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.
5th Edition
futurEU Competition 2025
The EU is facing existential challenges. The futurEU 2025 Competition allowed more than 300 CIVICA students from all over Europe to develop the innovative policies on enhancing EU competitiveness.
After the finals of the futurEU Competition 2025 in Berlin in mid-May, the fifth edition of the competition has concluded. The sixth edition will follow soon!
futurEU Competition 2025 Report
Curious about the futurEU Competition 2025? Find out more in the report of the fifth edition!
The Topic: Enhancing EU Competitiveness
Several ideas have recently been floated around for how the EU can increase its competitiveness. Now it is your turn: How do you think the EU can become more competitive? Feel free to interpret competitiveness in an economic, social or some other way. Send us a short summary of your ideas in the style of a “thread” (225 words max.) by February 4!
Read the results of our 2025 competition
The Competition 2025 Report
The futurEU Competition 2025 came to an end! After some incredible finals, we have the winners of this fifth edition.
The Winning Brief
Leonardo Gallo, Sakurako Maki und Italo Parrilli won with their proposal on Bridging the EU’s Innovation Gap: Supporting Hubs for Academic-Powered Enterprises
All competition results
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2023
Climate Change and Societal Transformation: How Can EU Policy Advance Climate Protection and Sustainability in a Turbulent World?
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2022
The current crises facing the EU threaten to lead to more socio-economically vulnerable and EU-alienated future generations.
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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.