This article is a guest submission from Yasmin Nur Habibah, staff of Media and Press Padjadjaran Model United Nations 2019.
Padjadjaran Model United Nations (PadMUN): 7 Years of Contributing to MUN Community in Indonesia
Padjadjaran Model United Nations (PadMUN) is an annual United Nations conference simulation held by International Relations students of Universitas Padjadjaran, in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. PadMUN started in 2012, with the participation of in-campus delegates and chairs. Since then, PadMUN has been contributed to increase the number of Indonesian students getting involved in both national and international MUN—and even successfully grab some awards. PadMUN, which allows the participation of high-school delegates, has introduced MUN realm by conducting roadshows to several high schools.
Continuing its commitment on capacity building for the MUN enthusiasts, PadMUN have always held ‘MUN Clinic’ and ‘Meet the Experts’ sessions. ‘MUN Clinic’ is a one-to-one consulting method from the chairs to delegates, which allows the delegates to get meaningful advices directly from the chairs, while ‘Meet the Experts’ is a forum for the delegates to attain deeper insights about the council’s topic from International Relations scholars and practitioners. In practice, participants of both sessions provided consistent positive feedbacks over the years, citing increased understanding and command over a plethora of topics that was taken up in both of the sessions.
PadMUN has also held various side-events such as field-trips and social-nights. Such activities are aimed to provide delegates a chance to unwind and familiarize themselves with Bandung, the “city of diplomacy.” Over time, PadMUN has been able to establish collaborations with a wide-array of exciting venues for the delegates to visit during the sidelines of the conference.
2019 will be the seventh year of PadMUN, and will bear the theme “Personalizing the International in a Globalizing World.” PadMUN seeks to continue serving as a platform for youth to develop with our tradition of substantive excellence that is wrapped with a series of exhilarating events and held in a professional manner.
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