The purpose of this scholarship is to engage students and increase the quality of SEKMUN’s educational activity.

SEKMUN is a simulation and we are therefore committed to following as closely as possible the procedures and regulations that govern the various bodies and committees of the UN system. In order to continue improving SEKMUN, the most outstanding students of each phase of SEKMUN conferences will be awarded.

Winning students will be awarded a scholarship in order to enrol and participate in the MUN of their choice.

Once they return from their chosen MUN, students must submit an essay specifying the aspects or initiatives that in their opinion could contribute to improving the quality of SEKMUN.

The essay may focus on:

Initiatives that can enrich the different phases of the debate, negotiation or the writing of documents,

· Aspects related to logistics or the complementary social activities.

· Research and recommendations on certain techniques in the period of preparation and training.

· Managing and improving the website.

· Designing a campaign and measures to promote SEKMUN in Spain and abroad.

The scholarship is aimed at students who have participated as delegates, representatives or chairs in the SEKMUN conference of the current school year.

The scholarship will cover the expenses for students to take part in one of the MUNs organised by the winning student’s home school including travel expenses, accommodation, meals and enrolment fees. Said amount will be managed by the administration of the school to which said student belongs.

The scholarship is granted to students on the following basis:

· Student-delegates will choose the best delegate in each committee in secret ballot. From the group of students chosen in the different committees, teachers will elect the best delegate / representative in a vote- Teachers cannot vote for a student from their own school.

· The teachers-coordinators will choose the best chair. They may not propose (vote) a student from their own school.

· From the two students selected in the votes of the two groups mentioned, the secretary general and the organising team will choose the student to whom the scholarship is granted.

Upon return and within a month, students must submit to the organising team an essay on the MUN which they have attended highlighting those initiatives and activities that in their opinion could improve SEKMUN.

The scholarship will enable students to participate with all expenses paid in one of the MUNs organised by the winning student’s home school including travel expenses, accommodation, meals and enrolment fees. Said amount will be managed by the administration of the school to which said student belongs.

In order to choose Best Delegate, each committee meets and casts a formal vote on concluding the eighth session, on the last day of the event. Each delegate has one vote, the ballot paper is included in the SEKMUN folder. The chairing team must supervise that each delegate casts their vote in the ballot box that the organising committee will have presented previously to the chair of each committee.

The chairing team cast a ‘deciding vote’, so at the end of the eighth session, on the last day, they will meet by Committees or Commissions – at the AG – to issue in writing the name of the winning delegates. This vote will be taken into account in case of a tie.

The SEKMUN Organising Committee will collect, before the ninth session, the ballot boxes to count the votes in which the teachers from the schools invited may be present, if they wish. The results of the vote

may not be modified by the organising committee or by the teachers from invited schools, except in the event of delegates behaving in breach of the spirit of the Model.

Once the count has been concluded, the event’s organising committee will draw up a list of the winning students and will draw up the corresponding diplomas. The results will not be made public until the closing ceremony in which the committee chairs will announce them and present the outstanding delegates with their diplomas.

The list of awarded delegates will be published on the SEKMUN website, once the Model is finished.

In Madrid, the model is inaugurated in the Spanish Senate and is held on the Villafranca campus of University Camilo José Cela. In this edition we have two online committees that will meet on our virtual platform.

In person committees between 13 and 15 March 2024.
Virtual committees between 12 and 15 March 2024.

National and international schools from all over the world can participate, since it is a bilingual Spanish-English model.

Students between 15 and 18 years who are accompanied by a representative from their school may take part as delegates.

Only those delegates who attend on behalf of a school or as part of a delegation may take part in person.
Students can participate individually online.

Students should enrol from November up to 12 January 2024.

The fees for participating in person are: €130 per school; €140 per student and €100 per teacher. The fee to participate virtually is €45.

The in-person participation fee includes material (accreditation, folder, country badge, programme, regulation, notebook, notepad and pen), coffee breaks, lunches and party and transfers from the Senate to the Villafranca campus. The fee for participating online includes material, training and access to the platform.

Yes, but only with host families and depending on availability at the time of enrolment.