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Young Leaders' Consortium Model UN Workshop

Model UN Conferences

MUN Workshops

MUN Association

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Young Leaders’ Consortium, a member of In-ternational Steering Committee to the UNES-CO GAMAG is the premier youth organization across the globe to be recognized by several UN agencies for its commitment towards youth development. YLC aims to offer a lively and memorable learn-ing opportunity for students seeking a sup-plement to their education and develop the leadership skills within them by nurturing the traits required for attaining excellence through a wide variety of well planned activities in a challenging environment and by giving them exposure of various leadership programs.

In a country like India, talent is plenty but oppor-tunities are very less and YLC wants to provide this opportunity to the students in India. The goal of YLC is to work extensively towards the aspiration of modern youth, especially through the continued expansion and enhancement of the organization through national and interna-tional collaborations.YLC focuses for the promotion of student inter-

est in international relations and related sub-jects, the increase in capacity for students to engage in problem solving, the teaching of var-ious conflict resolution methods, research skills, and communication skills, and the creation of opportunities to meet and interact with people from diverse fields and build long lasting rela-tionships among the youth community.

In this global world where distance between people has been reduced to the click of a but-ton, it is necessary the fruits of one’s work find their way to everyone. Only if we are able to provide the necessary exposure to our peers from all over the country and bring them to-gether to a single platform to share their ideas and experiences, can we truly say that our ef-forts have been worthwhile. YLC has setup fol-lowing chapters:

Bangalore Mumbai Chennai OdishaGujarat PuneHyderabad Central India

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The Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation and academic competition within a diverse group of informed college/university students and faculty from all over the world. The participants presume the role of delegates representing the various member countries of the UN, in a set of committees like UNEP, UNHRC, WIPO, etc. The delegates address current world issues related to regional conflicts, peacekeeping, human rights, women and children, economic and social development, and the environment. At the end of these conferences, outstanding delegates are recognized and rewarded.

Model United Nations picked up as an activity in the early 2000s and exploded to scene early in this decade, with Model UN conference being organized by all the major schools and colleges throughout the country. MUNs have now become an integral part of the curriculum and is one of the most sought after extracurricular activity in today’s education system. With India rising in status and slowly assuming a position in the world geopolitics of a nation which no more can be ignored, it is of utmost

importance that the youth of such a country is well aware of the global scenarios and how diplomacy and negotiation work all around the world.

Model United Nations conferences are not only a platform for getting to understand international issues, but a platform that teaches you public speaking, elocution, diplomacy, research, resolution writing, and the most important LEADERSHIP.

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Model UN conferences have their sophisticated rules of procedure which become very difficult for first timers to understand and comprehend. YLC provides beginner and intermediate level of training for rules of procedures of MUN, ways to research, an Introduction to policy making and geopolitical scenarios etc. The Workshops are generally a two day event, wherein the first day is about explanation of the rules of procedure and other aspects of Model UN and the second day has a mock session for better understanding of rules of procedure by the participants of the workshop.Following sub topics are covered in the MUN workshop:

• History of the United Nations• Functions and Organs of the United Nations• UN Charter• Understanding MUN rules of procedure• Understanding forms of debate• Points and Motions• Resolution making process • Voting Process• Mock MUN session

Benefits:

Model United Nations workshops conducted by Young Leaders’ Consortium are conducted with the aim that the recipients of the MUN workshop by YLC go back after the workshops as trained MUN participants who can actively participate in Model UN conferences and perform well in them. The YLC MUN rule of procedure workshop ensures that the participants are well versed with the standard MUN rules of procedure and aware of all the exceptions that exist in the ROPs for MUNs.The workshop teaches the participants in a classroom style training about the history of the United Nations, the various organs and systems of the UN that exist and the functioning of the UN. This enables the students to understand the core ideology on how United Nations works, thus improving the basics of participants which in turn will help them in performing well at MUN conferences.Another big aspect of the YLC MUN workshop is the research technique taught to the

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participants of the workshop, this research technique would be helpful in researching for respective agendas and eventually this same research technique can also help participants to research and prepare for different projects in their academic sphere.

Resolution writing is arguably one of the most difficult tasks that have to be carried out during an MUN conference, which involves solving the current situation at hand in a manner that all involved parties are satisfied and the solutions are logically and factually correct. At YLC MUN workshop we explain to participants in detail on how to go about the resolution making process and what are the small technicalities involved with the same.

The 14 hour training workshop by YLC is basically divided into two parts, the first as explained is a classroom style training where in all the important aspects of the MUN are explained. The second half is a unique feature

of the YLC workshops which involve a mock session wherein in participants are expected to research on the provided agenda overnight and participate in the mock session next day. This clears all the small doubts participants might have and brings them to terms with how MUN debates actually work.

Material Provided

• UN Charter• MUN Rules of Procedure• Delegate Kit• Notepad• Chit pad• Stationary• Any other agenda related material if required

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Model UN conferences develop not only the knowledge of participants on world issues but also help in their overall development as a leader and keeping this in mind we associate with Model UN Conferences happening throughout the country and provide assistance in better organizing, ensuring brilliant, which brings forward, best of the leaders. We provide full assistance to the organizers of the MUN in substantive matters, organizational matters, debate, and event management for the Model UN conference. With every conference associated to us, we strive to work extensively on every aspect such that the MUN achieve its objective of empowering youth and foster a legacy. Every project is customized based on the needs of the organizing institution. We provide deliverables for all the possible dimensions to a MUN:• Selection of Councils according to the required capacity of delegates• Selection of Agenda for the councils• EB Application Form Designing and Database Management• EB Selection Interviews and Final Selection• Country Matrix Designing• Delegate Application Form Designing and Database Management• Delegate Allotments• Creation of a Payment Gateway and Maintaining Online Payment Gateway• Training of Secretariat Members• Mails and Communication Management Related to Substantive Content• EB Communication and Debrief Session for EB Members• Monitoring the process of Drafting Study Guides• Publicity on all the Social Media Platform• Marketing Emails to the largest Indian

database of 4000+ Model UN participants• Branding the MUN with connecting it to relevant stakeholders including speakers• Assistance with network building for sponsorship• Direct recognition to the Indian League of MUN, a league concept initiated by YLC to recognise quality conferences across the country

• Feedback Session for all the Delegates to review the quality of the conference• Delegate Kits• Affiliation with an International MUN

Team YLC: YLC has an extensive presence all across the country with around 120+ active team members working on different youth related projects. Our team comprises of individuals who are currently representatives to UN, part of Indian Delegation and heads of various youth networks. Overall, the cumulative experience of the entire team is that of 2800+ Model UN conferences, making it the most experienced MUN service providing organization. All our team members are extensively trained through the most rigorous leadership module and are given access and exposure to real UN activities.

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• DAV Public School, Gurgaon• SRM University, Chennai• Nirma University, Ahmedabad• IIPM, Ahmedabad• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy)• SSN College of Engineering, Chennai• CHIREC School, Hyderabad• Pathways World School, Gurgaon• Institute of Management and Technology, Nagpur (IMT Nagpur)• DAV Public School, Bhubaneshwar• St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai• MVSR College of Engineering, Hyderabad

For more details, contact us on: ylcforindia@gmail.com

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