Who is eligible to participate in TELMUN?

TELMUN is designed for high-school delegates. The conference is listed on mymun and accepts applications through that platform.

Where is the conference held?

TELMUN takes place in Prague, Czechia, over a three-day weekend in the summer.

How large is the conference?

TELMUN is a small-format conference, which means delegates get more speaking time and closer engagement with chairs than at large flagship circuits.

Is TELMUN a good fit for first-time delegates?

Yes. The high-school level and small scale make it approachable for newer delegates, while the Prague setting and summer timing also attract more experienced students looking to stay sharp.

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TELMUN

Name: TELMUN
Start: 2026-07-17T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-07-19T00:00:00Z
Location: Prague

Prague, Czechia · high-school

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Dates: Jul 17–2026 (day: 19)
Fee: TBD
Reg deadline: TBD
Delegates: 30
Language: English
Format: In-person

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Summary

TELMUN is a high-school Model UN conference convening in Prague, Czechia, for a compact summer weekend. The gathering is intimate by design, drawing a small cohort of delegates to a city that has long sat at the crossroads of European diplomacy. For students used to large, anonymous circuits, TELMUN offers a different proposition: closer debate, more speaking time, and a setting that rewards preparation over performance. The conference is listed on the mymun platform and targets secondary-school delegates rather than university students. Its scale, location, and timing make it a useful waypoint for students building toward more competitive conferences, or for those who want a focused European experience without the logistical overhead of a flagship event.

Why this edition matters in 2026

Small conferences in capital cities like Prague matter because they invert the usual MUN economics. In a room with fewer delegates, every placard counts. Resolutions get drafted by people who actually read each other's position papers, and chairs have the bandwidth to push back on weak arguments rather than simply managing speaker queues. That environment tends to produce better diplomats, not just better award winners. Prague itself is a working European capital with active embassies, a foreign ministry that engages publicly with EU and transatlantic debates, and a civic memory shaped by the Velvet Revolution and accession to the European Union. Students debating Security Council questions, climate finance, or human rights frameworks in this city are doing so in a place where those questions have lived institutional weight, not just textbook resonance. The summer timing also matters. TELMUN lands in a window when most school-year conferences have wound down, giving students a chance to keep their skills sharp, try new committee styles, and meet peers from outside their usual national circuit before the autumn season begins.

How to prepare

Treat the small delegate count as a feature, not a constraint. In a compact committee, the delegate who arrives with a clearly written position paper, two or three concrete policy proposals, and an honest sense of where their assigned country can compromise will shape the room. Generic talking points pulled from a country's UN General Assembly speech will not survive the first unmoderated caucus. Build a research stack that goes one layer deeper than usual. Read your country's recent voting record in the relevant UN body, identify the regional bloc it actually coordinates with (which is rarely the bloc the rules of procedure assume), and find at least one domestic political constraint that explains why your delegation cannot simply agree to the obvious solution. That is the texture that makes committee debate feel real. Finally, use the host city. Prague rewards delegates who arrive a day early and walk through the embassy district, browse the English-language press, and notice how a mid-sized European democracy actually talks about foreign policy. The point is not tourism; it is calibrating your sense of how diplomacy sounds when it is not being performed for an audience.

Eligibility deep-dive

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

Schedule & deadlines

Conference
Jul 17, 2026 – Jul 19, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is eligible to participate in TELMUN?
TELMUN is designed for high-school delegates. The conference is listed on mymun and accepts applications through that platform.
Where is the conference held?
TELMUN takes place in Prague, Czechia, over a three-day weekend in the summer.
How large is the conference?
TELMUN is a small-format conference, which means delegates get more speaking time and closer engagement with chairs than at large flagship circuits.
Is TELMUN a good fit for first-time delegates?
Yes. The high-school level and small scale make it approachable for newer delegates, while the Prague setting and summer timing also attract more experienced students looking to stay sharp.

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

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