Welcome to Stockholm International School, we hope you are enjoying your visit at our Model United Nations (MUN) website. As a part of the IB program students are obligated to complete community as service for MYP and Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) for DP. This web tab was created for students who are interested in combining CAS with MUN by participating in events and activities that surround politics. The activities that will be posted on this tab will be focus on creativity activities and service activities. The kind of activities that you will be able to find on this page are for instance MUN conferences coming up around Scandinavia and Europe, politics-related events, possible volunteering opportunities and more.
Social movement organisations:
Organisation: Peace&Love
Peace & Love is a platform established to improve Stockholms society. The organisation has a goal of establishing ways to simplify society and allow people to share ideas. The organisation is looking for politically interested people to join their organisation.
www.actionsquare.org
Organisation: Föreningen Nordens Ungdomsförbund, FNUF
FNUF looking for volunteers for the 7th annual Strategy Forum on EU strategy for the Baltic Sea region. Volunteers will play a very important role in the event, which brings together politicians and other key players from the Baltic Sea region and the EU. As a volunteer, you will work together with 15 other young people who share your interest and tasks will vary with the aim to make the event smoothly. It will be an amazing experience to put on your resume. There will also be an opportunity to participate in an optional seminar depending on the schedule during the event.
https://www.volontarbyran.org/foreningen-nordens-ungdomsforbund-fnuf/politiskt-intresserade-volontarer-till-baltic-sea-strategy
Organisation: Human Rights Days
It's about your rights! It is the theme of this year's Human Rights Days held in Malmo, Malmo Live, November 17 to 19.
Human rights day is Scandinavia's largest meeting place for practitioners, researchers, authorities, politicians, volunteers engaged, students, etc. working with or want to learn more about human rights. Days offers interesting conversations, debates, workshops and cultural events - all focused on the right of human rights. In order to realize the Human Rights Days, we need dedicated and talented volunteers who during those days could assist us organizers with everything from manning information desks and registration, escorting speakers and performers, presenting seminars and help to give visitors a good experience.
Human Rights Days has for ten years been Scandinavia's leading and most comprehensive arena for human rights. Our vision is that human rights should permeate society. MR few days each year gather 2000-4000 participants. The people behind the Human Rights Days are: Democracy Academy, Sensus Association Ordfront, Ibn Rushd, Swedish Church, Diakonia, the Foundation for Human Rights, Swedish Women's Lobby, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Social Sciences at the University of Gothenburg.
https://www.volontarbyran.org/foreningen-ordfront/ta-chansen-att-bli-volontar-pa-nordens-storsta-forum-manskliga-rattigheter
Organisation: Amnesty
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human right.
What does Amnesty do?
The organisation are actively trying to find more volunteers and people to take action in cases where human rights have been abused.
https://careers.amnesty.org/category/7/38/description/
Organisation: Red cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian institution dealing with victims including war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants.
http://www.redcross.org/
Organisation: Unicef
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects.
People all over the world volunteer with UNICEF to bring every child a fair chance to survive and succeed. Join with us, and you can help change the world for children.
https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/volunteers
Environmental organisations:
Organisation: Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Greenpeace is known for its direct actions and has been described as the most visible environmental organization in the world. Greenpeace has raised environmental issues to public knowledge,and influenced both the private and the public sector. The organisation is actively looking for more members to spread information about environmental issues to the public.
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
Organisation WWF:
WWF’s work has evolved from saving species and landscapes to addressing the larger global threats and forces that impact them. They recognize that the problems facing our planet are increasingly more complexly and urgently. Their new strategy puts people at the center and organizes to work around six key areas: forests, marine, freshwater, wildlife, food and climate. By linking these six areas in an integrated approach, they can better leverage the unique assets and direct all resources to protecting vulnerable places, species and communities worldwide.
The WWF are looking for more members to able to maximise the perseverance and protection for the global environments.
https://support.worldwildlife.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=can_home
Social movement organisations:
Organisation: Peace&Love
Peace & Love is a platform established to improve Stockholms society. The organisation has a goal of establishing ways to simplify society and allow people to share ideas. The organisation is looking for politically interested people to join their organisation.
www.actionsquare.org
Organisation: Föreningen Nordens Ungdomsförbund, FNUF
FNUF looking for volunteers for the 7th annual Strategy Forum on EU strategy for the Baltic Sea region. Volunteers will play a very important role in the event, which brings together politicians and other key players from the Baltic Sea region and the EU. As a volunteer, you will work together with 15 other young people who share your interest and tasks will vary with the aim to make the event smoothly. It will be an amazing experience to put on your resume. There will also be an opportunity to participate in an optional seminar depending on the schedule during the event.
https://www.volontarbyran.org/foreningen-nordens-ungdomsforbund-fnuf/politiskt-intresserade-volontarer-till-baltic-sea-strategy
Organisation: Human Rights Days
It's about your rights! It is the theme of this year's Human Rights Days held in Malmo, Malmo Live, November 17 to 19.
Human rights day is Scandinavia's largest meeting place for practitioners, researchers, authorities, politicians, volunteers engaged, students, etc. working with or want to learn more about human rights. Days offers interesting conversations, debates, workshops and cultural events - all focused on the right of human rights. In order to realize the Human Rights Days, we need dedicated and talented volunteers who during those days could assist us organizers with everything from manning information desks and registration, escorting speakers and performers, presenting seminars and help to give visitors a good experience.
Human Rights Days has for ten years been Scandinavia's leading and most comprehensive arena for human rights. Our vision is that human rights should permeate society. MR few days each year gather 2000-4000 participants. The people behind the Human Rights Days are: Democracy Academy, Sensus Association Ordfront, Ibn Rushd, Swedish Church, Diakonia, the Foundation for Human Rights, Swedish Women's Lobby, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Social Sciences at the University of Gothenburg.
https://www.volontarbyran.org/foreningen-ordfront/ta-chansen-att-bli-volontar-pa-nordens-storsta-forum-manskliga-rattigheter
Organisation: Amnesty
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human right.
What does Amnesty do?
- They investigate and expose the facts, whenever and wherever abuses happen.
- They lobby governments, and other powerful groups such as companies. Making sure they keep their promises and respect international law.
- By telling the powerful stories of the people we work with, they mobilize millions of supporters around the world to campaign for change and to stand in defence of activists on the frontline.
- They support people to claim their rights through education and training.
The organisation are actively trying to find more volunteers and people to take action in cases where human rights have been abused.
https://careers.amnesty.org/category/7/38/description/
Organisation: Red cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian institution dealing with victims including war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants.
http://www.redcross.org/
Organisation: Unicef
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects.
People all over the world volunteer with UNICEF to bring every child a fair chance to survive and succeed. Join with us, and you can help change the world for children.
https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/volunteers
Environmental organisations:
Organisation: Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Greenpeace is known for its direct actions and has been described as the most visible environmental organization in the world. Greenpeace has raised environmental issues to public knowledge,and influenced both the private and the public sector. The organisation is actively looking for more members to spread information about environmental issues to the public.
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
Organisation WWF:
WWF’s work has evolved from saving species and landscapes to addressing the larger global threats and forces that impact them. They recognize that the problems facing our planet are increasingly more complexly and urgently. Their new strategy puts people at the center and organizes to work around six key areas: forests, marine, freshwater, wildlife, food and climate. By linking these six areas in an integrated approach, they can better leverage the unique assets and direct all resources to protecting vulnerable places, species and communities worldwide.
The WWF are looking for more members to able to maximise the perseverance and protection for the global environments.
https://support.worldwildlife.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=can_home