BMUN 72 ECOFIN

  Procedure and Committee Flow Hi Delegates! I wanted to check in with you to provide some more insight to how our committee is going to work at BMUN 72. ECOFIN will be using Standard BMUN procedure .  Our committee will begin by opening a running Speaker’s List (standard speaking time is 1 minute, 30 seconds) and those speeches will be followed by 2 30-second comments by other delegates. This is the default timing for the Speaker’s List and can be amended if the committee agrees. The Speaker’s List can also be interrupted by Moderated Caucuses and Informal Caucuses that allow delegates to exchange opinions on policy, solutions, and more specific aspects of the topics at hand. In our committee, our dais plans on leaving the flow of committee up to you delegates, so we suggest you come prepared with specific subtopics and policies you hope to discuss! During Informal Caucus time, delegates are expected to draft and write Resolutions which will then be presented to the committee...

Hey Everyone! I'm Matthew Skaist (he/him/his) and I'll be one of your Vice Chairs for ECOFIN at BMUN 72!  I'm a junior majoring in political science and minoring in public policy. It's my first year chairing at BMUN, and I'm so excited to be your vice chair and hear from all of you! My main academic interests are public policy, international affairs, and American activism, and I intend on getting my masters and then getting involved in non-profit work and other forms of activism once finished. And, outside of school, I like to explore new places, go to the beach, try new restaurants, and hang out with friends.  Anyways, I can't wait to be your vice chair and I hope you all have an amazing time at BMUN! Best, Matthew In the Hills Above Berkeley Climbing the Most Active Volcano in Europe (Mount Etna)  Football Season BMUN Headshot

 Hi everyone :)  My name is Jocelyn Gao (she/her) and I'm so excited to be one of your Vice Chairs for ECOFIN this year. I'm in my fourth and final year at UC Berkeley studying Business Administration and Political Economy, and this is my fourth year in BMUN. I also attended BMUN as a delegate all four years of high school, so this is really my eighth year involved in BMUN. ECOFIN is the perfect committee to finish off my BMUN career, and I'm super thrilled to see what solutions you all come up with this year. Outside of BMUN, I'm involved in the Berkeley Forum, a club that brings speakers to campus, and work at the ASUC Student Union. I also love trying new restaurants and cafes, going to concerts, and watching films. After graduating, I'll be in New York City working at a consulting firm, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions about that or anything else! I've learned so much about international relations, public speaking, and collaboration from ...

Hi Everyone! My name is Bebby Liu (she/her/hers) and I will be one of the Vice Chairs for ECOFIN at BMUN 72! I cannot wait to see y'all during this upcoming conference! Are you guys excited as well? I am from China and South Korea, and this is my 5th year studying in the US.  I am currently a first year student at Berkeley studying Economics and am also interested in studying Business and International Relations. I am still in the process of exploring different majors on campus!  In BMUN, I am also part of BMUN's Organization and Philanthropy staff. Along with other members, we help to arrange details such as selecting catering services and securing hotel partnerships for the conference. We also work to support our partner, City of Dream, which is an organization aims to support youth from underserved communities in San Francisco.  Apart from BMUN, I'm also a part of Berkeley International Consulting community. In my spare time, I like to cook, dance, watch movies an...

What's up y'all!  I'm Zacharia (Zak) Willoughby (he/him/his) and I'm one of the vice chairs for ECOFIN at BMUN 72. I'm a second-year double majoring in political science (subfield: international relations) and global studies (subfield: Peace and Conflict/Europe and Russia). This is my first BMUN conference so I'm super excited to share with y'all my passion for global affairs during conference. Apart from being in ECOFIN, I'm also a part of BMUN's Organizations and Philanthropy staff, where I work to support our partner organization, City of Dreams, and try to figure things out like catering and hotel partners for the conference. I've also been a part of MUN since my first year of high school, and was the Secretary-General of my high school's MUN program in my senior year. Outside of BMUN, I'm a member of Paws For Mental Health and the Berkeley Political Review. In my free time, I like to go on long walks and also play some video games. H...

 Hello everyone! My name is Jan De Leon and I will be one of the vice chairs for ECOFIN at BMUN 72. I can not wait until conference in just a few weeks, and I am very excited to be able to meet all of you.  I am currently a sophomore here at Berkeley studying Political Science and potentially Public Policy. Both areas interest me a lot in the sense that looking at politics not just here in the U.S, but also around the world, can be really complex when you start to break it all down and try to find reasons as to why certain things do and do not happen in the political stage. I have just recently been involved in MUN with having only having experience last year as a vice chair. BMUN has taught me a lot in regard to speaking in public, interacting with all kinds of people, and much more. Apart from MUN, I tend to spend my time interning for the Chicanx Latinx Student Development Center here at Berkeley. In my spare time, I like to read, listen to music, go out on different advent...

Hi Delegates! We are so excited to welcome you to BMUN 72 and the ECOFIN committee. In this committee, you will be discussion two very pressing yet often neglected topics in global economics discourse . Our first topic addresses the Venezuelan Economic Crisis . Our second topic addresses Deglobalization and Trends Towards Economic Isolationism . This blog will act as our committee’s more informal avenue for discussion and communication before the conference– and we’d love to see you interact with it! The purpose of this blog is to (1) allow you to actively engage with the content of this committee and (2) give you all the opportunity to learn about other countries’ policies before the debate actually starts. You can post comments on posts that we make and write about literally anything relevant to the topics at hand! For example, if you’ve found follow-up content or research you’d like to share, would like to discuss your country’s opinion on the topic, or have other ideas in mind, thi...