The research project entitled “The Evolution of the Blue Economy Concept within the European Union: Turning the Blue into the Green” by Alejandra Méndez Torelló was the winner of the first edition of the Europa Jove Award, organized by the Fundació Catalunya Europa and the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona, which aims to recognize the best high school research projects on European topics.

The author of the project is a student at BetàniaPatmos School, and the award jury highlighted “the quality of the research, the depth of analysis, the methodical approach, and the personal effort” demonstrated by the student.

Europa Jove Award

The Europa Jove Award, organized by the Fundació Catalunya Europa and the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona, is the first award in Catalonia to recognize high school students’ research projects on European topics, with the goal of promoting knowledge, research, and young people’s interest in the reality of the EU. In this first edition, 58 students from 52 schools participated.