Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO) is an educational social enterprise that develops Model United Nations educational programs and curriculum. Over the years, MUNDO has developed the Chicago International Model United Nations (CIMUN) as one of the fastest growing and most innovative conferences in North America. In the off season, MUNDO works with teachers to bring challenging educational political simulations to students from elementary school to high school.
MUNDO has become known as developer of boutique programs, setting trends in the global Model UN community. We are happy to excited to shift our gears and bring to the collegiate Model UN community an innovative conference of the highest standard.
Our History
MUNDO was founded in 2004 as the Chicago International Model United Nations, a registered student organization at the University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC). After two years as a UIC organization, CIMUN became an independent organization. What was a small 150 delegates conference, CIMUN 2010 marked the 7th annual conference. Since the inaugural CIMUN, the conference has quadrupled its delegate count, and is the preferred Model UN conference among Chicago-area high schools.
MUNDO has worked with teachers in North America and Asia to develop international relations curriculum for the classroom. Most memorable of our experiences was our year with Mrs. Musselman’s 4th grade class at the Horace Mann School in Oak Park!
The Global Futures Model of Experiential Education
All of our programs follow the MUNDO model of educational political simulation, which differs significantly from most Model UN conferences. We emphasize realistic simulation, and delegates accurately portraying their country’s perspectives. Most conferences use “consensus building” as a measure of success for students, even when (for example) delegations like Iran and Israel end up unrealistically co-sponsoring resolutions. It is the philosophy of all our conferences to teach students how the world really is, not just how the world should be. Individual wits and preparation, but also team cohesion and coordination across committees, are viewed very highly by our staff.
International Relations Curriculum Consulting
MUNDO occasionally works with teachers to develop customized international relations programs, or to improve existing curriculum. Our clients range from the university to primary-school levels. Contact us to see how we can work with your school to make international relations education more effective!
People
Suhail Khan was Secretary-General of CIMUN for 6 years, and was one of its founders. Previously, Suhail was the head of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Model UN team, when the conference was founded. Suhail is Financial Adviser with Kingsviews Financial, and is the Branch Manager of their Northside office. Suhail is an avid sailor and because of him we get to have our board meetings on a sailboat on Lake Michigan.
Chirayu Patel is also a founder of CIMUN and a veteran Model UNer from UIC. Chirayu's charm and management ability is essential to the organization of MUNDO conferences, and he is a skilled executive for MUNDO. Chirayu is consultant with a number of non-profit organizations and businesses in the Chicago area. Chirayu is also registered Illinois Real Estate Agent with Cloudview Realty
Victor Lang is the Secretary-General of the inaugural Chicago International Political Simulation (CIPS). Previously, he was the founder of the DePaul University Society for International Affairs and Model United Nations. Victor is an entrepreneur and manages Augustus Group, a real estate fund focused on investing in Chicagoland area. He is also the Broker Manager of Cloudview Realty. In 2006, Victor was recognized by Business Week Asia as one of Asia's top entrepreneurs under 25 years old.
Nicole Wilsey was the Secretary-General of CIMUN and was the President of the DePaul University SIA-MUN team. Nicole is an important part of the team and her experience in event planning is essential to all MUNDO programming. Nicole a conference producer at Marcus Evans, and organizes conferences on topics as diverse as enterprise risk management to life sciences and biotechnology.
Gregory Young is the current Secretary-General of CIMUN and is currently a Secretary-General for the Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations conference. Greg is an entrepreneur and is the founder and CEO of Zuna Web, a web services company with a presence in eight countries on three continents.