Generation €uro Students’ Award 2015-2016 Launched

Nationwide search begins for Ireland’s top young economists

The Central Bank of Ireland today (1 October 2015) launched a nationwide search to find Ireland’s brightest young economists through its competition for Transition Year students.

The Generation €uro Students’ Award calls on secondary schools across the country to simulate the role of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council to determine an appropriate interest rate for the euro area. There are three rounds to the competition, an online quiz, a group analysis and a presentation to a panel of senior economists at the Central Bank.

The winning team and teacher will travel to the European Central Bank in Frankfurt in April 2016 for an award ceremony and meet ECB President Mario Draghi and the winning teams from across Europe.

Students can enter the competition in teams of four and must nominate a teacher to act as mentor. To register and complete Round 1, teams should visit the competition website, www.generationeuro.ie before the closing date of 4 December 2015. Additional information for participants is available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GenerationEuroIreland