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IMPORTANT DATES

State Finals: March 10, 2025
Time: TBD
Macomb Intermediate School District
44001 Garfield Road
Clinton Township, MI 48038
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In-person National Semi-Finals: TBD
All expense paid trip to New York City

2025 Euro Challenge USA Key Dates

Are you a high school student eager to dive into the exciting world of European economics? Or a teacher looking to inspire your students with real-world economic knowledge?

Euro Challenge is your gateway to understanding the euro, the single market, and the policies that shape the European Union.

Launched in the US in 2006, this competition offers a unique opportunity to explore and present on the European Union and economic topics. Join us for the 2024/25 competition, sponsored by the EU Delegation to the United States, and take on the challenge to expand your horizons, develop critical thinking, and network with professionals in economics and international relations!

ELIGIBILITY

9th and 10th grade students from high schools all over the country are eligible to participate in the Euro Challenge US competition.
Each team must have at least three (3) students and at least one (1) faculty advisor. Advisors are required to attend competition rounds with their students.
Each school may enter up to two (2) teams.
*Title 1 schools, or schools in which 50% or more of students are eligible for free or reduced cost lunch, may enter 11th and 12th grade students into the Euro Challenge US competition.

*Eligibility requirements are subject to change.

Competition Guide

Media Release Form

STEP 1
August - December

REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL

No info on students nor country or challenge selection needed at this stage.

STEP 2
January - February

REGISTER YOUR TEAM

Advisors enter names/grades of students, and country/challenge selection.

Euro Challenge is a program of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States in partnership with the Moody’s Foundation, Working in Support of Education (W!se) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Euro Challenge is one of the EU Delegation's most important outreach programs for youth in the United States. Since its launch in 2006, Euro Challenge has reached more than 600 teachers and 5,000 students across the country. The EU Delegation is pleased to support this innovative academic competition to encourage American students to learn more about the European Union and its single currency, the Euro (€).

THE EURO CHALLENGE TASK

For the 2025 Euro Challenge competition, which will take place in the spring of 2025, student teams will be asked to deliver 15-minute presentations in which they are required to:

Describe the current economic situation in the euro area (the economic region consisting of the 20 EU member countries who have adopted the euro). The description must include a discussion of GDP growth, unemployment, and inflation in the euro area and a brief discussion of the current monetary policy activities of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Select one economic-related challenge topic confronting the euro area as a whole (see list below), and pick one of the 20 member countries of the euro area to illustrate that challenge.

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.

Teams can choose one of the following economic-related challenge topic:

Climate Change and Going Green
Managing Migration Flows
Inequality, Social Mobility and the Gender Gap
Innovating for Long-Term Growth and the Future of Work*
High government deficits and debt*

*Challenge issues that are being updated

BENEFITS

Develop public speaking, research, and analytical skills
Boost resumes
Network with professionals in economics and international relations
Meet the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States

GOALS

To increase students’ knowledge and understanding of the European Union, the Euro Area, and the euro
To promote an understanding of the current economic challenges that Euro Area member states face
To support local and state level learning standards related to global studies and economics
To foster economic and financial literacy through the understanding of economics and economic policy
To foster development of communication, critical thinking, research, teamwork, and presentation skills.

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Michigan Council on Economic Education
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