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Preparing for the Global Forum
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Delegates should review the following links to help prepare for the Global
Forum.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will happen at the Global Forum?
How do we prepare for the Global Forum?
 | Prepare Country Nametags, preferably with each delegate's
last name in big, bold letters (example: Delegate Rodriguez). Some
countries include their flag or patriotic colors on the nametag. |
| Review the
"Simulation Guide - Week by Week" for the week before the Global
Forum for details. Scroll to the appropriate page. |
| Learn/review the terms, main treaties and content for your issue group.
On the Scenario page, there is a list of
essential terms all delegations
should know, but other content differs by issue group. |
| Does your country have a
Model Solution
for your issue? You should be familiar with current successful solutions
to the problem being enacted by negotiating countries (especially from
your own country!). These can be a basis for creating successful
solutions within the international community. Several successful models are
highlighted in the Scenario and are
listed here. |
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Understand and prepare to Explain/Defend your Proposal. Your submitted
Proposal is simply an overview of the solution you are introducing to the
international community. Be prepared to fully explain, defend and negotiate
your proposal. Have other delegations ask you questions to see how well
you can answer them, and do further research as needed. When you
submitted your proposal, you received questions and feedback from Simcon.
Make sure you can answer Simcon's questions. |
| Analyze Other Proposals -
Review all of the proposals and discuss the following questions with your
delegation:
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Prepare the answer to the following questions. At the Global Forum
you will be asked:
| What are the costs (cons) and benefits (pros) for your country for
each of the proposals? Why? |
| "Where do you see similar ideas in the proposals that could be
merged with some negotiation?" (Example: several proposals seek to
stop the spread of nuclear technology to non-nuclear nations; proposals
seek alternative energy sources to combat global warming) |
| "What broader areas of common ground do you see among Proposals?"
(Examples: several proposals seek to have governments be responsible for
solving the problem - even if the methods differ)
Be ready to suggest language to merge proposals
into a an international resolution that many countries could support,
and be prepared to vote on which proposals you believe best serve your
country's interests.
Note about discussions at the forum:
From the proposals, Simcon will compile a list of common themes and
ideas, will tally the number of countries advocating such ideas or
common themes in their own proposals, and will give this list to
facilitators in order to help set the negotiations agenda at the Global
Forum. If you are collaborating
with one or more countries on a proposal, you should revise the language
of your existing proposal to reflect those collaborations (it is quite
okay if proposals share the same language). Be sure to give credit
to the proper countries through the Acknowledgement section of
your proposal. |
Additional questions for consideration:
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Which proposals do you agree
with entirely or in part, and how would they benefit your country? What,
if any, changes would you suggest regarding these proposals? |
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Which proposals do
you not support and why? What changes can you suggest in order for
this proposal to gain your country's support? |
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What questions do you have
about the proposals? Make a list. You might have questions
regarding items that need clarification, explanations of how a proposal
would be enforced, who it would benefit, etc. Get as many
questions answered before the forum through research, email and online
conferences, and
bring the rest to the Global Forum to ask the delegations directly.
It is critical that you come prepared with questions and comments
regarding other delegation's proposals! |
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What research do you need to
do in order to be better prepared to discuss these proposals?
Research and take notes. Practice asking questions regarding these
issues. |
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| After analyzing proposals, but sure your country sponsors all the
proposals via the Proposal Center that you support. Sponsoring a
proposal does not necessarily mean that your country fully commits to it
already, but that your country would support negotiations of this proposal at
the forum. |
| Prepare and Practice three types of statements:
 | Opening Statements for the Opening Ceremony:
during the opening ceremony at the Global Forum, each country delegation
will make a 2-minute max self-introduction speech, with two delegates
speaking for each country. These delegates will sit on stage. The
self-introduction is an opportunity to give the international community a
brief insight into what delegates think is interesting or unique about their
country's heritage or worldview. Since there will be plenty of time to
discuss specific issues during the breakout sessions, delegates should use
the introductory speech to briefly teach us something interesting about
their country. |
| Country Delegations introduce each other: after the opening
ceremony, all 8 issue groups will meet separately for breakout sessions. At
the beginning of the session, each country will meet with an assigned
country to introduce
themselves by name (not by school) and make a "brief" statement indicating what
they hope to accomplish at the forum - 1 minute maximum
per delegation. Delegations should take notes on the names and general goal
of the other country (this is not yet the time to talk about specific
proposal items, just a general goal). The facilitators will then allow
1 minute of country caucus time for delegates to divide up responsibilities
when introductions are made. All delegates must speak. Delegates
should introduce each other by title and last name (Delegate Smith). For
example, Delegate #1 says "We
are introducing the Delegates from
Germany and they say they are honored to be here," #2 says "this is
Delegate Rodriguez and Delegate Smith" #3 says "this is Delegate Lee
and Delegate Parker," and #4 says "and they hope
agreements today will help decrease greenhouse gas emissions" OR #4 says "they
hope today's negotiations are fruitful." There will be time to
elaborate on the specifics of what Delegates hope to accomplish, later,
following introductions. |
| Opening Statements regarding Proposals: after introducing the
other delegation, both delegations will remain standing. When prompted by the facilitators,
delegates should briefly introduce the key ideas and objectives of their own Proposal -
2 minute maximum.
This is also the time to briefly tell other delegations why they should
support this solution. Further discussion regarding the proposed solutions
will follow these statements.
Delegates should practice ahead
of time and everyone should speak during the statements.
During the breakout session, all delegates must stand during their
country's Introduction and Opening Statement. |
| Note about proposals: each delegation is expected to make an opening
statement regarding a proposed solution whether or not the proposal was
officially approved by Simcon. ideas from all delegations will be
heard. the document with full proposals contains only those which met
the minimum criteria for proposals and were officially approved by Simcon
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What will happen
in our issue's breakout room at the Global Forum after we share our Proposals
through Opening Statements?
| You will be asked to follow these Guidelines
for Negotiation. They will be posted in each breakout room,
and reviewed at the forum. |
| Facilitators in the room will help set the agenda based on the common
themes and ideas contained in the proposals as of the Wednesday before the
forum. The 2011 Themes are: |
Minority Rights
Proposals ~*~
Gender Rights Proposals
~*~ Child Labor Themes
~*~ Trade Themes ~*~
Terrorism Themes ~*~
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Themes
~*~ World Health Themes
~*~ Global Warming
Themes Note about themes: a copy of the
relevant theme will be given to each delegation at the forum. Themes
include a list of all proposed ideas, whether or not a proposal was officially
approved. (unless the proposal was or incomplete for Simcon to include). If
a delegation does not see it's proposal on the theme list, they should still
introduce it.
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Discussion items and themes mentioned most often
in the proposals will be discussed first at the forum. As the day
continues, Delegates will vote to help set priorities for discussion.
(Note: the more you negotiate and convince other countries ahead of time that
your proposal will benefit them and solve the problems at hand, the more
likely they will be to vote for it at the forum and/or include your ideas
within their own proposal.) Some proposals will get more discussion time
than others, depending on the priorities set before the forum (i.e. the number
of times a theme or idea is included in submitted proposals), and by voting at
the forum. However, all delegations will get to introduce their proposal
at the beginning (see proposal note below on "what to bring.") |
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Negotiations ensue throughout the day with the purpose of forging one or
more international agreements. Facilitators will take notes to add
proposal items to the agreement(s) as delegations vote to include them by a
simple majority (over 50%). Delegates should also take notes. Two
delegates from each breakout room will be selected to speak at the closing
ceremony to report out on what was accomplished during the breakout session (3
minutes max). At the end of the day, the entire room will help decide
what should be reported. |
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You must rotate the speaking role within your delegation and stand
when speaking. |
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Expect frequent caucuses. During country caucus time, your
delegation will be asked to discuss something specific to further
negotiations. For example, you may be asked to caucus to decide how your
country wants to vote on a certain issue, how you will implement a specific
solution or how it will be paid for, etc. Your delegation can choose to
use caucus time to confer privately, or you can split up to confer with one or
more other delegations; each delegation should do whatever they feel best
supports their negotiation goals. The more you talk to other delegations
during caucus time, the more you will accomplish.
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What to wear and what to bring?
| Communiqué from Simcon |
| Proposals: bring a copy of your proposal for your own use. It is not
necessary to make copies for other countries. A packet with all proposals will
be given to each country at the Global Forum. If your proposal was not
officially approved by Simcon, you may bring your own copies of it to hand
out. It will not be included in the copies handed out by facilitators. |
| Worth repeating: bring water and a snack and have a healthy
breakfast the morning of the forum; bring notepaper and be prepared to take
notes during the breakout sessions.
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What do we do
about lunch and snacks?
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a pizza lunch will be provided for you free of
charge. Cheese pizza will be available per teachers' requests and
pepperoni will be available for the rest of the group. One drink of soda
or water will also be provided. Delegates not wanting pizza may bring
their own lunch. |
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IMPORTANT! Lunch will begin at
12:30pm. The forum can be an intense day in which you will need plenty
of water and nourishment (delegates have been known to pass out when care is
not taken). Please bring bring a water bottle and a hearty
snack with you. We recommend keeping it in a zip lock bag in your
personal backpack or briefcase. After your issue delegation is dismissed
from the opening session at approximately 10am to go to your breakout session,
you should then eat your snack on the way with other delegates and your
facilitator. Please keep all of your trash with you or find a garbage
can! This is important for maintaining good relations with the
university. Your facilitator might also have a garbage bag. |
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Food cannot be eaten in the breakout rooms or
theater. |
May I bring a
laptop?
| You may bring a laptop provided you are willing to share it as a resource
to benefit the entire room and let let others access information as needed.
A laptop could be helpful if there is information that needs to be looked up
during your session. Cautions: please use your laptop
appropriately (i.e. don't hide behind it - use it sparingly). Please
don't leave your laptop unattended; take it with you when you leave for lunch.
The University of the Pacific cannot be responsible for lost computers.
There is a guest code you will need to access the internet. |
How do we get to the Global Forum?
Proposals
to be discussed at the Global Forum
| Each delegation will have one proposal to discuss at the Global Forum.
Copies will be made by CWHP staff and provided for all delegations at the
forum. To
view the Proposals by issue, log in to
Delegate Central with a country name and password and go to the Proposal
Center by clicking on the Proposal menu. |
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