WHO WE ARE: We are a team of 12 ULB students from various faculties (law, communication, political science and economics). Together, we form a student association called the MUN CLUB ULB.

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WHAT? The reasons that have motivated us to gather and to unite our forces are our keen interest in international relations, but also the wish to put our knowledge into practice in a United Nations simulation.

This year we have an exceptional opportunity to attend the Geneva International Model United Nations! This is an exercise in which an international organization (the United Nations) is simulated.

However, it is students and not diplomats who represent the member countries of the organization. Yet, these students represent a state as ambassadors to defend and negotiate on behalf of a country assigned to them.

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WHAT PURPOSE? Our goal is to have the opportunity to develop our skills to speak in public, to negotiate, to work in a team and to build up a strategy of success.

In our society, we often feel that politics belong to the elite, a world in which we cannot fully participate. Yet, everything is political, from the frequency of our public transport to the opening hours of our favorite shops. Currently, in our globalized world, decisions seem to come from even higher, without leaving any space for us to take part in it.

The aim is give Belgian students the chance to set foot in international diplomacy. Therefore, the MUN CLUB ULB was created. Thanks to this project, twelve students, which were chosen based on the principle of equality of opportunity, will have the chance to put themselves in the shoes of diplomats, by participating in an international simulation of the United Nations which brings together students from all over the world.

This year, in order to increase our commitment to the principle of non-exclusion, we will participate in a bilingual conference, so students who do not feel comfortable with English, the language in which most simulations are held, participate at equal opportunity.

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OUR EDUCATION PROJECT? Over the years, the students of MUN Club ULB, conscious of how lucky they are to participate in MUNs (and in general!), decided to put in place a second project to complete our participation at GIMUN 2017.

This year we offer an education project in collaboration with schools in Belgium, mostly in the Brussels-Capital Region and Wallonia. This project aims to share our experience with students in their final high school years by offering two to four hours of training including a presentation in English or French. We will send two to three delegates to each school where they will have the opportunity to share their knowledge with the students.

TO KEEP IT SHORT: The MUN Club ULB is therefore an association defined by the principles of neutrality (apolitical, independent and secular), democracy (representation and debate) and equality of opportunity (tolerance and diversity). But it also creates opportunities by launching its brand new education project about international citizenship.

However, the opportunity is also on your side! By supporting us, you take part in an international project to fight against the barriers of the political world by helping to democratize politics of tomorrow!

Go to our website: http://www.munclubulb.org/en/

Or our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MUNClubULB/?fref=ts

Projet éducatif GIMUN ULB