Our previous competitions

We have a history of previous competitions with great results. Browse through the results to read through the policy ideas of the previous participants.

Read the results of our 2023 competition

The Competition 2023 Report

The futurEU Competition 2023 came to an end! After some incredible finals, we have the winners of this third edition.

The Winning Brief

Eman Atta Maan and Francois Praum won with their proposal on amending the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to make it more equitable and inclusive.

The Observer Track Report

“Focusing on climate action and sustainability, the 2023 edition reached the largest audience thus far. It was an honour to have students from different Ukrainian universities join us in Berlin this year as well.”, Lea Mathies.

All competition results

  • 2023

    Climate Change and Societal Transformation: How Can EU Policy Advance Climate Protection and Sustainability in a Turbulent World?

  • 2022

    The current crises facing the EU threaten to lead to more socio-economically vulnerable and EU-alienated future generations.

  • 2021

    European Treaty Reform: Propose a reform to be negotiated at the intergovernmental conference

The FuturEU Competition was founded by a group of Hertie Students and expanded over time into one of the biggest policy competions of the CIVICA network. Recent competitions tackled different topics of relevance to the Future of the European Union and produced a large amount of policy proposals. The competion has also introduced an observer track for Ukranian students to incooperate new perspectives and ideas.