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General Assembly 2025, Board and other news
NEWS Sep 27, 2025

General Assembly 2025, Board and other news

This year Warsaw hosted more than just the Debate Exchange 2025 with workshops and deep dives, but two more important meetings. The General Assembly and the Board Meeting, where all the important inner organisations decisions are made, and where are ...

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Youth Engagement Through Green Debate
NEWS Sep 01, 2025

Youth Engagement Through Green Debate

The last stop of our Green Debate tour across Dutch schools was Utrecht, where the local youth debate club UDS hosted a series of debates at Utrecht University. The sessions brought together young people to debate environmental topics and strengthen ...

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Bridging Schools and Universities in the Green Debate
NEWS Sep 01, 2025

Bridging Schools and Universities in the Green Debate

In the middle of debated ending summer in Netherland, the Green Debate initiative project made its way to Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Aimed to secondary schoolers from our partner DSDC organisation. The event showed again how debate connects stu...

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