Deadline:
May 01, 2024
Program Starts: July 13, 2024
Program Ends: July 15, 2024
Location(s)
Japan
Kindai University Osaka
Overview
JEMUN is Japan's leading and most innovative United Nations and digital journalism simulation conference for both high school and university students from around the world. Established in 2017, we aim to integrate academic knowledge into practical application and build a platform for meaningful communication between students, educators, and businesses.
Details
What is MUN?
Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an academic simulation of the United Nations. Participants, who are referred to as delegates, adopt the persona of designated country ambassadors during simulated discussions. Delegates must research their countries’ position on a predetermined global issue and represent the country accordingly.
Participating in a Model United Nations (MUN) conference is a great way for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students to actively improve their English language skills and foster a deeper understanding of global issues, politics, and sustainability. MUN conferences are also an excellent way for these students to improve on a multitude of 21st century skills that are not often practiced in a traditional classroom setting, but which are essential for their future careers.
About JEMUN
The Japan English Model United Nations (JEMUN) conference organizing team is dedicated to advancing the understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues in English. JEMUN’s mission is to positively affect the lives of the participants and prepare them to be better global citizens through quality educational experiences in English that emphasize collaboration and cooperative resolution of conflict. The JEMUN Organizing Committee envisions a world comprised of civically engaged people who strive for peaceful, multi-lateral conflict resolution and equitable, sustainable human development.
At each JEMUN conference, high school and university-aged students from around the world experience cooperative, hands-on learning allowing them to confront a topic in English from the perspective of their assigned country or as a JEMUN Journalist. Through these experiences, during preparation and in committee sessions, participants will develop an appreciation of differing viewpoints, the frustration of negotiation, the rewards of cooperation, and a broader view of the human side of international relations and diplomacy.
The yearly conference theme is chosen after careful and extensive deliberation and discussion by the JEMUN Organizing Committee. Each meeting room agenda deals with an issue of great importance to the world that needs to be addressed with comprehensive and innovative solutions; that serve as a basis for resolutions in the future.
JEMUN participants consist of Japanese university students, international students studying in Japan, and foreign students from abroad.
Conference Theme
The 2024 JEMUN conference will offer 4 meeting rooms for university students and 2 meeting rooms for high school students to participate as country delegates or journalists. Each meeting room is connected to the overall JEMUN conference theme, Rethinking Tourism. In each meeting room there are four specialized discussion groups referred to as committee groups.
When you register and pay for the JEMUN conference, you will be assigned to represent a country in a specific committee group in one of the meeting rooms.
IMPORTANT DATES
- November 1, 2023: Online application opens
- April 1, 2024: Online conference preparation courses available.
- May 1st, 2024: Online application closes.
- July 1, 2024: Deadline to submit position papers
- July 13-15, 2024: JEMUN 2024 Conference
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Eligibility
- The Japan English Model United Nations (JEMUN) conference welcomes participants between the ages of 15 and 30 from around the world who have have high interest in global affairs, the United Nations, and journalism.
- Participants must be enrolled in a high school, university undergraduate program, or graduate program.
- Individual high school participants must bring a chaperone.
- University groups are not required to bring a chaperone.
- High school groups coming to JEMUN are required to be accompanied by at least one teacher.
- JEMUN also welcomes advisors who have a role in planning and organizing MUN conferences and teachers who use Model UN in their education curriculum.
Dates
Deadline: May 01, 2024
Program starts:
July 13, 2024
Program ends:
July 15, 2024
Program Starts: July 13, 2024
Program Ends: July 15, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Student Fee: ¥13,000 / person
The conference fee INCLUDES the following:
- Participation in the 2024 JEMUN conference
- Lunch on each day of the conference
- A Welcome Gala Dinner on July 15th
- Career Fair (for university participants)
- Certificate of Participation
The conference fee DOES NOT INCLUDE the following:
- Accommodation (please arrange your own accommodation)
- Dinner on 7/16 and 7/17
- Breakfasts throughout the conference dates
- Transportation to and from the conference
- Travel and health insurance for each participant
Points to Remember When Registering and Paying the JEMUN Fees From Abroad
- The payment must be a Yen-Denominated wire transfer.
- A Wiring Transfer Fee of 4,000~6000 yen (depending on the country) per transfer must be paid by the applicant at the time of the transfer.
- This additional 4,000~6000 yen is required to cover the bank commission in Japan.
- This 4,000~6000 yen commission and any fees charged at the overseas bank must be paid by the applicant.
- Please keep your receipt of bank transfer, just in case.
- Let JEMUN organizers know when you have finalized the bank transfer.
- A receipt of payment by JEMUN will be provided at the conference.
- The JEMUN Organizing Committee is unable to offer any visa support.
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