The Association
Model European Union (MEU) was initiated in 2007. Only one year later, the Bringing Europeans Together Association was founded in Mainz, Germany, to provide MEU with sustainable administrative and legal structures.
BETA is a European politically independent, non-profit association which wants to inspire young people in order to promote intercultural exchanges, understanding, and empathy across Europe and beyond.
Organizing team
With over 150 members, BETA unifies the dedication and the interest of European youth in politics, by giving them the opportunity to work together in a spirit of cooperation and collaboration. The MEU 2012 organizing team is a group of approximately 70 politically interested young and enthusiastic people, who strive to turn MEU into an unforgettable learning experience.
The Project
Model European Union (MEU) is an informal educational project that aims to bring the complex structure of the EU’s decision-making process closer to young individuals. 180 participants from more than 30 countries will take on the roles of Ministers of the Council, Members of the European Parliament, lobbyists, journalists or interpreters for one week in spring at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The participants will have the opportunity to improve both their academic and personal skills. They will learn how to interact with others in a professional environment and the simulation will strengthen their understanding of the internal functioning of the EU. The conference concludes with a Partners’ Fair which informs participants about the possibilities to voluntarily engage in European civil society.
MEU 2012
In 2012 180 young people will meet in Strasbourg to explore the European Union’s functioning and discuss the following two proposals:
1. Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders
2. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
More information
www.meu-strasbourg.org
info@meu-strasbourg.org
www.facebook.com/meustrasbourg
