Belgrade Model European Union - organized by BEUM Association is the 1st Model EU in Eastern Europe and the largest EU simulation in the world. Visit www.belgrade-meu.org for more info.
Description
Belgrade Model European Union (BEUM) is all about gathering more than 300 future young leaders of the Old Continent together with one main goal – to simulate the decision making procedures within the European Union. It is about strengthening connections between young professionals, exchanging different ideas, meeting different cultures and languages, practicing personal skills, learning about how the European Union really functions and how can the young people make their voice heard in those processes.
What is it about?
Belgrade Model EU will simulate four European Union institutions:
European Parliament (EP), Council of the European Union (CEU), European Council (EC) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
While the EC and ECJ sessions are taking place separately and individually, EP and CEU are bound to cooperate according to a strict procedure in order to deliver the legislation together. This procedure that we will be simulating is called The Ordinary Legislative Procedure. That means that the proposals have to be approved by both EP and CEU in order to become the legislation.
The participants will really have to give their best to reach the consensus in order for their amendments to pass.
The roles at BEUM
Participants can chose a large scope of roles this year: starting from the Members of the European Parliament, Ministers in the Council of EU and Heads of states/governments or Chargé d’Affaires, which will be there in addition to assist the Heads of states or governments in the European Council, all the way to challenging roles of Lobbyists and Journalists. Our goal is to provide the participants with all of the different aspects of the EU decision making procedures.