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Dembowski Model United Nations
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Dembowski Model United Nations

Gliwice, Poland · high-school

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Dates
Nov 27–2026 (day: 29)
Fee
TBD
Reg deadline
TBD
Delegates
80
Language
English
Format
In-person
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Summary

Dembowski Model United Nations, known as DEMUN, returns to Gliwice for a high-school edition that gathers delegates in an industrial Silesian city better known for engineering than for diplomacy. The conference is hosted in Poland and structured around committee work suited to secondary-school participants stepping into formal multilateral debate.

Why this edition matters in 2026

DEMUN sits inside the wider Central European MUN circuit, where Polish host schools have increasingly offered training grounds for delegates who later move on to university-level conferences in Warsaw, Prague and Berlin. A high-school conference in Gliwice extends that pipeline beyond the usual capital-city venues and gives delegates from smaller Silesian schools a local entry point. For the regional ecosystem, the value is less about headline-grabbing scale and more about repeatability. Conferences of this size tend to produce tight committees where chairs can coach first-time delegates closely, which is exactly the developmental layer the Polish circuit needs if it wants to keep feeding stronger delegations into THIMUN-affiliated events. It also matters that the conference uses the mymun platform for applications, signalling that the organisers want visibility outside Poland and are open to international delegates rather than running a closed domestic event.

How to prepare

Delegates preparing for DEMUN should treat it as a high-school-level conference where procedural fluency and clean position papers will distinguish them more than rhetorical flourish. Because the delegate body is on the smaller side, individual speaking time will be relatively generous, and chairs will likely reward delegates who can sustain a coherent policy line across multiple sessions rather than those who simply dominate the speakers list. Research should lean into the committees once they are published, with particular attention to how assigned countries actually vote in the relevant UN bodies. For first-timers, the Gliwice setting offers a lower-pressure environment than a flagship conference, which means it is an ideal place to practise amendment drafting and bloc negotiation before attempting larger circuits. Logistically, delegates travelling from outside Poland should plan around Katowice as the nearest air gateway, with Krakow as a secondary option. The late-autumn timing means cold weather and short daylight hours, so social programming will likely concentrate indoors around the host venue.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level
high-school
Age
—
Team size
—
Country quota
Open

Schedule & deadlines

  1. Conference

    Nov 27, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

  • Who is eligible to attend DEMUN?

    DEMUN is a high-school level conference, so participation is aimed at secondary-school students rather than university delegates.

  • Where is the conference held?

    The conference takes place in Gliwice, a city in the Silesian region of southern Poland, making Katowice the most convenient air gateway for international delegates.

  • How do delegates apply?

    Applications run through the mymun platform, which the organisers use as the primary registration channel for both individual delegates and school delegations.

  • What format should delegates expect?

    DEMUN runs as an in-person high-school MUN in Gliwice, with committee work spread across the conference weekend in late autumn.

Last verified May 27, 2026 · Source: mymun.com

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