The MPS Framework

Overview

Format Overview

The Model Peace Summit is a three to four day immersive diplomatic experience for students. Designed to reflect the structure, progression, and discipline of an authentic international summit. Delegates move through stages of ceremony, conflict analysis, dialogue, negotiation, agreement, and reflection — developing both intellectual rigour and personal resilience.

At its core, the Summit is structured around four essential components: the Opening Ceremony, the Conflict Resolution Council, the Peacebuilding Dialogues, and a carefully integrated programme of Wellbeing and Mindfulness. Together, these elements ensure that participants engage not only as negotiators, but as reflective and responsible global leaders.

In addition to these foundational components, the MPS framework is intentionally flexible. Further elements — including negotiation forums, case study sessions, expert seminars, informal panel discussions, cultural exchanges, and leadership roundtables — may be incorporated to enrich the programme. These additions allow each Summit to be tailored in depth, scale, and focus, ensuring both academic challenge and authentic global engagement.

Working groups

Negotiation Forums & Drafting Sessions

Working groups and negotiation forums provide the operational space for drafting, amending, and refining resolutions. Delegates build alliances, negotiate language, and test the feasibility of proposed frameworks. These sessions demand strategic reasoning, precision in communication, patience under pressure, and consensus-building and adaptability. Draft agreements are continuously refined before presentation at the final General Assembly Session.

Analysis

Case Study Application

To ensure depth of understanding, delegates examine comparable global case studies and assess how their negotiated frameworks could be applied or adapted. This strengthens analytical thinking and highlights the complexity of real-world diplomacy.

Expert input

Seminars & Informal Panel Discussions

Expert seminars and keynote addresses provide academic, legal, and humanitarian context. Informal panel discussions create space for reflection on leadership, ethical responsibility, and the realities of international diplomacy. These elements bridge simulation and authentic global practice.

Wellbeing

Wellbeing & Mindfulness for Peace

Recognising that effective diplomacy requires emotional regulation and resilience, the Summit integrates a structured wellbeing strand throughout the programme. Activities may include yoga and guided meditation for focus and clarity; Tai Chi to cultivate balance and composure; boxing sessions centred on discipline and controlled energy; and collective singing or reflective circles to build unity. These practices reinforce calm leadership, self-awareness, and the ability to engage in disagreement without hostility.

Experience

The Summit Experience

Across three to four days, delegates experience the intellectual demands and emotional complexity of international negotiation. The Model Peace Summit develops:

• Critical analysis
• Ethical reasoning
• Cultural literacy
• Emotional intelligence
• Collaborative leadership

The Summit does not merely simulate diplomacy; it cultivates the character, discipline, and global awareness necessary to sustain peace beyond the conference setting.