Otvorena komunikacija je akademska debatna mreža koja se bavi unapređenjem kulture dijaloga. godine od strane studenata i profesora Univerziteta u Beogradu po ugledu na debatne klubove prestižnih evropskih univerzitetskih centara. Njene obrazovne programe iz oblasti debate, komunikacije, kritičkog razmišljanja, argumentacije, građenja slučaja i javnog nastupa do sada je završilo više od 1.500 stud
enata i srednjoškolaca. Od svog osnivanja do danas, Otvorena komunikacija sprovodi osnovni debatni program kroz rad debatnih klubova, a trenutno se održava na Pravnom fakultetu, Fakultetu političkih nauka, Visokoj školi za poslovnu ekonomiju i preduzetništvo, Ekonomskom fakultetu, Fakultetu organizacionih nauka i Univerzitetu Singidunum. Polaznici koji uspešno završe osnovni program, nastavljaju usavršavanje na srednjem i naprednom debatnom kursu. Od 2010. godine organizuje se i srednjoškolski debatni program u Matematičkoj gimnaziji i Trećoj beogradskoj gimnaziji, a kasnije počinju da se organizuju i u Filološkoj gimnaziji, Četvrtoj beogradskoj gimnaziji, Četrnaestoj beogradskoj gimnaziji, Prvoj beogradskoj gimnaziji i Gimnaziji "Sveti Sava". Takođe, Otvorena komunikacija je učestvovala kao partnerska organizacija na različitim obrazovnim programima koji su imali za cilj razvoj mladih u građanski svesne i uticajne članove društva. Naši debateri već dugi niz godina postižu velike uspehe na važnim međunarodnim takmičenjima, kao što su Evropsko i Svetsko univerzitetsko debatno prvenstvo, gde imamo titule evropskih i svetskih prvaka u kategorijama ESL i EFL (engleski kao drugi i strani jezik), kao i brojni turniri koji su osvojeni ili na kojima je ostvaren značajan uspeh u kontinuitetu, poput turnira u Beču, Moskvi, Splitu, Berlinu, Zagrebu, Budimpešti, Klužu, Sofiji, Parizu, te posebno prestižnim takmičenjima na Oksfordu i Kembridžu. Posebno mesto među godišnjim projektima Otvorene komunikacije zauzimaju Belgrade Open – međunarodni debatni turnir, koji okuplja 150 učesnika iz celog sveta i Serbia Summer Debate Camp, sedmodnevni intezivni debatni trening i turnir na kojem su učestvovali studenti iz Srbije, regiona i Sjedinjenih Američkih Država. Zahvaljujući prethodnom iskustvu u organizaciji međunarodnih debatnih takmičenja, i posvećenosti razvoju debate kroz obrazovne programe, Evropski univerzitetski debatni savet je avgusta 2012. godine jednoglasno podržao kandidaturu Otvorene komunikacije za organizaciju Evropskog univerzitetskog debatnog prvenstva 2012.
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Open Communication is an academic debating network devoted to improving the culture of dialogue. It was founded in 1997 by students and professors at the University of Belgrade and modeled after debate clubs at prestigious European university centers. So far, more than 1500 students and high school pupils have completed its educational programs in debate, communication skills, critical thinking, argumentation, case-building and public speaking. Since its founding, Open communication conducts its debating program through work of debate clubs, which are currently being held at the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Political Science, Faculty for Business and Enterpreneurship, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Organizational Sciences and the University of Singidunum. Participants who successfully complete the basic program, continue their training at intermediate and advanced debating courses. Since 2010, a high school debate program has begun at the Mathematical Gymnasiym as well as at Third Belgrade Gymnasium, and later began to emulate its success at the Philological Gymnasium, Fourth Belgrade Gymnasium, Fourteenth Belgrade Gymnasium, First Belgrade Gymnasium, as well as Gymnasium "Sveti Sava". Also, Open communication participated as a partner organization on a variety of educational programs aimed at developing young people into active citizens and influential members of society. For many years, our debaters have been achieving great success at major international competitions such are the European and World Universities Debating Championships, where we managed to obtain titles of European and world champion respectively in ESL and EFL categories (English as a second and foreign language). Apart from that, there is a significant number of tournaments that have been won or where significant success was achieved in continuity, i.e. tournaments in Vienna, Moscow, Split, Berlin, Zagreb, Budapest, Cluj, Sofia, Paris, and especially prestigious competitions at Oxford and Cambridge. Two of our most important annual projects are Belgrade Open – international debate tournament, which gathers more then 150 participants from the whole world, and Serbia Summer Debate camp – a seven-day intense debate training, gathering participants from Serbia, the region and the United States of America. Thanks to previous experience in organizing international debating competitions and commitment to developing debate through our educational programs, the European Universities Debating Council unanimously supported the Open Communication’s bid to host the European Universities Debating Championship in 2012.
