futurEU Competition 2022

Topic

The current crises facing the EU threaten to lead to more socio-economically vulnerable and EU-alienated future generations.
Your team has been tasked to propose bold and visionary policies to address EU action, oriented to next generations and arguing why it would make the EU more responsive and appealing to their needs.
You are given complete freedom in your choice of the policy area.

Message from the futurEU management team:

Last year, the first futurEU Competition was a great success, and all students' ideas exceeded our initial expectations. This year we want to grow beyond these results and have planned a great and bigger second edition of the futurEU Competition for you. We are super excited and can't wait to hear how you'll surprise us this year.

  • 33 Teams. 105 Students. Our amazing judges selected the best proposals.

  • The best eight teams came to Berlin to present their vision for the future of the EU. Scroll down to get to know them.

  • Watch them defend their inspiring visionary ideas on the future of the EU!

    Watch here

Winners futurEU Competition

Congratulations to the winners of the futurEU Competition 2022!

In their policy proposal Allegra Semenzato, Federica Bellato, Carolina Guerra and Benedetta Coraglia, propose the introduction of youth quota in the European Parliament: “This time I’ve voted”, but am I represented?

Finalist Team

Students from the Hertie School, Sciences Po and Bocconi University propose youth rural offices to coordinate & evaluate projects of local development with cohesion funds.

From left to right: Giacomo Casali, Francesca Squillante, Nicola Carnevali

Semi-Finalists

  • Anton Holten Nielsen, Oscar Thomas Eggleton, Pablo Fernandez Cras - LSE

    The EU needs a permanent digital townhall - building the "Eurapp" to boost EU democratic responsiveness and citizen ownership of EU policy

  • Sebastian d'Huc & Rosa Blach - Hertie School

    Strengthening the European Identity through a European Social Service Year (ESSY)

  • Giulia Geneletti, Eleonora Bonel, Mathilde Flamant, Hanna Agbanrin - Sciences Po

    A European tailor-made approach to career formation - Empowering young people's transition to the labour market: The European Orientation Strategy

  • Petar Beevski, Umberto Damiani, Arash Sabzevari, Giovanni Maria Della Gatta - Bocconi University

    YES: Young Europeans' Summer

  • Ludovico Campagnolo, Giorgia Ferrari, Filippo Aloisi de Larderel, Alessandra Martina

    EU for Youth - Empowering the NEETs through European mobility

  • Sabari Swetha - Hertie School, Olta Qejvani - SNSPA, Samuel Huntington - LSE

    Empowering European Youth through Enhanced Democratic Regionalism

Semi-Finals & Final

This year's Semi-Finals & Final took place on 8 April 2022. All semi-finalists came to Berlin* to join us for an exciting Competition 2022 programme on 7 and 8 April, including a networking dinner, final reception and of course, a lot of fun!

Watch them here!

Are you thinking of participating next year? We'll cover all travel and accommodation costs, check the rules for more information. Stay tuned for a detailed programme soon!

*Covid-rules permitting

Check out our rules for further information on the Semi-Finals & Final!

We know that the topic is broad: so many options! However, the decision is intentional: there is no right or wrong answer, and none of your suggestions can be too big or too small!

To inspire you, we listed some examples. However, you are not at all bound to these and your own, creative ideas are what we are looking for.

  • Creation of a European job market.

  • Investment in the green transition.

  • Design of Common Foreign and Security Policy.

  • Design of programmes to better communicate about the EU.

  • Inclusion of young generations in decision-making structures.

Timeline