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The Generation €uro Students’ Award gives you an opportunity to understand how monetary policy in the euro area works and how it relates to the economy as a whole in an interactive way.
The competition runs in 11 euro area countries in the academic year 2012-2013. Team up with your classmates and a teacher and go through the three rounds of the competition. Details of the schedule, the competition rounds, contacts and prizes are available on the Generation Euro website for European and international schools or Ireland.
The winning team from each participating country as well as the winning team from the international or European schools will be invited to a European award event at the ECB in Frankfurt, where they will receive a prize from the President of the ECB.
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