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Bridging the Tech-Civic gap through debate
NEWS May 04, 2026

Bridging the Tech-Civic gap through debate

In late April, our team participated in two events, both in Romania. In Timișoara, we joined the CoE/EC seminar on critical thinking in the digital age, and in Bucharest we attended the NECE & COMPASS Lab addressing the civic gap in technology and po...

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The IDEA Youth Forum Returns to Prague
NEWS Apr 27, 2026

The IDEA Youth Forum Returns to Prague

Registration is now open for IDEA's most important event of the year, the Youth Forum 2026, returning this July. The Forum brings together young debaters from across Europe for a week of peer-led workshops, intercultural learning and youth-driven col...

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