEric Katzman email: ekatzman@wise-ny.org