Euroscola competition for secondary school students launched!

We are delighted to announce our new Euroscola video competition. Create a 1-minute video in English or Irish with your ideas of what the EU could do to tackle digital addiction and you could win a subsidised trip for up to 24 students and 2 teachers to Euroscola in Strasbourg. Deadline for entries: 18 October 2024

Due to concerns about the impact of social media platforms on the health of users, especially young people, the European Parliament has urged the European Commission to propose new EU rules to tackle digital addiction.   According to the Parliament, the new rules should ban platforms from using addictive techniques like infinite scroll, automatic autoplay video features, push notifications etc.

Create a 1-minute video in English or Irish with your ideas of what the EU could do to tackle digital addiction.  Be as creative as you can!

To help in your research, you can check out the following documents:

Getting started
We encourage teachers to act as facilitators for their students. The main purpose of the competition is to help students become more aware of how membership of the EU affects their daily lives.

  • The project can be an individual or team effort.
  • Only one entry per school.
  • The clip should be maximum one minute long.
  • Video clips containing music or images, which may be subject to copyright, will not be considered.

How to submit your entry

  1. Upload your video clip to YouTube (max. 1 minute and one entry per school
  2. Send the URL of your video clip by email to youth-epdublin@ep.europa.eu
  3. Include the name and address of your school and the name and email of your teacher

Closing date:  18 October 2024

By submitting your entry you give consent to the European Parliament to use your video clip, copyright free, on its website, in its publications and on its social media platforms. The European Parliament will not share your contact details with any third party.

Judging Criteria
Although judges will consider production quality, it will not be a deciding factor so video clips may be made using a mobile device.  Equal marks will be awarded for:

  •     creativity
  •     originality
  •     message content

The judges’ decision will be final.

The Prize
We are awarding several subsidised educational trips to the European Parliament in Strasbourg for up to 24 students and two teachers to represent Ireland at Euroscola, a one-day youth parliament for secondary school students.  Participants must be at least 14 years old.

The Winners
The winning schools will be announced on our website on 5 November 2024
Winning schools will travel to Strasbourg in the first half of 2025.

The Subsidy
•    The subsidy covers groups of up to 24 students + two teachers
•    Schools are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.

For further information, please email youth-epdublin@ep.europa.eu or call: 01-605 7900

Find out more about Euroscola here

To see the winning videos from last year's competition click here