Youth Assembly

The Youth Assembly (YA) is a diverse community of international students that discusses critical and global challenges, finding unique solutions through the multicultural perspectives of its members. The BERMUN Youth Assembly aims to address pressing issues affecting young people, empowering them to act and channel their passions towards local projects. The YA is seeking up to 25 students to join its leadership team each year. Interested students should submit a completed YA application before the deadline (see Registration Details for dates).

This year's YA theme is "Saving the Climate by Initiating Local Grassroot Activism - Which Lifestyle do I Support for Today, Tomorrow, the Future?"

The YA searches to protect the climate and strives for the creation of a better future for the entire world through the implantation of grassroot initiatives. The initiatives should focus on ways of making your community more sustainable and environment friendly, whether it be through reducing energy consumption or switching to more sustainable ways of transportation.

We encourage constructive, local action plans that promote ways to to combat climate change. In an individual action plan each participant decides on a topic and then proceeds to choose which operators to make use of (public speaking, social media, education in school etc.). The theme allows for creative and unique ideas that can be exchanged and improved through discussions with other participants. With this variety of options we hope to motivate you to create your own initiative and invite you to join and collaborate in our youth assembly.

The YA application includes the following:

1. A letter of motivation (150-200 words), which includes:

• Previous involvement in your community (i.e. community service, sustainability projects etc.)
• Why are you interested in applying to the Youth Assembly?
• Previous MUN experience in the order of conference, committee, position, year.
• Why are you interested in this year's YA theme and what does it mean to you?

2. A personal statement (200-300 words), including:

• Describe the opportunities for sustainable practices in your community, i.e. school, neighborhood etc.
• Where in your community can people who care about sustainability and environmental issues get involved, raise their voices, and advocate for change?
• What are the main obstacles preventing students from becoming more environmentally friendly in your community?
• Outline your ideas for creating and implementing a realistic local project applicable to the YA theme. [Note: This project could be the improvement/addition to an existing initiative or institution or the creation of something new.]

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Reminder: Applications submitted after the application deadline will not be considered for a position.

For further information please contact the Youth Assembly Directors via email at youthassembly@gmail.com.