CIVICA extracurricular opportunities for Bocconi students

Under the leadership of SGH Warsaw School of Economics, CIVICA partners are working towards developing a framework to foster students’ engagement within the CIVICA alliance while strengthening their sense of belonging and shared identity, deeply rooted in European values and heritage.  

The Student Engagement Fund (SEF) is introduced as one of the initiatives facilitating bridge-building between nations, cultures, and languages: the SEF is a mini-grant funding scheme aimed at supporting student-led joint initiatives within the CIVICA alliance. It aims to foster cross-campus collaboration among students and registered student associations from different disciplines and backgrounds in tackling the important issues facing Europe today, and to further enhance the students’ experience within the alliance. 

Please find all relevant documents and information at the following webpage: CIVICA Student Engagement Fund

futurEU is a student-led competition organized by Hertie School (Berlin) and is open to all students and PhD researchers enrolled at a CIVICA partner university for the academic year 2025/26. 

This initiative provides participants with a platform to actively find, propose and debate solutions on the EU of tomorrow. The competition bridges the gap between young people’s voices and opinions on one hand, and public discourse and academic research on the other. 
The 2026 edition is themed "Europe’s Path to Resilience: Shaping the Future of Security & Defence” and consists of two rounds:

1. Written round: all registered teams must prepare and submit a short summary (max 250 words) of their ideas until 11 February 2026, based on the prompt published on the futurEU website. The futurEU team will then pre-select the best teams, who will be invited to convert their short summaries into a policy brief (max 1500 words) and submit it until 11 March 2026.
2. Oral round: the teams with the 8 best policy briefs will be invited to the semi-finals in Berlin, where they will present their ideas to the judges. Two teams will move on to the final, to present again in front of the judges and a wider audience. Once again, the judges will evaluate the two proposals and declare the winning team.

Register for the futurEU competition at this link: https://www.futureu-initiative.org/info

Individual Registration by 12 January 2026   

Team Registration by 19 January 2026 

The winner of the competition is awarded a plaque and is given opportunity to have their work published through the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).

Find all the information and rules about the futurEu competition at this link and do not miss this exciting opportunity to engage with CIVICA students all over Europe!

Discover the winning Bocconi teams of past editions:

• Bridging the EU’s Innovation Gap
• Un team Bocconi ha vinto la futurEU 2023
• Il team Bocconi/Sciences Po ha vinto la futurEU 2022
• Due team Bocconi tra gli otto semifinalisti di futurEU 2021

CIVICA - The European University of Social Sciences, in collaboration with the IPLI Foundation and PolSim, invites 3rd year bachelor students and Master’s students to apply to Project Arctic: A simulation of climate-induced conflict in the Arctic Region. This workshop addresses the complex challenges in the Arctic region, explicitly focusing on climate change as a potential conflict driver.
Two participants per institution will be selected to represent their university during the simulation, and work together with other teams. All participants will receive a certificate of participation and three awards will be distributed.

The workshop will take place online on: Sunday 30 November from 10am to 5pm CET

Find all detailed information on the CIVICA website at this link: CIVICA-IPLI Project Arctic Simulation

To apply, please complete the following application form by 7 November 2025. 

Should you have any questions, please contact civica(at)hertie-school.org. 

The European Student Assembly (ESA) is the main initiative of EUC Voices' Erasmus+ project. It is an annual event which each year gathers more than 230 students from the European Universities Alliances (EUAs) to debate, first online and then onsite, issues that are central to students in Europe, draft policy recommendations on the future of Europe and advocate for them among stakeholders and decision-makers. The fourth edition of the European Student Assembly (#ESA25) will culminate in a deliberative Assembly gathering at the European Parliament in Strasbourg from 26 to 28 May 2025.  

How it works:  

• From February to May 2025: the selected students will work remotely with other members of the same panel to deepen their understanding of their topic (chosen from a pool of 8 panels related to the future of Europe and essential for students). 
• From 26 to 28 May 2025: participating students will meet in person in Strasbourg in the very premises of the European Parliament to discuss and finalize their recommendations with members of their panel. They will also hear from other panels' discussions and debate. Finally, they will vote on all policy recommendations prepared in a plenary session and participate to dissemination activities afterwards.  

• After the assembly: students will continue to work in team for the advocacy and dissemination of their proposals. Willing students will have the opportunity to meet with NGOs, Members of the European Parliament and representatives from the European Commission. 

You can find all the details in the Handbook available at this link and on the #ESA25 webpage

How to apply: 

• Applications must be submitted no later than 1 December 2024 at 23:59 (CET) at the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/6TgV5ctPWD  

• Selection results will be available starting from 5 February 2025 

For Bocconi there is 1 slot available and applications are open to students from all nationalities, fields and levels of study from the second year of Bachelor to PhD. 

Participation costs 
Selected students’ travel costs from and to Strasbourg will be covered by Bocconi’s CIVICA funds while meals and accommodation for 3 nights in a youth hostel will be provided by ESA.  

If selected to participate, please contact civica@unibocconi.it to arrange travel bookings through Bocconi’s travel agency, it will NOT be possible to claim any refund ex post.  

Any questions?

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us at civica@unibocconi.it