Arno-Krause-Award of the ASKO Europa-Stiftung
For the first time, 15 Master students of the Europa-Institut were awarded the Arno Krause Prize of the ASKO Europa Foundation for their outstanding achievements in the world's largest simulation of European decision-making processes "EuroSim"! The award ceremony took place on 10 October 2022 during the semester opening ceremony of the Europa-Institut at Saarland University. Meike Kartes, board member of the ASKO Europa-Stiftung, presented the certificates to the winning team after her laudatory speech.
Since 2016, the Foundation has awarded its own prize - the Arno Krause Prize - for the best achievements of graduates of the Master's program "European and International Law" at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University. With its prize, the foundation honors outstanding achievements in the world's largest transnational competitions VISMoot and FDI Moot for international business law and arbitration as well as EuroSim, the world's largest simulation of European decision-making processes. In all three awards university teams from all over the world compete against each other under the guidance of academic mentors and team leaders.
Awarding of the Excellence Prizes to the best graduates of the integrated binational and trinational degree programmes
The ASKO Europa Foundation's Excellence Award 2023 was presented to graduate Charlène Fischer for her outstanding master's thesis on "Cluster organizations in cross-border regions - the case of the Upper Rhine". Meike Kartes, member of the foundation's board of directors, presented the award on January 26, 2023, during a ceremony at the French Embassy in Berlin.
More information about the arward ceremony
Since 2002, the DFH Excellence Awards have been presented annually to graduates of DFH-supported degree programmes who have proven their professional and intercultural excellence through outstanding degrees or special merits. They also pursue the goal of stimulating the exchange between business and young academics. The prizes are sponsored by companies and institutions from various sectors.
Since 2015, the ASKO Europa-Stiftung has annually donated one of the Excellence Awards to a graduate of a Franco-German degree course.