Model European Union Simulation
The overall purpose of EUROSIM is to provide a framework for a partial simulation of the decision-making process of the European Union using a specific issue. Organizationally, EUROSIM involves the participation of approximately fourteen New York State and eight European colleges and universities. Each educational institution is assigned a country --e.g., Columbia and K.U. Leuven play Belgium, Universitaet des Saarlandes and the University at Buffalo play Germany, and two delegations (one European, one American) are assigned the role of the EU Commission. Students are assigned alter egos. These are actual personages in their country delegation; thus, one student will be Tony Blair, while another plays Karl-Heinze Funke. A topic is selected for each simulation. Researching the topic constitutes an important part of the students' preparatory work.