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Model European Union
Model European Union
2010 Model European Union
The 2010 Model European Union will be held on February 19-20, 2010 on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. The Model EU will simulate the 2007 IGC which took place during the presidency of Portugal. The purpose of the 2007 Summit is to discuss administrative reforms and issues related to globalization.
The Model European Union is an annual event for undergraduate students. The main purpose of the Model EU is to give college students the chance to learn about the workings of the European Union through a hands-on simulation. Playing the roles of presidents and prime ministers along with the Commission President and foreign ministers, the students spend 24-hours engaged in intense negotiations over conflicting visions of the future of the EU. The objective is to simulate a specific European Council meeting, typically one that took place within the last year. The Model EU should not be thought of merely as a historical simulation that replicates the outcome of the actual event; rather, students are encouraged to devise a possible alternative solution based on the same initial conditions and constraints.
The Model European Union is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for West European Studies/European Union Center under the supervision of Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Director and Professor of Political Science. The original partners included Washington and Jefferson College (faculty advisor: Robert Dodge, Professor of History) and University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (faculty advisor: Reinhard Heinisch, Director of International Studies and Professor of Political Science). Other participating colleges and universities have included Centenary College (New Jersey), Slippery Rock University, University of Syracuse, University of Oklahoma, and University of Washington. |
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Past simulations
Links for General Information on the EU
European Commission www.europa.eu.int
University of Pittsburgh EU Resources:
Commission Delegation in Washington, D.C. www.eurunion.org
European Union Studies Association www.eustudies.org
Financial Times www.ft.com
