We are pleased to congratulate students from Montclair High School in Montclair, NJ for winning the first place in this year’s Euro Challenge competition.

We also congratulate the other four finalists :

• 2nd place: North Allegheny Intermediate High School in Pittsburgh, PA
• 3rd place: High School for Math, Science & Engineering in New York, NY
• 4th place: International Academy Central High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI
• 5th place: George W. Hewlett High School in Hewlett, NY

And congratulation as well to the 20 other semi-finalists and all the teams that got involved into the 2009 Euro Challenge competition. We hope that you all had a great experience.

You can take a look at our Press release. You can also look at this article in the NJ Star Ledger.

Here is a picture of the winning team:

We would like to congratulate :
- Bayside High School’s team,
- Benjamin N. Cardoso High School’s team,  
- Bronx High School of Science’s team, 
- Brooklyn Technical High School’s team, 
- East Brunswick High School’s team, 
- George W. Hewlett High School’s team, 
- Half Hollow Hills High School West’s team, 
- High School for Math, Science & Engineering’s team, 
- Indian Hills High School’s team, 
- John Bowne High School’s team, 
- Long Branch High School’s team,  
- Montclair High School’s team, 
- Mount Saint Mary Academy’s team, 
- Princeton High School’s team, 
- Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s team,
- Waldwick High School’s team
- and Westfield High School’s team
for winning the preliminary round in New York on April 8th, 2009.

Thank to other teams for taking part of the 2009 Euro Challenge competition. We hope it was a great experience for you.

We would like to congratulate the International Academy Central High School’s team for winning the preliminary round in Michigan on April 2nd, 2009. Thank to other teams for taking part of the 2009 Euro Challenge competition. We hope that was a great experience for you.

The Center for European Studies website of the University of Michigan published a page on their website about the preliminary round. We invite you to have a look at it.

We would like to congratulate North Allegheny High School’s team from Pennsylvania for winning the North Carolina and Pennsylvania preliminary round on March 30th/April 1st, 2009.

Here is the link to the University of Pittsburgh webpage about the preliminary round and the winning team.

We also would like to thank other teams for participating to the 2009 Euro Challenge competition, hoping that you all have a good time taking part of it.

We would like to congratulate Barbara Goleman Senior High School’s team, Coral Reef Senior High School’s team and Miami Palmetto Senior High School’s team for winning the Florida preliminary round on April 1st, 2009. We would like to thank all other teams for taking part to the 2009 Euro Challenge competition, hoping it was a great experience for you.

We are excited to know that that the Florida round was filmed by the Miami NBC affiliate.  Pictures from the day are also up on the Miami EU Center website.

We would like to congratulate Lake Forest High School’s team and Mundelein High School’s team for winning the Illinois preliminary round on March 31st, 2009 and to thank other teams for taking part of the 2009 Euro Challenge competition. We hope you had a great time.

We are very excited that the preliminary round was covered by the Chicago Tribune. Take a look at this article: Economic crisis: Chicago-area teens debate European financial problems, solutions.

Pictures of the winners are also up on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago website.

On January 19, 2009 the European Commission released its latest economic forecast for the EU and the euro area.

“Amid exceptional uncertainty about global developments, the European Commission released on 19 January its extended interim forecast. The Commission forecast estimates that economic growth to have dropped to about 1% in 2008 in both the EU and the euro area (down from just below 3% in 2007). In 2009, real GDP is expected to fall by less than 2% in both regions, although growth is projected to remain positive in 9 Member States. This represents a downward revision of about 2 percentage points compared to the previous Commission forecast of last autumn. GDP growth is expected to turn moderately positive in 2010, to around ½%. [...]”

[...] read the whole story here

Make sure to visit the Forum topic on this economic forecast and participate in the discussion!

- 22 January, 2009 -
Student Orientation at the Florida International University
The European Union Center of Excellence at the Florida International University will hold an introductory seminar for students participating in the 2009 Euro Challenge. Nigel Nagarajan, Head of the Economic and Financial Affairs section at the European Commission Delegation to the USA, will introduce the Euro Challenge, the European Union and EMU and answer questions to interested participants.

Date and venue:
Thursday, 22 January from 8.30 am to 2 pm
Florida International University, College of Law - Courtroom 1000

Please find driving directions and a map of the campus at
http://www.fiu.edu/docs/campus_maps-up.htm

The EU Center will provide a light lunch to all participants.

For more information please contact Christine Caly at the Florida International University.

- 29 January, 2009 -
Faculty Orientation at the University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh and the European Commission Delegation to the USA will hold a seminar to introduce the Euro Challenge, the European Union and EMU to teachers in Pennsylvania.

Date and Venue:
Thu, 29 January 2009 from 9:30 am to 2 pm

For more information please contact Sandra Hall at the European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh

All faculty orientation meetings are free of charge!

Registration is now underway for the 2009 Euro Challenge competition in different participating regions across the US. Find out how to compete in a regional round and win a place at the finals hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Winning teams will receive trophies and cash awards generously provided by the Moody’s Foundation.

To register for the 2009 Euro Challenge please download and complete the Registration Form