2009 euro challenge. ● recruiter: meuce-fiu – 2 nd year ● among eight miami-dade high schools,...
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2009 Euro Challenge
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● 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
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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
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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.
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Three-part Challenge Question
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• 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
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• 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
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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
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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
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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WEBSITE – www.euro-challenge.org Euro Challenge Forum – How to Register?
1/ Go to the forum page: http://euro-challenge.org/forum2/ Register3/ Agreed the terms4/ Login with your username and password5/ 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.)
- E-mail address: - Confirm e-mail 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.
► Confirmation code:
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Information
• www.euro-challenge.org
• FIU EU Center of Excellence Christine I. Caly-Sanchez – Tel: 305-348-5949 E-mail: [email protected]
• Working in Support of Education
• Delegation of the European Commission
For Information Contact W!SE: Kristy Nguyen email: [email protected] Katzman email: [email protected]