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GLOBAL GOALS ROME
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GLOBAL GOALS ROME

Rome, Italy · high-school

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Dates
Jul 5–2026 (day: 9)
Fee
€1,000
Reg deadline
TBD
Delegates
300
Language
English
Format
In-person
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Summary

Global Goals Rome convenes high school delegates in the Italian capital for a mid-summer Model UN conference oriented around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The program pairs committee work with guided cultural activities and walking tours through Rome's historic streets, piazzas and landmarks, framing the host city itself as part of the learning experience. The conference is positioned for the secondary-school level and runs on a single flat fee structure, with the same rate applied to individual and team registrations. Delegates are drawn from international circuits rather than a single national pipeline, and the agenda is built to give first-time and experienced delegates a chance to engage with development-policy debates in a setting deliberately tied to multilateral history.

Why this edition matters in 2026

Rome is one of the most consequential cities in the multilateral system even though it sits outside the usual New York-Geneva-Vienna triangle most students picture when they think of the United Nations. The Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development all anchor their global operations in the city, which means the Sustainable Development Goals are not an abstract framing here. They map onto institutions whose buildings delegates pass on their walking tours. The summer timing also matters. European Model UN circuits cluster heavily in spring and autumn during the academic year, so a July edition serves students from the southern hemisphere on different calendars and those from northern hemisphere schools who treat the summer as their main travel window for international competition. A high-school-level conference in this window fills a real gap in the calendar. For a delegate audience this size, the conference is large enough to host serious GA-style committees while staying small enough that returning delegates can build a track record across editions. That balance is what distinguishes development-themed conferences from generic crisis circuits, and it is what makes Rome a useful entry on a competitive Model UN CV.

How to prepare

Preparation should start with the Sustainable Development Goals themselves rather than with a single country brief. Delegates who arrive having read the most recent SDG progress report, and who can speak fluently about indicators, financing gaps and the tension between climate goals and poverty-reduction goals, will out-perform those who treat the SDGs as a slogan. The committees at a Global Goals conference reward technical literacy. The second layer is the Rome-based agencies. A delegate writing a position paper on food security who does not cite FAO data, or one writing on humanitarian response who does not engage with WFP operational realities, is leaving the easiest research win on the table. The host city offers a research scaffolding that delegates should explicitly use. The third layer is diplomatic register. Development debates can collapse into either moralizing or pure North-South grievance unless delegates train themselves in the language of compromise text: shall-versus-should, calls upon versus urges, and the discipline of operative clauses that survive contact with a hostile bloc. A summer in Rome is enough time to practice that drafting muscle, and delegates should arrive with sample resolutions already workshopped. Finally, the cultural program is not a distraction from the diplomatic content. Walking the city with other delegates is where alliances form, sponsor lists get negotiated, and reputations get built for the next conference on the circuit. Treat it as part of the preparation, not a reward for finishing committee.

Eligibility deep-dive

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

Schedule & deadlines

  1. Conference

    Jul 5, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

  • What level of student is this conference designed for?

    Global Goals Rome is structured for the high-school level, with committees and a pace calibrated for secondary-school delegates rather than university competitors.

  • Where does the conference take place and does the city matter to the program?

    The conference is hosted in Rome, Italy, and the city matters substantively because guided cultural activities and walking tours through Rome's historic streets and landmarks are built into the program alongside committee sessions.

  • How are registration fees structured?

    Fees are charged in euros and the conference applies a single flat rate that is the same for individual delegates and for delegations registering as a team.

  • When in the year does the conference run?

    Global Goals Rome runs in the European summer, which makes it a fit for southern-hemisphere school calendars and for northern-hemisphere students using the summer break as their main international travel window.

  • How large is the delegate body?

    The conference is sized to host a mid-scale international high-school field, large enough for substantive GA-style committees but small enough for delegates to build recognition across editions.

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

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