2009 Euro Challenge

● Recruiter: MEUCE-FIU – 2 nd 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: Overview

WEBSITE : 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. ♦ Euro Facebook Competition/

Overview 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 COUNTRYCHALLENGE 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

l Knowledge about the EU, euro, and related economic concepts l Responses to judges’ questions l Quality of presentation l Depth of research and analysis l Teamwork and cooperation Scoring

Prizes/ Awards All students: certificates 1 st place: $1,500 per student 2 nd place: $1,000 per student 3 rd place: $750 per student 4 th place: $500 per student 2009

Time Line Faculty Orientation Wed., November 5, 2008  FIU REGISTRATION DEADLINE Dec. 1 st, 2008 Student Orientation Thursday, January 22, 2009  FIU 1 st Round Competition in Miami Wednesday, April 1 st 2009  FIU Recognition and Award Luncheon Friday, April 24, 2009 for 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, 2009  Moody’s Foundation of New York

WEBSITE – Euro Challenge Forum – How to Register? 1/ Go to the forum page: 2/ Register 3/ Agreed the terms 4/ Login with your username and password 5/ Teachers need to be informed that they should request to be added to the “Teachers' group” when registering at the forum - Username: (Length must be between 3 and 20 characters.) - address: - Confirm address: - Password: (Must be between 6 and 30 characters.) - Confirm password: - Language: - Timezone To prevent automated registrations the board requires you to enter a confirmation code. The code is displayed in the image you should see below. If you are visually impaired or cannot otherwise read this code please contact the Board Administrator. Board Administrator ► Confirmation code: Registration Confirmation of Registration ►“I agree to this terms”

Information FIU EU Center of Excellence Christine I. Caly-Sanchez – Tel: Working in Support of Education Delegation of the European Commission For Information Contact W!SE: Kristy Nguyen Eric Katzman