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IDEA Debate Exchange 2025 – Registration Now Open
NEWS Jun 19, 2025

IDEA Debate Exchange 2025 – Registration Now Open

The IDEA Debate Exchange, our traditional summer event focused on cooperation, youth work, and debate-based learning, is back for 2025. Don’t miss the opportunity to register and take part in a dynamic programme designed to strengthen skills, share m...

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2nd Green Debate Tournament
NEWS Jun 17, 2025

2nd Green Debate Tournament

At the end of May, we organised the second Green Debate Tournament. This was a one-day online debate competition with an environmental focus, held as one of the final events of the project "Empowering Youth Work for the Green Debate." Debaters once a...

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