What We Do

The EuroSDC Steering Committee is announcing that the selection process for the EuroSDC 2028 host is now open.

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...

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...

The 4th annual EuroSDC is taking place in Parma, Italy.

The IDEA Debate Exchange 2026 will take place in Brno, Czech Republic, between 24th and 29th August. This event brings together debate youth workers, volunteers, coaches and organisation leaders from across the whole IDEA network. Registration is no...

From Participants to Leaders 2026 is an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange taking place in August 2026 in Blokzijl, the Netherlands. The programme prepares young debaters to step into their role of debate coaches. Durign the week of deep training, practice and ...

Youth4Change aims to strengthen youth´s democratic participation and political engagement across Europe. The project creates an inclusive space for developing critical thinking, communication and leadership. It also connects young people with politic...

Agree to Disagree: Strengthening Debate Skills introduces a pilot programme in Norway and the Netherlands to equip students aged 13–16 with debate-based skills in critical thinking and communication. Teachers and staff will be trained to apply the me...

IDEA at the European Youth Event 2025 (EYE) is a year-long cooperation with the European Youth Forum, focused on delivering youth-led debate activities in Strasbourg.