About · The Experience
Step into the room where
the world’s economy gets negotiated.
Model G20 is an immersive simulation of the G20, the forum of the world’s 21 leading economies. Delegates take on the global agenda (climate action, international finance, the digital economy), step into the shoes of world leaders and negotiate a shared communiqué by consensus, with the academic rigour of actual policy-making.
The G20 is where the decisions that move the world are made, which is why simulating it teaches more than a mock debate.
What makes it different
Not a debate club, a summit.
Model G20 simulates how the world’s largest economies get things done: by consensus. See how it compares to Model UN →
You work the G20’s own agenda: economic stability, climate, trade, digital governance.
No majority vote and no veto. Delegates negotiate a shared communiqué, the harder, more authentic diplomatic skill.
Dual Sherpa & Finance tracks, lobbying, crisis simulations and communiqué drafting, closer to how the summit actually runs.
Before, during and after
How a summit unfolds.
The work starts long before you arrive, and continues long after you leave.
Delegates get a research pack and track brief, choose their country and committee, and write a position paper, arriving prepared, not cold.
Three days of debate, negotiation and drafting at FLAME University, moving from opening statements to a signed communiqué.
Standout white papers are published through One Young India, top delegates are recognised for their work, and every delegate leaves with a certificate and a network. Publication depends on review and is not guaranteed.
On campus
Three days, committee by committee.
- Check-in and registration on the FLAME University campus
- Opening ceremony and keynote address
- Allocation to the Sherpa or Finance track, and committee briefings
- Delegate orientation, ice-breakers and the first caucus
- Moderated and unmoderated caucus on Climate Action, International Finance and the Digital Economy
- Position-paper and white-paper workshops with mentors
- Working lunch and cross-track negotiation
- Evening cultural and networking night
- Final negotiations and drafting of the joint communiqué
- White-paper presentations to the assembly
- Top-delegate showcase and recognition
- Certificates and closing ceremony
What delegates do
Debate · Research · Certify · Present.
Take on real-world topics like Climate Action, International Finance and the Digital Economy across the Sherpa and Finance tracks.
Delegates submit academic white papers, and select papers are eligible for publication through One Young India. Publication depends on review and is not guaranteed.
Receive a joint certificate of participation from One Young India and FLAME University.
Top delegates present their communiqué to the full summit and are recognised for the strongest position papers.
What you leave with
Skills a mock debate can’t give you.
- Confident public speaking and structured argument
- A working grasp of world affairs and geopolitics
- Negotiation, alliance-building and consensus skills
- A published-quality white paper
Ready to take a seat at the table?
Step up from Model UN to Model G20.
Delegates in Grades 8 to 12 welcome. The 2027 residential summit at FLAME University, Pune, is taking registrations now.