17 November 2011

How would you distribute the money if you were in charge of Europe?

"Budget Europe"

Try the Budget Europe game, where you can make your own European Budget, by dragging 100 billion Euros to different items.

The items are Sustainable growth; Natural resources; Citizenship; Freedom, Safety and justice; EU as a global partner and Administration.

Try to decide how much money each of these should get!

After you have submitted your game, you can see what Europe looks like in your future. See the videos with explanations and compare your budget with the real one!

Author

Ömer Ceylan

Ömer is the Managing Director of Geonardo Environmental Technologies. He has 15 years of direct experience in developing and implementing EU-funded projects and managing EC contracts. He has a thorough knowledge of the European Union’s funding system and a sound understanding of the programming and implementation of various EU funding schemes and programmes and their interrelations. In particular, his knowledge spans across the EU’s energy, environment, sustainable development, competitiveness, research and innovation, enlargement and external policies and the associated funding schemes and programmes such as FP6/7, Horizon 2020, CIP Eco-innovation, LIFE/LIFE+, Structural Funds and EuropeAid.

Ömer is involved on a daily basis in the conception and development of new Horizon 2020 proposals, while at the same time overseeing the implementation of 15 ongoing Horizon 2020 projects. He is an environmental engineer from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Aalborg University (AAU).

How would you distribute the money if you were in charge of Europe?

"Budget Europe"

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