Below, you will find a selection of Model European Union (MEU) role-play simulations that you can use for educational purposes. Whether you are an instructor interested in using role-play simulations as an experiential learning tool in your classroom, or organizing an extra-curricular activity or a student conference, you will find all you need to help you set up the best experience for participants. The role-play simulations on this site are best used with high-school and university students, but can be used with other groups of individuals interested in learning about the ways in which the European Union works.

Please follow these steps to get the best use of the materials on this website:

1. If you are an experienced user of role-play simulations, you can jump straight to the full simulations and the short simulation frameworks. Each simulation includes specific modules that should answer any questions you have about using it.
2. If you have only limited experience, or none at all, with using role-play simulations as an instructor, we recommend that you first read the document "Organising a Model EU: A Guide for Educators." This guide contains four sections:
   • Integrating MEU into the Coursework and/or the Curriculum
   • Integrating MEU in Your Classroom: An Action Plan
   • Beyond the Classroom: How to Organise Large-Scale MEU Events
   • Preparing Students to Participate in a Model European Union

The guide also contains embedded links leading to additional documents which elaborate on different aspects of conducting MEUs. This should allow you to pick and choose the specific components that most interest you regarding organizing Model European Union activities.

After exploring the Guide’s modules, choose a simulation for your MEU from amongst the full simulations provided below. Then, read the specific guides for that simulation (documents 1. Settings; 2. Teaching Notes and Game Variations; 3. Simulation Logistics; and 5. Debriefing Guide).

You’ll find all the material you’ll need to provide participants in Document 4. Simulation Material for Participants. Print this document and provide the appropriate role information to the participants, or copy and paste its appropriate pieces into separate documents to provide to each role. Make sure that you do not send the entire Document 4 to all the participants, or otherwise all participants will know each other’s private instructions.

Once you have gained experience with conducting the full simulations, you should be able to develop your own simulations based on the short simulation frameworks, also provided below.

Have fun with the simulations while learning about the European Union!

If you use these simulations, we would love to hear from you. What did you find useful, and what could be improved? Which simulations did you use? How have you adapted the simulations to fit your purposes? Even if you just downloaded them and are thinking about using them, let us know. Please contact us at delegation-usa-info@eeas.europa.eu. Thank you!

If you liked the Model European Union simulations we provided and would like your students to become more engaged in experiential learning activities about the European Union, you can take teams of students to already established Model European Union conferences. Below, you can find some examples (not an exhaustive list) of Model European Union Conferences organized in the United States. Each of these conferences are organized a little bit differently and focus on different European Union institutions. But all of them provide an excellent learning opportunity to explore more about the European Union.

• Global Model European Union (university level)
• Midwest Model European Union (university level)
• West Coast Model European Union (university level)
• University of Pittsburgh Model European Union (high-school and university level)
• Mid-Atlantic Model European Union (university level)
• EuroSIM (university level)
• SUNYMEU (university level)
• South Florida High-School Model European Union (high-school level)
• Virginia Tech (high-school level)

If you know of any other Model European Union conferences organized in the United States, please reach out to us.

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