IDEA

11/03/2026

By popular demand and following the great feedback from our last session, we are adding another slot for our free online seminar: Debate for Critical Thinking and Democratic Participation.
Are you a teacher, youth worker, trainer, student or debate education professional?

Why should you apply?
✅ Gain access to practical tools and project materials for organizing and sustaining debate activities.
✅ Learn how debate empowers young people to engage in democratic processes.
✅Explore debate methodology in education
✅Connect with fellow debaters from all over Europe.
✅ Receive a certificate of participation.

📅 When: 12 March, 18:00 - 20:00
💰 Cost: Free of charge

👉 Register: https://bit.ly/IDEAwsDCTDP2

International Debate Education Association (IDEA) empowers young people with debate-related skills, provides debate education, and supports the work of youth organizations across the world.

27/02/2026

Are you a teacher, youth worker, trainer, student or debate education professional?
Join our free online seminar: Debate for Critical Thinking and Democratic Participation.

Why should you apply?
✅ Gain access to practical tools and project materials for organizing and sustaining debate activities.
✅ Learn how debate empowers young people to engage in democratic processes.
✅Explore debate methodology in education
✅Connect with fellow debaters from all over Europe.
✅ Receive a certificate of participation.

📅 When: 7 March, 12:00 - 14:00
⏳ Apply by: 1 March (23:59 CET)
💰 Cost: Free of charge

👉 Register: https://bit.ly/IDEAwsDCTDP

27/08/2025

Last week we returned to Warsaw for another unforgettable edition of IDEA Debate Exchange.

Over 50 coaches, youth workers, and volunteers from across Europe came together to learn from one each other through a programme full of workshops and deep-dive sessions.

Thank you to everyone who made this week so special! We believe everyone left with new knowledge, stronger friendships and stronger opinions on how we can collaborate further across the European debate community. 🤝

📍 | 🗓️ 18–23 August

12/06/2025

We have spent the last two days preparing our activities and meeting other European youth organisations but now we’re finally set for EYE 2025. 🇪🇺

We are really excited to introduce debate to young people, educators, and the general public, as well as exchange ideas and learn new things ourselves.

06/06/2025

From 21–23 May, our friends from Polska Debatuje and NGO "New Vision" met for a training event in Warsaw. The training was organised in the scope of the project Speak Together: Building Bridges of Understanding and Inclusion Through Debate, co-funded by the European union. The purpose of the project is to empower educators to use debate as a tool for inclusion, civic engagement, and community-building among youth, especially in refugee and multilingual contexts.

Through peer-to-peer workshops, participants explored practical ways to use debate in multilingual classrooms, developed civic project ideas, and exchanged inclusive teaching practices with a focus on empowering youth voice.

🔗 More about the event on our website:
👉 https://idebate.net/educators-and-youth-workers-come-together-in-warsaw-to-explore-debate-for-inclusion~b5292

03/04/2025

🌿 Sign up for the Green Debate Online Tournaments on May 10 and May 31, 2025! 🗓️
Online tournaments for high school students, following the World Schools format and focusing on green topics.

✅ No registration fee
🧑‍⚖️ Just bring one adjudicator per team
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/greentournament

Let’s debate for a greener future! 🍀

27/12/2024

🌍 Wrapping up the DEUS Project! 💬✨
Not only the calendar year is slowly coming to an end, but also some projects. The beginning of December took us to Brussels for the final meeting of our Dealing with Euroscepticism (DEUS) in Brussels. Reflecting on this journey, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved and the challenges we’ve tackled:
🔹 Strengthening debate communities across Europe – we shared various struggles with skepticism in our countries and fighting with that through debate and debate events.
🔹 Fostering meaningful discussions – diving into how debate education can evolve to focus on critical thinking and cooperation, avoiding the potential pitfalls of competition among young debaters.
🔹 Feeling the dealing with scepticism via non-usual format – including a showcase by students from the Dutch Schools Debate College, where the final speakers switched roles to defend their opponents’ case. Definitely it was a powerful exercise in understanding multiple perspectives.
🔹 Presenting the future – we also had chance to show the prototype of "Greenbox," a platform designed to help debate organisations not only make tournament registration easier but also offer many other features to the community. More info will follow soon. Stay tuned!
As the project ends, we are also looking forward to the future. We are going to continue in our effort with everything that can help the debate community! 🚀
Hrvatsko debatno drustvo Debatování.cz Slovenská debatná asociácia ZIP, Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga Verband der Debattierclubs an Hochschulen (VDCH) e.V.Società Nazionale Debate Italia Polska Debatuje Danish Debate Association Dutch Schools Debate College

08/11/2024

Insightful Days with Case studies, Hard work and Educational activities 🌱

We spent the first half of this week in the Dutch town of Soest, meeting with our partners for the Empowering Youth Work for the Green Debate project. Together with Danish Debate Association, Hrvatsko debatno drustvo, and Commun Global, we reviewed our progress, evaluated case studies, tested their application, and explored new ways to enhance and implement them.

In addition to traditional sessions, we visited the sand dunes for more movement activities, where we were comparing the political trade-offs between economic growth and environmental regulations. The natural setting definitely added a strong background to this!

Evenings were spent informally networking, playing board games and improving relationships in a relaxed atmosphere.

These have been highly productive days, and we’re full of fresh ideas for the future of this project! 💪

Now, we’re wrapping up preparations for the Saturday´s online debate tournament as part of our DEUS (Dealing with Euroscepticism) project! 😁

03/11/2024

Successful Testing Event for Active Youth Hub’s New Game!

On November 2nd, we held a testing event for the Active Youth Hub project at Erasmus University Rotterdam! Young participants explored our new educational game, created to boost critical thinking and teamwork skills. In the game’s first mission, players became space explorers on an alien planet, tasked with learning about the planet's society, resource management, and problem-solving approaches.

A pre-event workshop on debate skills of making principled arguments and weighing clashes, led by our trainer Matija, gave participants valuable tools for analyzing complex issues and building arguments—making their game experience even more engaging!

Feedback was enthusiastic, with participants enjoying the game’s imaginative approach to exploring rights and freedoms. Their insights will help us refine this tool for future youth and educators. 🌍💡

26/10/2024

🌍 Sign up for the DEUS Online Debate Tournament on November 9, 2024! 🗓
An online WSDC-format tournament for high school teams, especially welcoming novices and less experienced debaters!
All motions connected with DEUS project topics, mostly about Euroscepticism, European identity, and the future of democracy in Europe. 💬✨
No registration fee, just bring an adjudicator and sign up!
🎯https://bit.ly/idebate_deus

28/08/2024

The IDEA Debate Exchange 2024 is in full swing! Thank you very much to Polska Debatuje who are hosting us in Warsaw. by Polska Debatuje! Over 60 participants from 21 countries have gathered for a week full of workshops and panel discussions, focused on increasing the quality of debate-based youth work. Check out our website for more updates!

The IDEA Debate Exchange 2024 has commenced in Warsaw, uniting 60 participants from 21 countries to advance debate and its global impact. The event features a program of workshops and panel discussions on debate based youth work. This gathering fosters collaboration, innovation, and networking, empo...